The Last Plantagenets: The Pageant of England, Volume 4

Costain, Thomas B.

Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, USA, 1962

About this Item

Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, USA, 1962. First (1st) Printing (date of 1962 on the title page) of the Book Club Edition (bce) (signified only by a small deboss on the rear board). Near Fine+ condition. No Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind. The Binding is full pale green cloth, somewhat faded at the spine, with a gilt crown on the front board, gilt title, etc., to a purple background on the spine, unmarked pictorial endpapers illustrating the Tower of London in the time of Henry VI, and all corners square but no longer sharp. No Jacket. See photos. 424 pages (including Index) plus four unnumbered two-page maps showing the battles of Agincourt, St. Alban's, Barnet, and Bosworth. 6 1/4" x 9 3/8". This fourth and last volume in the author's The Pageant of England series begins with the birth and ascension to the throne of King Richard II, who became king in 1377 at the age of 10, and follows the struggles between the two lines of the Plantagenets, the House of Lancaster and the House of York, up to the final defeat of King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, bringing an end to the reign of Plantagenets. NOTE: This book weighs 805 grams / 28.3 oz., and may, when packaged, require extra postage for international shipment.

Seller Inventory # 001013

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Plantagenets: The Pageant of England, Volume 4
• Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, USA
• Publication Date: 1962
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Book Club Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 805 grams