Concience Hendrik (3 results)

Condition: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, June 1 (SALE item)* 168 pp., Hardcover, ex library, covers and extremities worn, age discoloration to pages, else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Paul Hardy (illustrator). Bound in red cloth with blind borders and bright gilt titling and decoration to the spine. The book measures 4" wide by 6" tall. This copy is in fine condition, unmarked, bright, tight, white and square. There are burgundy endpapers. As with all Collins' Clear-Type editions this book is undated but it is believed that it was purchased sometime between 1910 and 1920. This copy came from a large collection, the property of a Lieutenant in the R.F.C. (later the R.A.F.) This is just one of this large collection of similar titles I am selling on this site. The Lion of Flanders, or the Battle of the Golden Spurs is a major novel first published in 1838 by the Belgian writer Hendrik Conscience (1812-1883) and is an early example of historical fiction. The book focuses on the medieval Franco-Flemish War and the Battle of the Golden Spurs of 1302 in particular. It is written in Conscience's typical stylistic romanticism and has been described as the "Flemish national epic". Ref A6 3.

Gebonden. Condition: Enige gebruikssporen. 528 pp. Versierd met 200 houtsneden geteekend door Wappers, Hamman, Lauters, Jacob-Jacobs, Lies, Hendrickx, Carolus, Baugniet, Van Lerius, de Boy enz. in hout gesneden door: H. en W. Brown, Vermorcjken, Hemeleer, Pannemaker, enz. . Rug van de band vernieuwd. Archiefstempeltje op de titelpagina. Band geschaafd langs de randen. Enige roestvorming op de pagina's. Over het geheel een goed behouden exemplaar.