The Memoirs of James II: His Campaigns as Duke of York 1965-1660

A. Lytton Sells [translator]

Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1962

A smartly bound first translated edition of the memoirs of James II, with illustrations. First thus. Illustrated with a frontispiece, eight plates, and four figures. Collated complete. The memoirs of James VII and II, King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, during his military campaigns as the Duke of York. With reference to the French Civil Wars, the war in Flanders, serving in the Spanish Army, and more. Translated by Arthur Lytton Sells, a British biographer and translator. With an introduction by Sir Arthur Bryant, an English historian, columnist for The Illustrated London News, and man of affairs. With the bookplate of William Alfred Westropp Foyle, a British bookseller and businessman who co-founded Foyles bookshop in 1903 with his brother Gilbert Foyle. From the library of Christopher Foyle, a British philanthropist and the chairman of the famous Foyle's Bookshop in London. Bound in full crushed morocco. Externally, very smart with the odd small mark to the boards and minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 912T48

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Memoirs of James II: His Campaigns as ...
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London
Publication Date: 1962
Binding: Leather
Illustrator: Not Stated
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First edition.
Book Type: book