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Petrie, Sir Charles

Don John of Austria

Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1967

11.00 €

Godley Books

(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1967
Place of printing
London
Author
Petrie, Sir Charles
Publishers
Eyre and Spottiswoode
Size
8.75 x 5.75 inches
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
Biography, 16th Century, Europe
Cover description
Very Good
Binding description
Hard Cover
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Fine
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with rubbing/nick to spine ends. 336pp. Biography of Austrian nobleman Don John, born in 1547, the illegitimate son of Emperor Charles V and husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. He is best known as the victorious commander of the forces of the Holy League at Lepanto in 1571, a battle which saved Italy from becoming a Turkish Pashalik.