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BALDWIN, DAVID: : RICHARD III

UK.STROUD,GLOUCESTERSHIRE.AMBERLEY PUBLISHING,2012.

ISBN 9781445601823.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt,subject colour painting portrait detail to superimposed background of medieval painted rood screen illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with white lettering,rear panel with colour photographic detail from memorial window, Middleham church of Richard III - also with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges lightly aged/toned,fore-edges brighter and both clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,6-256pp [paginated] includes Dramatis Personae list/table,an introduction,a prologue,15 chapters,32pp colour facsimile illustrations reproductions and contemporary colour photographs in 1 block,between pp128/9 and 14pp b/w line illus reproductions in 1 block also,between pp158-171,an appendix, notes & references,a bibliography,a list of ilustrations and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, contents list/table,double-page genealogical table and to rear: 4pp publisher's b/w illustrated advertisements for other historical biographies. Not many people would claim to be saints, or alternatively,consider themselves entirely without redeeming qualities.Some are unquestionably worse than others,but few have been held in greater infamy than Richard Plantagenet,afterwards Duke of Gloucester and,later still,King Richard III.Richard's character has been besmirched as often as it has been defended,and the arguments between his detractors and supporters still rage after several centuries.Was he a ruthless hunchback who butchered his way to the throne,a paragon of virtue who became a victim of Tudor propaganda,or (as seems more likely) something in between? Some would argue that a true biography is impossible because the letters and other personal documents required for this purpose are simply not available; but David Baldwin has overcome this by an in-depth study of Richard's dealings with his contemporaries.The fundamental question he has answered is 'what was Richard III really like'. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.