Peter ACKROYD, born 1949 / The Life of Thomas More Signed 1st Edition

The Life of Thomas More. Author: ACKROYD, Peter (born 1949) Title: The Life of Thomas More Publication: London: Chatto and Windus, 1998. Description: [Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page. With numerous colour, as well as black and white plates. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Light toning to edges of textblock, bumping to corners, rolling to spine. The Observer suggests that Ackroyd is such an exceptional biographer due to his'range and beauty of his knowledge'. In this books, Ackroyd explores More in both private and public settings. Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971. As part of Harrington Brothers on London's fashionable King's Road, after 40+ years of bookselling in the capital, Adrian relocated to Royal Tunbridge Wells. Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields.

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