SIGNED AUGUSTUS JESSOPP (1878-1st) One Generation of a Norfolk House RARE

One Generation of a Norfolk House a Contribution to Elizabethan History. Published by Miller & Leavins, Norwich (1878) First Edition.

Bound in the publisher's hardcover boards, worn to the edges and corners, with shield to the upper board, lining in black, titled in gilt to the spine and upper board. Appears to have been recased at some point. Loosely inserted is a handwritten letter from the author to his publisher, dated July 1878, requesting that the book be insured whilst it was in the publisher's hands. Block generally in good order, with some light toning to the pages, top edge gilt, fore-edge slightly untrimmed. The history of the Walpole family during the Tudor period, focusing on key incidents in the lives of prominent family members and with comprehensive notes to each chapter.

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