MOUNTJOY: ELIZABETHAN GENERAL.
Pp. 256, frontispiece, plus 8 plates, bibliography, index; tall demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the spine lightly foxed and faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly foxed on flaps and reverse, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips and tears; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, inked gift inscription (dated 1959) and later pencilled ownership inscription (1978) on upper free endpaper, scattered foxing; Odhams Press, London, 1955. First edition. *'Biography of Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, Earl of Devonshire - the last and most important of Elizabeth the First's many Viceroys in Ireland ' [wrapper blurb]. Item #180686
Price: $40.00