The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Sir William Courtenay, Knight of Malta. Alias John Nichols Tom....

Canterbury: James Hunt, 1838.

Engraved illustrations. 482 pages. 8vo, recent half leather over marbled boards; leather spine label. Canterbury: James Hunt, 1836. First edition. Several signatures at rear are slightly mis-aligned but still firmly sewn; a very good(+) copy in a handsome binding.

Biography of a famous impostor, who was killed at the Battle of Bossenden Wood, the last battle to have been fought on English soil. The book concludes with an Accurate Account of the Trial of the Rioters at the Maidstone Assizes.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Edition: First
Language: English

Price: $475.00

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