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George Greenaway, ed.
The Life and Death of Thomas Becket, Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury, based on the account of William fitzStephen his clerk, with additions from other contemporary sources.
Published London: Folio Society, 1961.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; coloured tops; wood-effect veneer on boards, with leather spine; published in a slipcase, no dustjacket.
Printer: William Clowes & Sons, London & Beccles Vandyck Printers, Bristol.
Size: 159x259x24mm.
Page count: text 172pp; plates 8pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition poor to fair: the slipcase is very frayed, with one end missing altogether; the book itself has some mild bumps on the top corners of the boards, the leather of its spine quite frayed with the lettering rubbed; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.00
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Weight without packaging: 640g.

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The text is given with passages of linking narrative by the editor.

Contents: Early life; Chancellor of England; Quarrel with the King; Exile; Return to England & martyrdom.
Appendices: Source references of passages in text.

Illustrations: 8 pages of monochrome plates; illustrated endpapers
Maps & plans: no

Introduction: 26pp
Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: half-page
Index: yes

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