What Was GUNPOWDER PLOT? John Gerard HB Guy Fawkes 1897

GOOD to VERY GOOD CONDITION

This sale is for a superb VICTORIAN hardback edition entitled “What Was the Gunpowder Plot?” subtitled “The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence,” by John Gerard, S.J., with TWENTY-FIVE illustrations, including frontispiece and title page illustrations.

It was published by Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., of London, in 1897 and is the Second Edition.

The contents include:

·        The State of the Question

o       Disclosure of the Plot

o       Arrest of Guy Faukes

o       Flight of His Associates

o       Their Abortive Insurrection

o       Their Fate

o       The Crime Charged on Catholics

…and much more…

·        The Persons Concerned

o       Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury

o       Discreditable Incidents of His Career

o       His Unpopularity

…and much more…

·        The Opinion of Contemporaries and Historians

·        The Traditional Story

·        The Government Intelligence Department

·        The “Discovery”

·        Percy, Catesby, and Tresham

·        The Government’s Case

·        The Sequel

·        Appendix

o       Sir Everard Digby’s Letter to Salisbury

o       The Question of Succession

o       The Spanish Treason

o       Site of Percy’s Lodging

o       Enrolment of Conspirators

o       Henry Wright the Informer

o       Monteagle’s Letter to King James

o       Epitaph on Peter Heiwood

o       The Use of Torture

o       Myths and Legends of the Plot

o       Memorial Inscriptions in the Tower

o       Guy Faukes’ Published Confession

o       Recusants’ Fines

·        Index

The book is in good condition for its age, with minor wear/bumps and is grubby/blemished.  There is a previous owner’s smart privately printed Victorian book plates “Sir Benjamin Stone, The Grange, Erdington” and another owner’s signature dated 1921 at the front and a little light foxing to the hand-cut rims. There is no dust-jacket.

A wonderful VICTORIAN edition.

I am more than happy to combine shipping on multiple purchases and cost will be determined on the total weight of your wins.  Goods will be WELL PACKAGED and dispatched once payment has cleared.

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For Europe Postage: = 2.45 GB Pounds

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Air Mail (Anywhere in the World) = 3.65 GB Pounds

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Goods will be WELL PACKAGED and dispatched once payment has cleared.

COMBINED SHIPPING: I will weigh all your wins and treat as one package according to the combined weight.  There is always a saving on the individual amounts quoted – the heavier the overall package, the greater the saving.

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