Description: Click here to see our other books! Four Years in France or Narrative of an English Family's Residence There During That Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith Henry Digby Beste 1826 Henry Colburn : London 8.5" by 5.5" [xvi] 443pp. SUMMARY A narrative of four years in France. Leather Binding Overall Condition: Good Only This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed UK Postage: £ 3.99 US Postage: £ 19.99 EU Postage: £ 15.99 European Postage: £ 16.99 Asia Postage: £ 21.99 Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99 DESCRIPTION Henry Digby Beste (1768-1836) was born in Brighton and became a deacon in the Anglican church but after experiencing some spiritual doubts he converted to Catholicism and became a regular contributor to many Catholic periodicals. Originally published anonymously this is Beste's account of four years in France with his family. Later he went on to also live in Italy and wrote the volume, Italy as it is, or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence for Three Years in that Country. CONDITION Bound in quarter leather with marble paper-covered boards. There is some wear to the extremities including rubbing, marks to the boards, cracking to the spine and bumping to the corners. There is a small circular paper sticker to the front board and a small amount of what looks like stamp paper stuck to the rear. The binding is tight and firm with the boards and all internal pages securely attached. Internally the pages are generally clean and bright with the occasional brown spot or handling mark. There is a bookplate on the front pastedown from Priory of Our Lady of Good Council, Hayward's Heath and the half title has this ink stamped onto the page twice. The front blank endpaper has a copperplate inscription. Overall Condition: Good Only GLOSSARY OF TERMS Overall Condition (Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present) Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will be described in the condition report under 'condition' Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair Fair - As with good only above but with other faults leaving a compromised copy even after repair Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete. We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them attractive none the less. Major defects will be described. GUARANTEE We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions. Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL. If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected. Please note we cannot accept USD cheques
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Subject: Travel & Exploration
Topic: None
Original/Facsimile: Original
Binding: Leather
Publisher: Henry Colburn
Special Attributes: None
Place of Publication: London
Year Printed: 1826
Author: Henry Digby Beste
Language: English
Illustrator: None
