The Chronicles Of England, France And Spain Etc. Etc

Epitomized Edition. DESCRIPTION: Prize binding for Rossall School awarded to J.D. Champneys in June 1907. Full red leather binding with decorative gilt border to edges and school shield to centre. Decorative five ridged spine with titles. Marbled lower text block edge and endpapers. Language: English. MRS CRAWFORD AND F. NICHOLLS CROUCH. D'Almaine & Co. 16th Edition. MRS CRAWFORD AND F N CROUCH. D'Almaine & Co. 5th Edition. MISS DAVIS. For the author by Marcus Moses, Pianoforte, Harp and Music Warehouse. MRS ORME. Paterson. THE REV. CHARLES WOLFE & PHILIP MORTIMER. Cramer, Addison & Beale. MISS WOLLASTON. Willis & Co Royal Musical Library. 13th Edition. J BENEDICT. Chappell and Cramer, Beale & Co. SIR JOHN STEVENSON. Addison and Hodson. GOULDING & D'ALMAINE. Goulding & D'Almaine. MARIA HAWKS. W. Hawes. 6th Edition. MRS ROBERT ARKWRIGHT. Chappell. M. W. BALFE. Chappell. ALFRED BUNN AND M W BALFE. Chappell. ALFRED BUNN AND M W BALFE. Chappell. W. H. BELLAMY ESQ. AND CHARLES E. HORN. Cramer, Beale & Co. FINLAY DUN AND JOHN THOMSON. Charles Jefferys. SAMUEL LOVER ESQ. Chappell & Co. Ltd. W&M. T COOKE, I R PLANCHE. D'Almaine & Co. 4th Edition. ELIZA COOK AND HENRY RUSSELL. Jefferys & Nelson. HENRY RUSSELL - CHARLES DICKINS. J Williams: Book Condition: Fair: Wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Stain to lower edges, lower spine edge and lower edge of first few pages. Light cracking and wear to front spine edges. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers. Presentation plate to front paste down. Spotting to front and rear fly pages. Lightly toned unmarked pages DJ Condition: No DJ. Pages 511. PROVENANCE: PRIZE PRESENTATION PLATE: JD CHAMPNEYS & ROSSALL SCHOOL. J. D. CHAMPNEYS:Born in 1889, second son of Sir Francis Henry Champneys and Lady Virginia Julian Champneys of Littlemead, Nutley. A brother Montague born in 1878, died in 1894 along with younger brother Weldon and a sister Margaret. Extracts from the Sussex Express newspaper 23rd. June 1916 report on his death.Residents of Nutley and many others are much distressed at the news of the death of Lt. J.D. Champneys, son of Sir Francis Henry Champneys, 1st. Bart. M.D. and Lady Virginia Julian Champneys of Littlemead. The deceased soldier who was attached to the Leicestershire Regiment was 26 years of age and was the elder surviving son of his parents. In Nutley he was held in high esteem, taking a considerable interest in the social life of the village. He was a keen cricketer and was possessed with an excellent voice. Taken prisoner of war by the Germans but died the following day. He was a barrister, educated at Rosewall School, held a foundation scholarship. He matriculated at Balliol College Oxford, took honours in the Final School of Law. Entered at the start of the war as Second Lieutenant and soon became a full Lieutenant. He had been reported missing soon after his death but his parents were only officially notified by the War Department in early June. Communications between the German and British War Departments was poor. In memory of his life a simple wooden cross is mounted on the wall inside Nutley Church. ROSSALL SCHOOL: Rossall School is boarding school between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Founded in 1844 by St Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College, founded the previous year. Along with Cheltenham, Lancing and Marlborough, Rossall was part of a flurry of expansion in public school education during the early Victorian period. AUTHOR: Jean Froissart was one of the most important of the chroniclers of medieval France Froissarts Chronicles are recognized as the chief expression of the chivalric revival of the 14th century Kingdom of England and France His history is also one of the most important sources for the first half of the Hundred Years War. BOOK RESUME: FROISSART born at Valenciennes c1337, First mentioned in England as the secretary of Philippa of Hainault in the court of David II of Scotland in 1364. He attended the. …