Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. Red cloth bound boards, slightly scraped, rubbed and marked. Gilt titling to spine. Offsetting. Previous owners inscription on paste down. Black and white illustrations. Name/Writing on e/p at end of book. Index. 382 pp. One brown mark across page edges. The British court for 1,000 years. Mr. Turner is a specialist in mighty historical themes-through-the-ages -- courting, social reform, medicine and the like --and somehow contrives to make them gayer and a good deal more rewarding than the breeziest sort of fiction. ; 000420