A Man of Singular Virtue: Being the Life of Thomas More, Folio Society

London: The Folio Society, 2008. Very Good. Selected, edited and introduced by A. L. Rowse. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and quarter bound in black cloth stamped in gilt with sides of tan cloth boards stamped in gilt on the upper panel. Light fading/wear to spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. No dust jacket, as issued. The flimsy original slipcase is Good. Faded with edge-wear to opening and corners. 127 pages. 6½ x 10" tall. First published in 1860.

Originally published in 1626 under the title, “The Mirrour of Vertue in Worldly Greatnes.” This slim book contains “A Life of Sir Thomas More” and “A Selection of More's Letters.” The letters are addressed to Joyce Lee, Cardinal Wolsey, More’s wife, Alice, the “Nun of Kent,” Thomas Cromwell, and More’s daughter, Margaret.