Renier, Gustaaf Johannes — HISTORY - ITS PURPOSE AND METHOD.

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1950. 1st edition 272 pp. cloth gilt titles with dustjacket. Dustjacket unclipped. Ex libris belonged to Dick Zijlstra, journalist and writer. Gustaaf Johannes Petrus Renier (1892 - 1962) was professor of Dutch History at University College London. At the outbreak of the First World War he fled to England, and remained there working as a journalist, biographer and translator, before completing a doctorate under Pieter Geyl. In 1936 he succeeded Geyl as Reader in Dutch History at University College London. Dustjacket tanned at edges and spine, edgewear, and small tears corners. Ex libris verso front plate. Inside nice and clean.