Queen Elizabeth I

The Folio Society, London, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Slipcased. Introduction by Roy Strong, preface by the author, note to the 1952 edition, genealogical table, maps, and index. Dark purple coloured end pages. Colour illustrated frontispiece, showing Queen Elizabeth I is a young monarch. The text is illustrated with colour reproductions of contemporary paintings and illustrations. Bright blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured embossed decal to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Maroon coloured slip case. "The book was written for such words as "any logical", "fifth column", and "Cold War", became current; and it is perhaps as well that they are not there. But the ideas are present, as is the idea of romantic leadership of a nation in peril, because they were present in Elizabethan times. They should make the past more real to us; and the accession of a second Queen Elizabeth in the same year of her age as the first will surely stimulate interest." -- From the note to the 1952 edition (originally published without the numerator for obvious reasons). Minor rubbing of the book corners. The slip case shows a few rubs and marks. first edition by this publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], a -based bar XVII, [10], 2 - 418, [4] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Royalty; Britain; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 0289171. .