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Queen Mary
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Henry S King & Co, 1875. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". None . The first edition of this historical drama by Alfred Lord Tennyson in a beautiful decorative morocco binding. The first edition of this historical drama by famous English author Alfred Lord Tennyson, concerned with Queen Mary I of England. First impression with 'beheld' misspelt 'Behled' to p. 126.The story retells the history from Queen Mary's ascension to the throne to her death at only forty-two and the succession of her younger sister, Queen Elizabeth I. Celebrated for its depiction of Queen Mary's reign as well as the persecution of Protestants and the unrest of the sixteenth century. Complete with half title. Rebound in striking decorative full straight up grain morocco with decorative gilt to boards and spine, gilt to edges, renewed endpapers. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only, lightly rubbed to joints, minor mark to rear. Previous owner's gift inscription to recto front blank leaf, dated 1877. Internally, firmly bound. Minor spotting affecting occasional leaf. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 852A2
- Title
- Queen Mary
- Author
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry S King & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- 6.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- alfred lord tennyson drama decorative binding leather bindings drama
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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