Queen Victoria
by STRACHEY, Lytton
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1921. hardcover. fine. 9 black & white plates. 314 pages, 8vo, handsomely rebound by Truslove & Hanson in full burgundy morocco, inner dentelles. London: Chatto & Windus, 1921. First Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> Lovely bookplate of Sir Ernest Cable<br/> <br/>
Synopsis
This is the definitive biography of Britain’s greatest monarch, who “was hailed at once as the mother of her people and as the embodied symbol of their imperial greatness.” “One of the surpassingly beautiful prose achievements of our time” (Chicago Daily News). Index; illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 295580
- Title
- Queen Victoria
- Author
- STRACHEY, Lytton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
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New York, New York
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...