Queen Victoria
by Strachey, Lytton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1921. Later printing of Strachey's biography of Queen Victoria. Hardcover,. Illustrated with 9 plates. A good, clean reading copy.. Reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001783
- Title
- Queen Victoria
- Author
- Strachey, Lytton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY, ROYALTY, HOUSE OF WINDSOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography and Biography; Alibris4;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...