Chicago: Harper & Brothers, 1868. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover, 1868, brown cloth boards with decorative gilt. Harper & Brothers, Chicago. Binding tight, moderate shelf wear with bottom of spine and corners fraying, extensive rubbing to edges, some stains. Period news clippings have been glued in at various pages, giving different accounts of Victoria's life and relationship to Albert and John Brown. These have discolored the facing pages. Some age-related foxing, some creases and warping, text unmarked. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 044057
Title: Queen Victoria's Journal: Our Life in the Highlands, 1848-1861
Author: Queen Victoria
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1868

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
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...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...