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The Secret History of the Most Renowned Q. [Queen] Elizabeth, and the E. [Earl] of Essex
by By a Person of Quality
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Cologne [but Likely London]: Printed for Will with the Wisp, at the Sign of the Moon in the Ecliptick, 1695. Title page dated 1695. Palace intrigue. Includes both parts I and II, continuously paginated. Semi-erotic frontis engraving showing the queen with a bare breast. Three quarter brown leather over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, 115 pages, book aobut 5 inches tall. Covers heavily rubbed with surface chipping to the spine (archivally stabilized), sound binding with some minor separation between frontis and title page, original title page soiled and chipped and has been rebacked, pages with some old dampstaining and ink spots, no ownership names. . Hard Cover. Fair. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044672
- Title
- The Secret History of the Most Renowned Q. [Queen] Elizabeth, and the E. [Earl] of Essex
- Author
- By a Person of Quality
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Printed for Will with the Wisp, at the Sign of the Moon in the Ecliptick
- Place of Publication
- Cologne [but Likely London]
- Date Published
- 1695
- Size
- 32mo - over 4" - 5" ta
- Keywords
- NOVEL FICTION MONARCHY ROYALTY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
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- Marbled boards
- ...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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