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LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF SCOTLAND AND ENGLISH PRINCESSES CONNECTED WITH THE REGAL SUCCESSION OF GREAT BRITAIN. 8 VOLUMES BOUND IN 4. (VOLUMES I-VIII COMPLETE.)
by Strickland, Agnes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 8 volumes bound in 4 - 7 1/2" H. Brown leather spines and corners, brown cloth covered boards. Five raised bands on each spine, gilt lettering (title and volume numbers) and darker banding/decoration. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. A few small b&w illustrations in text only (reproductions of signatures, map, etc. - no portraits). Volume I - 1854 - 375 pp: Mary Tudor / Magdalene of France / Mary of Lorraine. Volume II - 1854 - 402 pp: Mary of Lorraine, cont'd. / Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. Volumes III & IV - 1854 - 336 pp, 347 pp: Mary Stuart. Volumes V & VI - 1868 - 333 pp, 365 pp: Mary Stuart, cont'd. Volume VII - 1859 - 470 pp: Mary Stuart, cont'd. Volume VIII - 1859 - 379 pp: Elizabeth Stuart / Sophia, Electress of Hanover. All volumes have a few scattered tiny light and dark foxing marks throughout the pages, all bindings are very tight, three volumes have a few splits in the inside hinge paper - all are holding firmly, three volumes have tiny wrinkling marks at fore-edge of some pages - generally to the last 50 to 200 pages and most likely from the manufacturing process, two volumes have some pages with tiny/small bump/wrinkle at bottom corner, a few very small bumps to edges of some boards, books have edge wear, areas of darkening on the leather - leather has been treated with leather preservative, darkening to the top of the text blocks, a few minor light scuffs, some lettering on the spines have some loss of gold. . Half-Leather. Good+.
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29585
- Title
- LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF SCOTLAND AND ENGLISH PRINCESSES CONNECTED WITH THE REGAL SUCCESSION OF GREAT BRITAIN. 8 VOLUMES BOUND IN 4. (VOLUMES I-VIII COMPLETE.)
- Author
- Strickland, Agnes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- Royalty, Queens, Princesses, Biography, Royal Family, Royal Families, English, British, French, Scottish, Mary Tudor, James IV, Magdalene, James V, Mary of Lorraine, Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, Mary Stuart, elizabeth Stuart, Sophia Electres
- Bookseller catalogs
- BRITISH HISTORY; Royalty; Women in History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Capricorn Books
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About the Seller
Capricorn Books
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Oakville, Ontario
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- 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....
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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