Mary Stuart by Skelton, John - 1893

London: Boussod, Valadon, 1893. Hardcover. VG-, light wear to cover edges, light fading to interior edges, light foxing, binding nice and tight. Maroon cloth, 3/4 leather, t. e. g., marbalized ffeps. Extensive biography of Stuart, with many portraits of her - many of which are from private collections and aren't displayed often.

London; Paris; Edinburgh: Goupil & Co, 1898. Second edition. Hardcover. fair. 1/500. Folio. [4], III, [1], 206, [2]pp. Uncut. 3/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering and tooling on spine and blind-stamped ruling on covers. Top edge gilt. Title page in red and black lettering. Publisher's vignette on title. Illustrated head-, and tailpieces. Decorative initials. A first and limited edition of this lavishly illustrated work on Mary Stuart who was queen regnant of Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567 and queen consort of France from 10 July 1559 to 5 December 1560. This work is profusely illustrated throughout with numerous tissue-guarded b/w engravings. Limited edition of 500 copies on fine paper of which this copy is unnumbered. Moderate rubbing along edges of binding. Closed tear along front joint. Lower margin of binding damp-stained. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover (Reginald Gurney). Color frontispiece missing. Clear damp-staining on all plates.… Read More

Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.First edition. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Titlepage printed in red and black, with illuminated coloured portrait frontispiece, 24 plates of portraits, 4-page facsimile of the last letter of Mary Stuart, 16 illustrations in the text, tissue guards with captions printed in red, 4to. 326mm by 260mm. 203 pages. No extraneous markings. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Outer spine piece is missing. Could be rebound. Heavy wear to boards and corners. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Goupil & Co. Worn condition. Dust-wrapper torn and creased. Slight foxing to prelims. Edges uncut and dusty. Complete and all as published - ready for casing up. 1898. Limited Edition (2nd - 500). Paper dustwrapper over the body of the book. 330mm x 240mm (13" x 9"). iii, 206pp. Illustrated with colour frontispiece and other engravings. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Goupil & Co, 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Goupil & Co, London, 1898. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text.

London: Boussod, Valadon. Good+ wraps. 1893. paperback. paperback. folio . 203pp . NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. With a worn "DJ' over the wrappers. Loads of illustrations of the life and times. Scarce. .

London, Paris, Edinburgh: Goupil & Company, 1898. Book. Very Good (Book condition). Hardcover. Second Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 1 of 500. Bound in black buckram with leather label. Marbled endpapers. A decent copy with rubbing to leather spine label and owner's bookplate. Some rubbing to covers and light bumping to corners. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair.].

Paris:: Boussod, Valadon & Co.,, 1893.. No. 220 of 300 copies, on Japanese Paper, with a duplicate series of plates.. original printed wrappers as issued, in publisher's clamshell box.. Armorial bookplate; slight dust-soiling to wrappers; otherwise fine in a worn and dust-soiled folding box. One ribbon tie detached and laid in.. Folio,. A sumptuous production.

SKELTON, John. MARY STUART. London: Goupil, 1898. Small folio. Morocco. Color frontispiece, 226, (1) pag 41 plates. Second edition, 1 of 500 copies. A handsomely printed biography with forty-two plates and many engravings throughout and in a full morocco binding by Zaehnsdorf Very good.

London: Goupil & Co, 1898. Limited. leather bound. Very Good. London: Goupil & Co., 1898. Limited. leather bound. H:13" D: 10" W: 1 3/4" 1 Volume. John Skelton. Mary Stuart.Bound in full green morocco byTapley, top edges gilt,raised bands, ornate floral gllt on covers and.....