London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Good with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. A 1903 printing of the author's biography of Elizabeth I of England, first published in 1892. The early life and major events during her reign are discussed. With appended charts showing Parliamentary sessions during her reign as well as family lineages. An entry in the publisher's "Twelve English Statesmen" series. --- In dark green cloth, with titling on spine stamped in gilt. Lacks a dust jacket. --- Covers and spine with sunning, several leaves have been improperly opened leaving jagged edges and with prior owner's dated signature to front free endpaper; otherwise a firm, sound copy.; Small Octavo (7-1/2 to 8 in. tall); 245 pages .

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 80652
Title: Queen Elizabeth (Twelve English Statesmen series)
Author: BEESLY, Edward Spencer
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1903
Bookseller catalogs: >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir; >>England, UK and UK History;

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Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...