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The Queen's Empire A Pictorial and Descriptive Record
None Stated
1897
Cassell and Company Limited : London
9.5" by12"
xx, 288pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition of this record of Queen Victoria's empire, bound in crushed half morocco and illustrated profusely throughout.
First Edition,Illustrated,Leather Binding,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 1 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition.
Bound in crushed half morocco with cloth to the board, with a label to the front blank indicating that this book was specially bound through subscription by the publisher's and was not available to purchase from the booksellers.
Illustrated throughout with a monochrome frontispiece, illuminated letters and over 200 pages of monochrome photographs.
With an introduction by H. O. Arnold-Forster.
This work provides a visual record of the Empire of Queen Elizabeth, with the book being dedicated to the queen. The work provides photographs and descriptions of the government, how the queen and her subjects travel, the homes and work life of her subjects and much more, creating a comprehensive sketch of the British empire lead by the Queen.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards. Externally sound with slight marks to the rear board and significant marks to the front, rubbing to the extremities with a very small closed tear to the leather to the head of the spine and bumping to the extremities of the boards. Front hinge starting after the front blank. Internally, cords showing between pages 96 and 97, otherwise generally firmly bound with evidence of strain in places. Pages bright and generally clean with the odd handling mark and spot, heavier to the blanks.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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