Elizabeth Our Queen by Richard Dimbleby - 1953

University of London, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. Presentation Edition. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Prize plate to front pastedown. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hodder & Stroughton, 1953. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1953. First Edition. 188 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over tan paper covered boards and gilt lettering. Contains coloured illustrated plates. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages & plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Pen inscription to front free end paper. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Clipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing.

University of London, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 64 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed and sunned.

University of London, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. No Edition Stated. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

University of London, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates throughout. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout.Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

University of London, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 64 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to boards.

University of London Press, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages and illustrations with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. First Printed. 189 pages. No dust jacket. White paper covered boards. Black and white photographic plates. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light foxing, moderate thumb marking and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has moderate tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hodder & Stroughton, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1953. First Edition. 188 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth and gilt lettering. Contains coloured plates. Prize sticker stuck to front free end paper. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.

University Of London Press ltd, 1953. Hardcover. Good. 1953. 95 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.