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The Prince Consort
by Roger Fulford
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$462.26A$416.04
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co. , 1949. First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated . The second reprint of this work by the historian Roger Fulford, who looks at the life of Albert, Prince Consort. In a charming signed leather binding. The second reprint of the first edition of this work by Roger Fulford. A charming biography of Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, from his youth until his typhoid fever and eventual death in 1861.Much of Fulford's work as a historian focussed on the late Hanoverian period, although his major occupation was that of a journalist. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven full page plates. Collated, complete. In a charming R. W. and H. B. signed binding, dated 1966. In a charming full signed morocco binding with some gilt tooling to the spine and boards, and decorations to the spine. With gilt to the edges. Externally lovely with only minor shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor faint spotting to the endpapers. otherwise the pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven full page plates. Collated, complete. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 784A15
- Title
- The Prince Consort
- Author
- Roger Fulford
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- prince consort queen victoria albert prince consort queen victoria
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
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