Queen Victoria Strachey, Lytton
by Lytton Strachey
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Good. Leather, 4th printing, 1921. Fair on the outside, G+, good inside, No reader's marks Scuffing and moder. loss at corners; US NY: Harcourt, Brace, 1921. vg/1/2-leather; ornate spine with 5 raised bands; edition sparsely illustrated. Frontisp. Portrait of queen victoria, prince Albert and the royal family by f Binding still good. All edges red/gilt. Handsome silver floral endpapers and bright color frontis., other illus. throughout. 8vo
Synopsis
This is the definitive biography of Britain’s greatest monarch, who “was hailed at once as the mother of her people and as the embodied symbol of their imperial greatness.” “One of the surpassingly beautiful prose achievements of our time” (Chicago Daily News). Index; illustrations.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Station North Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0420T665368
- Title
- Queen Victoria Strachey, Lytton
- Author
- Lytton Strachey
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
Terms of Sale
Station North Books
20 days no-questions-asked returns. I'll pay postage if the book is not as described.
About the Seller
Station North Books
Biblio member since 2006
Baltimore, Maryland
About Station North Books
I grade conservatively, personally inspecting all the books and trying to describe their condition so you have no surprises. I aim to underpromise and overdeliver. My best feedback is the (more than) one that says, "Better than described!" I have been collecting books for years and sharing story and ideas as an English teacher since 1987. Ned at NedSparrow.com
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...