Elizabeth and Essex
by Strachey, Lytton
One of the most famous and baffling romances in history-between Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex-began in May of 1587, when she was fifty-three and he was just shy of twenty. Their relationship continued until 1601, when the Earl of Essex was beheaded for treason. And, in a succession of brilliant scenes, Strachey portrays the Queen's and the Earl's compelling attraction for on another, their impassioned disagreements, and their mutual contest for power, which led to a final, tragic confrontation. Here we also have superb portraits of influential people of the time: Francis Bacon, Robert Cecil, Walter Raleigh, and other figures of the court who struggled to assert themselves in a kingdom that was primarily defined by her sovereign, and so now seen through history's lens as Elizabethan England.
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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
by Lytton Strachey
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- 1928
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London: Chatto & Windus, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. An illustrated first edition copy of this work which chronicles the relationship of Elizabeth and Robert Devereux. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece and five additional plates. Collated complete. A retelling of Queen Elizabeth I's tempestuous relationship… Read more about this item Item Price
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ELIZABETH AND ESSEX [SIGNED]
by Strachey, Lytton
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New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Limited Edition, #41/1060. Hardcover. Octavo, 244 pages; G+; contemporary quarter navy cloth binding, boards in decorated blue and green paper; spine with gilt lettering and design; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; crown of spine missing; fading to spine; spine cocked; previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; signed flat by Strachey at second… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Strachey, Lytton
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New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1928. [Fine Binding]. Three-quarter crushed purple morocco leather over hand-combed paper boards, raised bands, gilt title and decorative compartments, top edge gilt, hand-combed endpapers, (8.75 x 6.25 inches). First Regular Edition. 296 pages, w/ Index; illustrated with tissue-protected frontis portrait of Elizabeth. SIGNED BINDING by Whitman Bennett with stamp left corner verso free… Read more about this item Item Price
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Elizabeth and Essex; a Tragic History
by Strachey, Lytton
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N. Y. , Harcourt Brace & Co, 1928. 6th Printing, 1928. Originally published 1928. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 296 pages; Description: 296p. Subject: Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603) - Relations with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
by Lytton Strachey
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Harcourt, Brace, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Previous owner bookplate on front free page: Dorothy Hare. No markings in book. Binding is fine. Lightly read. Scuffed, price clipped DJ with shelf wear. Item Price
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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
by Strachey, Lytton
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New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1969. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 0x5x8. First printing. Wrapper edges lightly worn. 1969 Trade Paperback. 296 pp. ELIZABETH AND ESSEX is the classic account of the turbulent relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. It is a story of attraction, passion and treason, and describes… Read more about this item Item Price
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Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition, 2nd Printing (Dec 1928). Published by Harcourt, Brace, World, 1928. Octavo. Black cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Boards have shelf wear with fading to gilt lettering on… Read more about this item Item Price
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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
by STRACHEY, Lytton
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. First American trade edition. Bookplate of novelist and suspense writer F. Van Wyck Mason on the front fly, spine lettering rubbed and readable only with effort, else about very good lacking the dustwrapper. Life of the Virgin Queen by a Bloomsbury libertine. Item Price
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ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
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New York / London: Crosby Gaige / Chatto & Windus, 1928. First edition. Near fine.. Black cloth spine, stamped in gilt, floral decorated boards. Frontispiece portrait and five full-page plates. Signed by Strachey on the verso of of the first tipped-in flyleaf, as was the convention. Bookplate of the Hogarth Press /Bloomsbury Group collector William Beekman affixed to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
by Lytton Strachey
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Elizabeth and Essex
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New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. limited edition. Hard Cover. near fine. Decorative cloth over dark blue boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is #177 and is Signed by Lytton Strachey. A very nice copy in a mylar wrapper. Item Price
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ELIZABETH AND ESSEX: A Tragic History
by Lytton Strachey
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1956. Paperback. 296p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine and front cover creased. Otherwise clean and tight. Item Price
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Elizabeth and Essex: a Tragic History
by Strachey, Lytton
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Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1929 296 pps. plus 6 b/w plates. Pages deckled on right and bottom. Rubber stamp on front endpaper; locations in pencil on rear endpaper. Text is clean. tight, and unmarked. Black cloth-bound boards with gold stamping on spine show wear.. 7th Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
by STRACHEY, Lytton
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine. First regular edition. Near fine with some wear to boards. Item Price
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ELIZABETH AND ESSEX
by Lytton Strachey
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London: Chatto and Windus, 1948. collected edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 5 x 7 1/2 in. Red cloth boards with gilt spine titles on black. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers like new with just a hint of toning. Binding tight and text unmarked. Bio. RGR. Item Price
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Elizabeth and Essex : A Tragic History
by Lytton Strachey
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 1969. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History
by Strachey, Lytton
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Elizabeth and Essex
by LYTTON STRACHEY
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NY: Harcourt; Brace And Co., 1928. 1st Regular Edition Stated . Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. NY: Harcourt; Brace And Co., 1928. 1st Regular Edition Stated . Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine copy in black cloth with Gold Gilt on spine which is faded/rubbed 296pp, Merry Christmas from Ellen… Read more about this item Item Price
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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History.
by STRACHEY, LYTTON.
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1928]. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny edgetears.
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Elizabeth & Essex: A Tragic History
by Lytton Strachey
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Chatto and Windus, 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1932. First Edition Thus. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Boards have mild rubbing and minor bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends as… Read more about this item Item Price
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