Boston: Little, Brown & Co., nd (1962). Purple cloth. Spine and cover edges heavily sunned, owner's bookplate, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj. 8vo. 16 black and white portraits. Fifoot EA52: 1st American edition, 5,000 copies printed: English pub Aug 30, this Nov. 16, 1962. Contents identical

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Bookseller: The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 470062794
Title: The Queens and the Hive
Author: Sitwell, Edith
Illustrator: 16 black and white portraits
Format/Binding: Purple cloth
Book Condition: Used - Spine and cover edges heavily sunned, owner's bookplate, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: nd (1962)
Pages: 542pp.
Size: 8vo
Keywords: First Editions, 20th Century English Women's Literature, Biography, Elizabeth I, 1st Editions

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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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