Victoria Regina: A Dramatic Biography
by Housman, Laurence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Hamburg, Paris, Bologna: The Albatross Verlag. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. First edition thus, first printing (the list of The Albatross Modern Continental Library at the rear lists all volumes to be published up to December 1935). Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over tan and black printed boards, gilt lettering on olive leather label on spine. Binding by Oscar Brandstetter, Leipzig. Illustrated with full-page B&W drawings and in-text illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard. In English.. The volume shows only the slightest signs of light shelf-wear, else as new; unmarked, tight, square, fresh, and clean. NEAR FINE. . The Albatross Modern Continental Library Series. Vol. 274. B&W drawings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 470, (2), (8-adverts) pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28999
- Title
- Victoria Regina: A Dramatic Biography
- Author
- Housman, Laurence
- Illustrator
- Ernest H. Shepard
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Albatross Verlag
- Place of Publication
- Hamburg, Paris, Bologna
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Biography, Historical Fiction, Queen Victoria, Kings And Queens Of England, Royalty, Laurence Housman, Illustrated Books, Ernest H. Shepard;
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- 12mo
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