The Marquis of Lorne [John Campbell]

V.R. I. Her Life and Empire & the Art Journal Coronation Number

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1901-1902. Cloth. A smart collection of works on the life and times of Queen Victoria, and the Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra, with illustrations throughout. Complete with the index and preface, parts one to sixteen, and The Art Journal Coronation Number. The life and empire of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign was longer than any of her predecessors and was a period of vast industrial, political, scientific, and military development within the United Kingdom, as well as a great expansion of the British Empire. With the Coronation Number of the Art Journal, detailing the coronation of Edward VII and his wife, Alexandra, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions. Illustrated throughout with numerous black-and-white images, one colour plate to part four, and a colour frontispiece to part sixteen. With four tipped in plates to Coronation Number. Collated complete. Written by John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, known by the title of Marquess of Lorne, a British nobleman who was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883 and husband to Princess Louise, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and fading to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, unbound as issued with each individual magazine inserted. Paper wraps are smart with the odd small crease or closed tear and light age toning to the extremities. Minor chipping to the odd volume with a closed tear to the joint of part six. Front section of the wrap detached but present the Coronation Number with light loss, and chipping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. An ink stamp to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 897T15

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: V.R.I. Life Empire Art Journal Life Edward VII Queen Victoria Not Stated

Marquis of Lorne

V.R.I. Her Life and Empire

Harmsworth, 1901. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio faded spine Good.

The Victoria BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 500048532

Keywords: HISTORY

Marquis of Lorne

V.R. I. Her Life and Empire

London, Harmsworth Bros Ltd, 1901. Leather. A detailed and illustrated exploration into the life and reign of Queen Victoria. Copiously illustrated throughout, with many photographic plates and decorative bordering. Featuring two coloured frontispieces which both depict Queen Victoria at different times in her life. John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman and was the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. He is now remembered primarily for the place names bestowed on Canadian geography in honour of his wife and for his metrical paraphrase of Psalm 121, "Unto the hills around do I lift up". Rebound in a straight grain morocco binding. Externally, a trifle rubbed, with some wear to the extremities and spine label. Slight evidence of past worming to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, aside from the odd handling mark, as well as some light spotting to the first and last leaves. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: LTH23-A-6

Catalogue: British History

Keywords: queen victoria victoria marquess of lorne John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell victoria duke of argyll Not Stated

The Marquis of Lorne, The Duke of Argyll

V.R. I Her Life and Empire

London, Harmsworth Bros Ltd, 1901. Cloth. A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated work on the life of nineteenth-century British monarch, Queen Victoria. Published the year of Queen Victoria's death. A comprehensive biography of the life and empire of nineteenth-century British monarch, Queen Victoria, the longest serving monarch in British history next to the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Published the year of Queen Victoria's death and written by John Campbell, the 9th Duke of Argyll and the Marquis of Lorne. Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode, His Majesty's Printers. Beautifully illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations. Containing two full page colour plates, and a colour title page. Collated and complete. Containing a small ink signature of a previous owner to the front free-endpaper. In the publisher's original white cloth binding. Externally, slight darkening to the extremities and spine, and a few small stains and marks to the boards. Head and tail of the spine slightly bumped. Previous owner's small ink signature to the front free-endpaper. Previous bookseller's small sticker to the rear pastedown. Internally, front hinge strained at the frontispiece page, but firm. Binding is firm throughout. Pages are bright and clean Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 800J21

Catalogue: Biography & Autobiography

Keywords: queen victoria victoria 19th century monarchy victoria crown biography Not Stated

The Marquis of Lorne

V.R. I. Queen Victoria; Her Life and Empire. Illustrated

New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1901. First printing (First edition). Hardcover. Backstrip sun-faded, with ends frayed; name rubbed out on bookplate inside front cover; pages slightly toned; wormhole damage at outside and bottom margins of some pages; otherwise very good condition (no dust jacket). 378p. Illus. Frontispiece with tissue guard. First printing, November, 1901. .

Hammer Mountain Book HallsProfessional seller

Book number: 52202

Catalogue: English History

LORNE Marquis of

V.R.I. Her life and empire

Eyre & Spottiswoode 1901 Eyre & Spottiswoode 1901 xii 395pp frontis plates half leather hardback, binding rubbed and marked, corners worn, front board slightly loose, endpapers discoloured with some loss on bottom corner, text and images bright and clean

Rosemary Pugh BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 80051

Keywords: 0022