Author: Thomas Archer; Amelia Hutchison Stirling
Title: Queen Victoria: Her Life and Reign
Description: London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated biography of Queen Victoria, with cover designs by Talwin Morris. Complete in four volumes. First edition. The life of Queen Victoria, exploring her reign of over 63 years, which was longer than those of any of her predecessors. She reigned over a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, as well as great expansion of the British Empire. This work reviews her personal life as well as her public relationships. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece and nineteen plates. Volume three is illustrated with a frontispiece and eighteen plates. Volume four is illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-three plates. Collated complete. Written by Thomas Archer and Amelia Hutchison Stirling, British authors and historians. With cloth designs by Talwin Morris, a prolific Scottish book designer and decorative artist working known for his Glasgow Style. In the original pictorial red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Queen Victoria Archert Stirling Morris Archert Not Stated


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