Published in London in 1897 for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, The Queen’s Resolve is a commemorative look at her sixty-year reign, produced at the height of late Victorian royal fascination. It reads like a period celebration piece, with reflective text and plenty of visual interest throughout.
This copy has a pale blue decorative cloth binding with gilt lettering and printed portrait medallions of Victoria in youth and in later life, plus illustrated plates and ornamental chapter headings inside. Provenance note: Whittingehame Parish Library stamp to the front endpaper.
Details:
- Language: English
- Title: The Queen’s Resolve: “I Will Be Good” and Her “Doubly Royal” Reign of Sixty Years
- Author: Charles Bullock, B.D.
- Publisher: Home Words Publishing Office
- Place of Publication: London
- Publication Date: 1897
- Edition: Jubilee edition issued during Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee year
- Binding: Decorative blue cloth binding with gilt title and printed portrait medallions
- Features: Decorative cloth cover, gilt lettering, ornamental chapter headings
- Illustrations/Plates: Illustrated with photographic portrait plates and decorative vignettes
- Provenance: Whittingehame Parish Library stamp to front endpaper
- Dimensions: 7.5" H x 5.5" W x 1" D
Condition:
Antique condition consistent with age. Blue cloth binding remains structurally sound with light edge wear and mild rubbing to the corners and spine ends. Interior pages are clean and well preserved with scattered foxing visible on the endpapers and a library stamp from Whittingehame Parish Library on the front endpaper. Binding is firm and all pages appear present. Overall a well-preserved late Victorian commemorative volume.
