{"product_id":"antique-queen-victoria-book-1887","title":"Antique Queen Victoria Book Illustrated Pictorial Cloth 1887","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLaura Valentine wrote this for the crowd buying keepsakes in Victoria's Golden Jubilee year, and Frederick Warne dressed it accordingly. The front board carries a castle above a river blocked in dark brown, reeds in the foreground, the title picked out in blue green. One hundred engravings run through the text, portraits and royal residences and ceremonial scenes. What I like most sits on the endpaper. Someone gave this to Harry Webb for his birthday in July 1887, from his sister, and the shop label from a stationer on Kilburn High Road is still pasted in the back. The book has been read and it looks it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Author | L. Valentine (Laura Valentine, 1814 to 1899)\u003cbr\u003e[d]Title | The Queen: Her Early Life and Reign\u003cbr\u003e[d]Publisher | Frederick Warne and Co., London and New York\u003cbr\u003e[d]Date | 1887\u003cbr\u003e[d]Edition | First edition, dated 1887 on the title page\u003cbr\u003e[d]Binding | Publisher's pictorial cloth, light brown, blocked in dark brown with blue green lettering, gilt and brown blocking to spine\u003cbr\u003e[d]Pages | 376 pages\u003cbr\u003e[d]Illustrations | One hundred black and white engravings including frontispiece portrait\u003cbr\u003e[d]Dimensions | 7.5 in H x 5 in W x 1 in D\u003cbr\u003e[d]Provenance | Presentation inscription to front free endpaper, \"Harry Webb from his Sister Wishing you a Happy Birthday July 5th\/87\". Bookseller's label to rear pastedown, W. J. Ravenhill, Bookseller and Stationer, Promenade Library, 224 High Road, Kilburn, London\u003cbr\u003e[d]Subject | Queen Victoria, British monarchy, Victorian history\u003cbr\u003e[d]Origin | England\u003cbr\u003e[d]Language | English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[condition]\u003cbr\u003eThe cloth is intact with even darkening across both boards and rubbing to the corners and spine ends. The blocking on the front board remains crisp and fully legible, as does the spine lettering. Edges of the text block are worn and foxed. Foxing and age toning run through the text and plates in the way you expect from a commercial book of this date, heavier at the front and rear, lighter through the middle. The presentation inscription is in period ink and fully legible. The bookseller's label is present and clean. Text block is complete with all one hundred illustrations. A good honest copy that shows its age rather than hiding it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766258565398,"sku":"AMD-13654","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/DSA09539.jpg?v=1789662834","url":"https:\/\/austynmariedesign.com\/products\/antique-queen-victoria-book-1887","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}