Queen Elizabeth by Edward Spencer Beesly - 2009-04-10

Macmillan and Co, 1935. Hardcover. Acceptable. Fair hardcover. No DJ. ORIGINAL 1935 EDITION. Ex-Library with usual markings. Couple minor pencil marks. Slightly tanned. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing/.soiling and bumped corners. Hinges/binding cracked and loose. All pages present and very readable.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1918. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1918. Reprinted. 240 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with faded lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Annotations and marginalia to pages throughout. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends causing cloth to fray.

MP3 Audio CD. Queen Elizabeth CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE: 1533-1558 I have to deal, under strict limitations of space, with a long life, almost the whole of its adult period passed in the exercise of sovereignty--a life which is in effect the history of England during forty-five years, abounding at the same time in personal interest, and the subject, both in its public and private aspects, of fierce and probably interminable controversies. Evidently a bird’s-eye view is all that can be attempted: and the most important episodes alone can be selected for consideration. The daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn was born on September 6, 1533. Anne was niece of Thomas, third Duke of Norfolk, and all the great Howard kinsmen attended at the baptism four days afterwards. Elizabeth was two years and eight months old when her mother was beheaded, and she herself was declared illegitimate by Act of Parliament. It is not recorded that in after years she expressed any opinion about her mother or ever… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. Queen Elizabeth CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE: 1533-1558 I have to deal, under strict limitations of space, with a long life, almost the whole of its adult period passed in the exercise of sovereignty--a life which is in effect the history of England during forty-five years, abounding at the same time in personal interest, and the subject, both in its public and private aspects, of fierce and probably interminable controversies. Evidently a bird’s-eye view is all that can be attempted: and the most important episodes alone can be selected for consideration. The daughter of Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn was born on September 6, 1533. Anne was niece of Thomas, third Duke of Norfolk, and all the great Howard kinsmen attended at the baptism four days afterwards. Elizabeth was two years and eight months old when her mother was beheaded, and she herself was declared illegitimate by Act of Parliament. It is not recorded that in after years she expressed any opinion about her mother or ever… Read More

NY: Perkins Book Co, 1902. Navy Blue Cover with Gold Lettering - Good (has edge fading on back cover). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Perkins Book Co., 1902. Hardcover. VG. 8vo. VG. 8vo. Heros of History. With illustrations. Blue vinyl-like cloth with minimal wear/some minor soiling. Gilt lettered spine. Tight binding. Frontis. With notes by Henry Ketchum. 305 p. + appendix

London: Macmillan and Co, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Publisher's red cloth. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Sunning to spine. Name to FEP. Marginal toning. 245 pages, 19 cm.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited. Good with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. A 1903 printing of the author's biography of Elizabeth I of England, first published in 1892. The early life and major events during her reign are discussed. With appended charts showing Parliamentary sessions during her reign as well as family lineages. An entry in the publisher's "Twelve English Statesmen" series. --- In dark green cloth, with titling on spine stamped in gilt. Lacks a dust jacket. --- Covers and spine with sunning, several leaves have been improperly opened leaving jagged edges and with prior owner's dated signature to front free endpaper; otherwise a firm, sound copy.; Small Octavo (7-1/2 to 8 in. tall); 245 pages .

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Macmillan, 1926 Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. covers damp-stained and worn, internally sound. In Twelve English Statesmen series.. Hardcover.