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QUEEN PHILIPPA'S GOLDEN BOOKE.
by [MANNING, Anne]:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co., [1851].. First edition. Octavo. Contemporary half calf over textured foliate-patterned boards, the spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt and with contrasting morocco title labels lettered in gilt. Chromolithographic additional title page and contents leaf by W. Dickes. Marbled endpapers. pp. [2], [i], ii-[vi], [7]- 230, [2]. Old pencil notes to the front free endpaper verso. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a scuff to the leather of the top corner of the upper board and some rubbing to the spine and corners. The contents with a 1cm tear to the head of the second blank and a few spots of light foxing to the preliminary pages are otherwise in very good order. An uncommon work by the English novelist Anne Manning (1807-1879), best known for her numerous works of historical fiction. As with most of Manning's anonymously issued works the text is couched in antique language, designed to offer her readership a form of historical authenticity. Through this medium Manning's works - often regarding the lives of past women - introduced a "considerable familiarity with historical facts, and female observation", creating stories which "encompassed both public greatness and everyday private domesticity" (ODNB). 'Queen Philippa's Golden Booke' is very much in this vein, constructed around six narrators, two of whom are women, each telling a medieval tale, three of which are about women.
An interesting pencil note to the endpaper relates that this is the only work known by the illustrator William Dickes (1815-1892) with his address as at "5½ Old Fish St, Doctors' Commons." Incidentally this is the address used by Dickes at the Great Exhibition of 1851 when showing his 'Oil colour printing.'
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- Bookseller
- Sky Duthie Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1315
- Title
- QUEEN PHILIPPA'S GOLDEN BOOKE.
- Author
- [MANNING, Anne]:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed for Arthur Hall, Virtue, & Co.
- Date Published
- [1851].
- Keywords
- Literature|Illustrated Books|Books By / About Women
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Sheffield, South Yorkshire
About Sky Duthie Rare Books
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Following a period in academia focusing on the history of ideas and after several years working for a prominent rare bookseller, the business was established in 2022 by Dr Sky Duthie.
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- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Title Page
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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