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Limited edition purely for the American Market.
Limited edition purely for the American Market.
Limited edition purely for the American Market.
Limited edition purely for the American Market.
Limited edition purely for the American Market.

Limited edition with 24 duplicate plates.


SKELTON, John.

Mary Stuart.

London, Paris, New York Bousson, Valadon & Co. 1893.

$1,166.00
$1,166.00

Mary Stuart.

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Skelton began writing for Blackwood's Magazine in 1869, which he did for the rest of his life, then in 1876 he published The Impeachment of Mary Stuart (Edinburgh), followed by several works concerning her including, in 1893 this title. This is the dramatic narrative the doomed Mary Queen of Scots, from her royal birth at Linlithgow Palace in 1542 to her execution at Elizabeth's order in 1587.

This copy is one of the special limited editions printed for America (numbers 201-300) with 24 duplicate illustrations.

Limited edition numbered 293 of 300 ( only one hundred printed for America) ; 4to (33 x 26 cm); frontispiece aquatint finished with exquisite hand-colouring, a 62 illustrations ( including 24 duplicate illustrations), many full-page, captioned tissue-guards, bookplates, minor spotting on a few pages, untrimmed pages, decorated endpapers; bound in full red morocco gilt, gilt armorial device to covers,, gilt thistle decoration on upper and lower covers, spine gilt decorated and lettered, raised bands, top edge gilt; else very good; iii, [blank], 203, [vii] pp.

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Limited edition purely for the American Market.

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