1996 The Jubilee Years, 1887-1897

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, With Slipcase

The first edition of this work in a quarter cloth binding with pictorial boards and the original board slipcase. A tribute to the decade between Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees, 1887 and 1897, by the prolific author Roger Hudson. Full of information about the Queen's household and family, with chapters on the Jubilee celebrations, this work also provides an insight into the economic, military, technological, and artistic aspects of the time. Richly illustrated throughout with reproductions of photographs and paintings in colour and in black-and-white.