Complete Set of Lives of the Queens of England, Bound by Tout

Agnes [and Elizabeth] Strickland. LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST; WITH ANECDOTES OF THEIR COURTS... 12 vols. (complete). London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 1840-1848. Various editions (first, second, and new, with most first editions). Uniformly bound in three-quarter blue morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped spines with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, and red ribbon bookmark. Finely bound by Tout; stamped on front flyleaf verso "TOUT BINDER" in lower left corner and "ESTES & LAURIAT, BOSTON" in upper left corner. 8vo; xxiv, 360; 431; 380; 447; 441; 503; 485; 478; 429; 416; 440, [2]; 462pp. All with portrait frontispiece (queens and the last volume with Strickland), tissue guard, and both illustrated and printed title page; some with half-title.

8 x 5 1/4 in. each

Private North Carolina Collection

Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) was an English writer and historian. Although she started her career as a poet and writer of children's books, she later turned to historical biographies and with the help of her sister Elizabeth (though uncredited) she wrote the well-known and well-researched Lives of the Queens of England.

Samuel Stout was a Victorian binder in London.

Spines uniformly sunned to green with scattered rubbing and chipping, boards with wear to extremities, joints creased with occasional rubbing and cracking; interiors with mild to moderate toning and occasional light foxing, offsetting, ownership stamp, and finger grime; a few small tears and repairs; a sturdy and about very good set.