THE ASTORS 1763-1992. Landscape with Millionaires.
Pp. xx+440(last blank), 16 plates, full page facsimile, 3 double page genealogical charts, appendix, notes, further reading, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle foxed on reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, top edges of leaves slightly foxed; Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1993. First edition. *'They originated in Germany. They became millionaires in America. They were leaders of the political and social scenes in the United States and in Britain. The Astor family have left their mark on the landscape of history as surely as they have on the lands in which they lived' [wrapper blurb]. Item #177282
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