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THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
Pp. x+214(last blank), 24 plates, sources and reference points, index; med. 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1989. First edition. More
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THE BOOK OF THE QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE [and] THE BOOK OF THE QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE LIBRARY.
Two volumes, totalling approximately 650 pages, with 116 plates (32 coloured, frontispieces with tissue guard), text figures (mostly plans, in Volume I), the title pages printed in red & black, errata slip tipped-in at p. 48 in Volume II, appendices; thick post 4to; qr. natural linen, printed paper title label..... More
PRINCE CHARLES.
A Study in Development. Pp. 236, 16 plates, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and scuffed; Robert Hale, London, 1988. First edition. More
THE STORY OF THE CORONATION.
With a Foreword by Sir George Bellew, Garter King of Arms. Pp. 152, 32 plates (7 coloured, 1 key to coloured plates), appendices, pictorial endpapers; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; endpapers lightly offset, small surface abrasion to verso of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves..... More
CHURCHILL AND THE KING.
The wartime alliance of Winston Churchill and George VI. Pp. xviii+208, notes, bibliography, index; post 8vo; qr. black paper, lettered in gilt & blind, grey papered boards; leaves browned; Viking, New York, 2013. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his book label on upper pastedown..... More
ROYAL YACHTS OF EUROPE.
From the Seventeenth to Twentieth Century. Pp. 96(last blank), numerous illustrations (several full page); small cr. 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly soiled; free endpapers a trifle offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1975. First edition. More
CORONATION SOUVENIR NUMBER.
No. 1,294. From Wednesday, May 12, to Tuesday, May 18, 1937. Six separate issues (Numbers 8745 to 8750) bound together. Pp. 40+40+36+32+28+32, illustrated; impl. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers (with advertisements on both sides of lower wrapper and verso of upper wrapper), browned and slightly soiled, edges lightly chipped and split;..... More
ROYAL ENGLISH BOOKBINDINGS.
Pp. 96, coloured frontispiece and 7 plates, black & white title page decoration and numerous text illustrations (some full page); super roy. 8vo maroon cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board lettered and decorated in blind, the cloth a trifle faded and rubbed, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; bookplate of..... More
FREDERICK THE GREAT.
Introduction by Elizabeth Longford. Pp. 232(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, further reading, index; super roy. 8vo; lower fore-corner of upper board slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, browned on reverse, backstrip quite faded; margins of leaves lightly browned, occasional light foxing, Weidenfeld..... More
MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS OF HENRY THE EIGHTH King of England, France & Ireland:
in which are included Assertion of the Seven Sacraments; Love Letters to Anne Boleyn; Songs; Letter to the Emperor; Two Proclamations; Will. Edited by Francis McNamara. Pp. 218+[2](colophon, verso blank), black & white frontispiece portrait and one pictorial headpiece, the title page decoration, chapter headings, and a couple of decorative..... More
THE CORONATION IN WONDERFUL PICTURES.
Souvenir Issue, Week Ending June 13, 1953. Pp. 64(including wrappers and advertisements), illustrated in colour and black & white; super roy. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers (with advertisements on both sides of lower wrapper and verso of upper wrapper), stapled, edges lightly rubbed, the lower wrapper slightly foxed and browned, with..... More
SCRAPBOOKS: EARL OF KINTORE G.C.M.G., Governor of South Australia.
Two large volumes in different bindings. Volume One: super roy. folio, half black morocco over green cloth boards, slightly worn, neatly rebacked, with the original gilt lettered and decorated spine laid on, small gilt shield device mounted at centre of upper board and the upper portion of a gilt side..... More
BAZILIOLOGIA, a book of kings: notes on a rare series of engraved English royal portraits from William the Conqueror to James I.
Published under the above title in 1618. Pp. [ii]+xviii+188+[2](colophon, verso blank), two plates with lettered guards, 60 text figures, decorative title page printed in red & black, decorative head & tailpieces and initials, appendices, index; tall post 4to; tan cloth backed cream papered boards, printed paper title label on spine..... More
A ROYAL CATALOGUE comprising books, bindings, autograph letters, engravings and coins by or relating to royalty.
Catalogue 606, May, 1935. Pp. [ii]+222+[14], frontispiece, plus 36 plates, text illustrations (a couple full page), decorative headpiece, indices; small cr. 4to; silver paper wrappers, lettered in black and decorated in red & blue, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and creased; the contents loosening, book label of David Levine, Sydney..... More
THE FIRST ROYAL TOUR, 1867-1868.
Pp. [xii]+200, 8 plates, numerous text illustrations (several full or double-page), bibliography, index; demy 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of lower board bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faded; Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1970. First edition. *'In July, 1867, the Australian colonies were..... More
THE ADVENTURES OF A MAVERICK PRINCESS.
Pp. 196, 24 plates (8 coloured), index; med. 8vo; navy boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, back panel slightly soiled; Bantam Press, London, 1985. First edition. More
THE ROYAL TOUR 1901.
Or the cruise of H.M.S. Ophir, being a lower deck account of their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's voyage around the British Empire. Pp. [196], black & white frontispiece portrait, plus numerous coloured illustrations (several full page); impl. 8vo; fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised;..... More
A LETTER TO MR. WILBERFORCE, AND A PETITION TO THE KING;
with A Preface. Pp. 32(last blank); post 8vo; plain grey/green paper wrappers, a trifle soiled and creased; early inked signature at head of title page, short closed tear top edge p. 3, a little light soiling and creasing, scattered foxing; James Ridgway, London, 1820. *Earl Russell's letter in support of..... More
RAT WEEK.
An Essay on the Abdication. With an Introduction by John Pearson. Pp. 80; demy 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly foxed (mainly on flaps and reverse); book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed;..... More
THE ILLUSTRATED QUEEN VICTORIA.
With an Introduction by Michael Holroyd. Pp. 208, illustrated in colour and black & white (several full page), notes, further reading; cr. 4to; blue cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing;..... More
THE PRINCE IN THE HEATHER.
Photographs by Don Kelly. Pp. 160, 7 coloured plates (one double page), plus numerous black & white illustrations (mostly full page), endpaper map; narrow cr. 4to; boards faintly soiled; all edges brown; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded; name in ink at head of half-title page;..... More
ACCESSION NUMBER And the Abdication of King Edward VIII.
No. 5096-Volume 189, December 19, 1936. Pp. 4(the wrappers)+1093-1164(including pictorial advertisements), illustrated in occasional colour, sepia and black & white, with 3 supplementary loose plates (2 coloured, the other sepia and double page); cr. folio; coloured pictorial paper wrappers (with advertisements on both sides of lower wrapper and verso of..... More
CORONATION WEEK DOUBLE NUMBER.
No. 5954-Volume 222, May 30, 1953. Pp. 4(the wrappers)+32(front and back pictorial advertisements, some coloured)+853-900, 8 coloured plates, numerous monotone illustrations, double page genealogical table; cr. folio; coloured pictorial paper wrappers (with advertisements on both sides of lower wrapper and verso of upper wrapper), stapled, slightly soiled and creased; the..... More
A ROYAL GARLAND.
The Illustrated London News panorama of the events of the glorious month of June 1953. Pp. [32], illustrated in sepia; large oblong 4to; coloured pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, with vertical crease at centre from folding, slightly soiled, the edges lightly rubbed and creased, with short split to bottom edge of..... More