A century of social conflict as reflected in The Queen. Pp. 356, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, printed endpapers; demy 4to; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and rubbed, tiny chip near foot of backstrip; upper free endpaper faintly offset; Collins, London, 1961. First edition. *Launched in 1861, The..... More
Letters of King Edward VII and King George V to Admiral Sir Henry F. Stephenson. Pp. viii+226(last colophon), frontispiece portrait, 6 plates, index; wide demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards lightly marked and with faded spot on upper board, edges lightly worn; top edge of several..... More
As also for the speedy settlement of all interests. Studyed and published for the honor of the Kings Majesty, his Royal Posterity, the present and future happiness of the whole Kingdom. This Expedient was read by the Author himself at the Bar of the House of Peers, the Sixth day..... More
Picture research by Joy Law. Pp. 304, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, title page decorative border printed in blue, sources, index; cr. 4to; black cloth, lettered and decorated in silver, edges a trifle rubbed; top edges grey; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly creased, the backstrip faintly faded;..... More
King of Prussia. Pp. xvi+704, 16 plates, 18 text maps (some double page), notes, bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, bottom edge of back panel creased; edges of leaves lightly foxed and marked; Allen Lane, London, 2000. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine..... More
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
and the ceremonies that are to be observed in the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in the Abbey Church of S. Peter, Westminster, on Wednesday the 12th day of May 1937. Pp. iv+60(last colophon), printed in red & black; small cr. 4to; cream papered boards..... More
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
Pp. 256(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or doubler page), title page decorative border printed in grey, index; cr. 4to; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle warped, edges slightly rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split; bookseller's..... More
Introduction by William Doyle. Pp. 200, profusely illustrated in colour and black & white (many full page), list of rulers by region, index; large oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Star Fire, London, 2007. First edition. *'The History of Connections, Marriages and Feuds Between the Royal..... More
Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story. Translations from original documents by Darya Galy. Pp. xx+668(last blank), 16 coloured or part-coloured plates, full page facsimile, double page family tree, double page map, pictorial endpapers, index; thick roy. 8vo; a few tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, back panel faintly..... More
What Happened the Night the Romanov Family Was Executed. Translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz and Antonina W. Bovis. Pp. 240, frontispiece, half- title and title page vignettes, plus numerous text illustrations, double page map, Romanov family tree, appendix, endnotes, bibliography index; narrow cr. 4to; qr. black cloth, spine..... More
The Story of Britain's Royal Builders and Collectors. Pp. 360, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; narrow med. 4to; plum cloth, blocked in red and lettered & decorated in gilt, a trifle marked; dust wrapper, backstrip lightly faded, bottom edge of back panel slightly creased; a little..... More
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
Wagga Wagga 13th February, 1954 [cover title]. Pp. [16], text illustrations (4 full page) and map; coloured pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled and faintly creased, tiny split to fore-edge of lower wrapper; a couple of tiny edge splits;Wagga Wagga City Council, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales,1954. More
The landscapes, life and legends of Mary Queen of Scots. With photographs by Eric Thorburn. Pp. 160, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, bibliography, index; wide demy 4to; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, short split at foot of back flap fold; a little light foxing; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London..... More
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
and his Regency, 1811-20. Pp. 304, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, patterned endpapers, bibliography, index; post 4to; qr. maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, red cloth boards, the top fore-corners slightly bruised; top edges maroon; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges worn and chipped, with several splits, the..... More
Pp. [vi]+206, 8 colour plates, numerous text illustrations, endpaper genealogical chart, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and creased; edges of leaves a trifle foxed, small surface graze to top fore-corner of upper free endpaper; Andre Deutsch, London, 1982. First edition. *Examines the British monarchy's role in naval..... More
A Study in Development. Pp. 236, 16 plates, bibliography, index; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and scuffed; Robert Hale, London, 1988. First edition. More
Reception by the Government of Victoria at the Exhibition Building, Thursday 28th April 1927 at 8pm. [cover title]. Pp. [4], coloured illustrations; demy 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stabbed and sewn with silk cord, a trifle foxed; printed by H. J. Green, Govt. Printer, Melbourne, n.d.[1927]. *With envelope, as issued..... More
