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Abbott, Jacob - History of Mary Queen of Scots - 1876, Harper
and Brothers, New York, good+ (cover is somewhat loose, but the volume
is overall in very good condition), nicely decorated cover with a
clear, bright gilded spine, illustrated - $12.50
Aldington, Richard - The Duke, A Life of Wellington - 1946
(1943) Garden City Publishing Co., N.Y., very good in a worn/chipped
D/J, indexed - $10.00
Anthony, Katharine - Queen Elizabeth - 1929, Literary Guild,
New York, good (cover is worn and faded, top of spine is tattered) but
an overall sound and complete volume with very nice illustrations,
indexed - $7.50
Aronson, Theo - Queen Victoria and the Bonapartes - 1972, The
Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Fine in a near fine D/J, p/o
nameplate inside cover, illustrated, indexed - $12.50
Aubry, Octave - Eugénie, Empress of the French - 1st edition,
1931, J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, very good+ (spine is somewhat
faded), no D/J, translated by F.M. Atkinson, illustrated and indexed -
$17.50
Balson, Consuelo Vanderbilt (former Duchess of Marlborough) -
The Glitter and the Gold, An Autobiography - 1952, Harper and Bros.,
N.Y., Very Good in a good+ D/J, illustrated and indexed - $22.50
Bath, Daphne - Longleat, From 1566 to the Present Time - 4th
edition, 1957, by the Longleat Estate, 55 pages with both B&W & color
plates, Ex. Cond. - $5.00
Bellonci, Maria - A Prince of Mantua, The Life and Times of
Vincenzo Gonzaga - 1st American Edition, 1956, Harcourt, Brace and
Co., New York, translated from the Italian by Stuart Hood, Excellent
in a good+ D/J, indexed - $12.50
Blogh, Michael (edited by) - Wallis and Edward, Letters
1931-1937, The Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of
Windsor - 1st edition, 1986, Summit Books (Simon & Schuster), N.Y.,
this book was donated to the "Apache Program" and is stamped as such,
excellent in an excellent D/J, illustrated and indexed - $15.00
Bolitho, Hector - King Edward VIII, An Intimate Biography -
1st edition, second printing, 1937, Literary Guild, N.Y., Good+ (some
darkening) in a worn/chipped D/J, Illustrated and indexed - $12.50
Boothroyd, Basil - Prince Philip, An Informal Biography - 1st
American edition, 1971, McCall Publishing Co., N.Y., very good in a
good+ D/J, illustrated and indexed - $15.00
Bradford, Sarah - The Reluctant King, The Life and Reign of
George VI, 1895-1952 - 1990, St. Martin's Press, N.Y., book club
edition, excellent but no D/J, illustrated/indexed/genealogy - $12.50
Brody, Iles - Gone With the Windsors (regarding Wallis
Warfield Simpson and Edward VIII) - 2nd printing, 1953, John C.
Winston, Philadelphia, Very Good (but some darkening to ffep & title
pages) in a worn (but mylar protected) D/J, illustrated and indexed -
$15.00
Brody, Iles - Gone With the Windsors (regarding Wallis
Warfield Simpson and Edward VIII) - 3rd printing, 1953, John C.
Winston, Philadelphia, Very Good, but no D/J, illustrated and indexed
- $15.00
Brown, Beatrice Curtis - Alas, Queen Anne (A Reading of Her
Life) - 1st edition, 1929, The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Good
(somewhat faded and loose), no D/J, illustrated and indexed - $15.00
Castelot, André - Queen of France, A Biography of Marie
Antoinette - 1957, Harper and Brothers, Book Club Edition, very good
in a good (chipped & worn) D/J, translated from the French by Denise
Folliot, indexed - $6.00
Costain, Thomas B. - The Magnificent Century, The Pageant of
England - 1951, Doubleday & Co., N.Y., England and her Royalty in the
13th Century, genealogy of the line of Henry II and Eleanor of
Aquitaine, V/G but no D/J and spine is faded, indexed - $12.50
Crawford, Marion - Elizabeth the Queen - Book Club Edition,
1952, Prentice Hall, very good w/a good (but worn & somewhat tattered)
D/J, numerous B&W illustrations - $5.00
De Staël, Madame - Ten Years of Exile - 1972, Saturday Review
Press, N.Y., Translated by Doris Beik, Introduction by Peter Gay,
regarding her conflict with Napoleon, very good, illustrated and
indexed - $15.00
Dix, Tennille - The Black Baron (The Strange Life of Gilles De
Rais, Marshal of France) - 1st edition, 1930, Bobbs-Merrill Company,
Indianapolis, good+ (cover faded), no D/J, illustrated and indexed -
$15.00
Dugdale, Blanche E.C. - Arthur James Balfour, First Earl of
Balfour, by His Niece - In two volumes, 1936, Hutchinson, London,
Good+ but covers slightly warped & top of spines worn, illustrated -
$25.00
Elizabeth, Duchess of Northumberland (1716-1776) - The Diaries
of a Duchess - [1927] George H. Doran, N.Y., Very Good but some foxing
inside covers and no D/J, Illustrated - $20.00
Erskine, Mrs. Steuart - Royal Cavalier, The Romance of Rupert
Prince Palatine - 1910, Eveleigh Nash, Fawnside House, London, Good+
with a nicely decorated blue cloth gilded cover, no D/J, illustrated
and indexed - $27.50
Fraser, Antonia - Mary Queen of Scots - 1st American Edition,
1970 (1969), eighth printing, Delacorte Press, N.Y., V/G in a V/G dust
jacket, illustrated/indexed/reference notes/bibliography/genealogy -
$15.00
Fusero, Clemente - The Borgias (translated from the Italian by
Peter Green) - 1972, Praeger Publishers, N.Y., Excellent w/a good
(chipped) D/J, illustrated and indexed - $17.50
Gribble, Francis - The Life of the Emperor Francis-Joseph -
1914, Putnam and Sons, N.Y., Good (some loose pages, but complete),
illustrated and indexed, nice gilded cover with crest - $17.50
Grierson, Edward - King of Two Worlds, Philip II of Spain -
1974, G.P. Putnam's Sons, N.Y., Very Good in a Very Good D/J,
profusely illustrated (both color and B&W), indexed - $22.50
Hatch, Alden - The Mountbatten's (The Last Royal Success
Story) - Book Club Edition, 1965, Random House, N.Y., excellent in a
very good D/J, illustrated and indexed - $12.50
Heald, Tim & Mons, Mayo - The Man Who Will be King, H.R.H. -
1979, Arbor House, N.Y., book club edition, very good in a very good
D/J, illustrated but not indexed - $15.00
Hough, Richard - Mountbatten, A Biography - 1st edition, 1981,
Random House, N.Y., excellent with a very good D/J, illustrated and
indexed - $17.50
James, Paul and Russel Peter - At Home With the Royal Family -
1st Edition, 1986, Harper & Row, N.Y., excellent in a very good D/J,
Account by Peter Russel who was the royal butler for more than twenty
years, illustrated (line drawings, maps, diagrams, etc.), appendices
and references - $15.00
Jenkins, Elizabeth - Elizabeth the Great - 1958, Book Club
Edition, Coward-McCann, N.Y., Very Good w/a Very Good D/J, B&W
Illustrations - $7.50
Jones, Maurice Bethel - Peter, Called the Great - Frederick A.
Stokes, N.Y., 2nd Prntng, 1936, Good (worn) but no D/J - $10.00
Junor, Penny - Charles - 1st United States Edition, 1987, St.
Martin's Press, N.Y., excellent but no D/J, life of the Prince of
Wales, both color and B&W illustrations, indexed - $15.00
Lacy, Robert - God Bless Her! (Queen Elizabeth, The Queen
Mother) - 1987, Century, London, Fine Condition, red decorated cloth
cover with striking paste-on portrait, profusely illustrated and
beautifully done - $22.50
Lacy, Robert - Majesty, Elizabeth and the House of Windsor -
1977, Book Club Edition, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, N.Y., Very Good in
a good+ D/J (minor chipping & soil), B/W illustrations, indexed -
$7.50
Lemoine, Serge - The Royal Family at Home and Abroad - 1st
edition, 1976, Colour Library International Limited, Surry, England,
Very Good+ in a fair (somewhat tattered, but complete) D/J, lavishly
illustrated - $12.50
Longford, Elizabeth - The Queen, The Life of Elizabeth II -
1st American Edition, 1983, Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y., Excellent in a
Good+ D/J, illustrated and indexed - $20.00
Longford, Elizabeth - Wellington, Pillar of State - 1st United
States Edition, 1972, Harper & Row, N.Y., very good in a good D/J, the
life of the Duke of Wellington by the Countess of Longford,
illustrated/indexed/referenced - $15.00
Loth, David - Lorenzo the Magnificent - 1929 (3rd printing),
Brentano's Publishers, N.Y., V/G but no D/J, life of Lorenzo di Piero
di Cosimo de' Medici - $10.00
Loth, David - Royal Charles, Ruler and Rake - 1930 (probable
1st), Brentano's Publishers, N.Y., The lives and times of Charles I
and Charles II, V/G but no D/J, Illustrated - $17.50
Ludwig, Emil - Napoleon - 1926 (8th printing, 1927), Boni &
Liveright, N.Y., Good (spine faded and somewhat loose) but no D/J,
Illustrated - $7.50
Masters, John - Casanova - 1969, Bernard Geis Associates,
N.Y., Excellent but no D/J, lavishly illustrated in both color and
B/W, printed in Italy - $12.50
Massie, Robert K. - The Romanovs, The Final Chapter - 1st
edition, 1995, Random House, N.Y., very good in a good+ D/J,
illustrated/indexed - $15.00
Menkes, Suzy - The Royal Jewels - 1989, Contemporary Books,
Chicago, Excellent in a very good D/J, lavishly illustrated history of
the crown jewels, including history of the royal families, extensive
genealogies, bibliographies and indexes - $22.50
Metzger, Edward Charles - Ralph, First Duke of Montagu,
1638-1709 - 1987, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston/Queenston, Canada,
Studies in British History - Volume 2, excellent, no D/J, illustrated,
indexed, appendixed, annotated - $40.00
Miller, Townsend - Henry IV of Castile, 1425-1474 - 1st
edition, 1972, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, excellent in a
good+ (chipped) dust jacket, illustrated, indexed and genealogy -
$15.00
Minnigerode, Meade - The Son of Marie Antoinette, The Mystery
of the Temple Tower (a biography of Louis Charles) - 1934 (probable
1st edition), Farrar & Rinehart Inc., New York, good+ (cover somewhat
faded and bumped), no D/J, illustrated and indexed -
Mitchell, Donald G. - English Lands, Letters and Kings - Queen
Anne and the Georges - 1897 (1895), Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y., a
collective biography in V/G+ condition - $17.50
Mitford, Nancy - Madame de Pompadour - 1968, Harper & Row,
N.Y., very good (bumped) , beautifully illustrated (both color and
B&W), indexed, illustrated endpapers, gilded cover - $20.00
Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh - Royal Palaces of Europe - 1983,
Chartwell Books Inc., Seacaucus, N.J., Excellent in a very-good+ D/J,
an historic and illustrated look inside the great palaces of Great
Britain, France, Monaco, Russia, Austria, Liechtenstein, Scandinavia,
Italy, Spain, and more, oversized and beautifully illustrated, indexed
- $25.00
Mountbatten (Eighty Years in Pictures) - 1979, Viking Press,
N.Y., excellent in an excellent D/J, lavishly illustrated (both color
and B/W), indexed and genealogy - $20.00
Mühlbach, L. - Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia (An
Historical Romance) - Copyright 1886/1893 by D. Appleton, this volume
is a "Werner Edition" published by the New Werner Co., Akron, Ohio
[circa 1900], Translated from the German by F. Jordan, Good condition
(cover bumped and worn), frontpiece illustration - $7.50
Packard, Jerrod M. - Farewell in Splendor, The Passing of
Queen Victoria and Her Age - 1st edition, 1995 Dutton, N.Y., Excellent
in a Very Good D/J, illustrated and indexed with an extensive
genealogy - $17.50
Padover, Saul K., Phd. - The Life and Death of Louis XVI -
1939, D. Appleton-Century, N.Y., Good (faded spine), but no D/J,
illustrated and indexed - $15.00
Pearson, John - The Selling of the Royal Family, The Mystique
of the British Monarchy - 1986, Simon & Schuster, N.Y., book club
edition, excellent in a good D/J, illustrated/indexed/genealogy -
$12.50
Quennell, Peter - Caroline of England (An Augustan Portrait) -
2nd printing, 1940, Viking Press, N.Y., good+ (cover faded), no D/J,
illustrated and indexed - $15.00
Rose, Kenneth - Intimate Portraits of Kings, Queens &
Courtiers, An Absorbing Glimpse Into the Lives of Members of the Royal
House of Windsor - 1989 (1985), Spring Books, London, excellent in a
very good D/J, a series of profiles on members of the Royal House of
Windsor, well illustrated (both B/W and color) with an extensive
genealogy - $15.00
Roseberry, Lord - Lord Chatham, His Early Life and Connections
- 1st edition, 1910, Harper & Brothers, N.Y., Good+ in a red cloth
cover w/gild decorations, but the spine is faded & s/w loose - $17.50
Seward, Desmond - Prince of the Renaissance, The Golden Life
of François I - 1st American Edition, 1973, MacMillan Publishing
Company, New York, very good in a good D/J, lavishly illustrated with
both color and B/W plates, indexed - $25.00
Seward, Ingrid - Sarah, The Life of a Duchess - 1st United
States Edition, 1991, St. Martin's Press, N.Y., excellent in an
excellent D/J, both B&W and color illustrations, indexed - $15.00
Sitwell, Dame Edith - The Queens and the Hive - 1962 (3rd
printing), Little, Brown and Co., Boston, The lives, times and power
of Mary Tudor, Mary Stuart and Elizabeth, very good in a worn and
chipped D/J, Illustrated - $15.00
Somerset, Anne - Ladies in Waiting, From the Tudors to the
Present Day - 1st American Edition, 1984, Alfred A. Knopf, N.Y., Very
Good (slightly bumped) in a Very Good D/J, illustrated and indexed -
$17.50
Spoto, Donald - The Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor -
1st edition, 1995, Simon & Schuster, N.Y., V/G in a V/G dust jacket,
previous owner's signature on front endpaper, illustrated/indexed -
$15.00
Strachey, Lytton - Queen Victoria - 1921, Harcourt, Brace &
Co., Good w/some damp stains and no D/J - some B/W Illus. - $10.00
Sutherland, Christine - The Princess of Siberia, The Story of
Maria Volkonsky and the Decembrist Exiles - 1st edition, 1984, Farrar,
Strauss, Giroux, N.Y., Excellent in an Excellent D/J, illustrated and
indexed - $17.50
Thackeray, William Makepeace - The Four Georges (Sketches of
Manners, Morals, Court and Town Life) - 1860 (1856), Harper &
Brothers, New York, Very Good (tight and clean, but slightly bumped),
History of George I, II, III and IV, illustrated - $20.00
Thomas, Donald - Cardigan (A Life of Lord Cardigan of
Balaclava) - 1974, Book Club Edition, Viking Press, N.Y., very good in
a very good D/J, illustrated and indexed - $17.50
H.R.H. Princess Wilhelmina of the Netherlands - Lonely But Not
Alone - 1960, McGraw Hill, N.Y., Excellent with good (faded/chipped)
D/J, with B&W illustrations - $15.00
Woodward, Kathleen - Queen Mary of England - 1st edition,
1927, George H. Doran, N.Y., Good but no D/J, Illustrated, but not
indexed - $15.00
Ziegel, Philip - King William IV - 1973, Readers Union, Newton
Abbot, Devon, England, Very Good in a Very Good D/J, illustrated and
indexed - $15.00
Zweig, Stefan (translated by Eden and Cedar Paul) - Marie
Antoinette, The Portrait of an Average Woman - 1st English edition,
1933, Viking Press, N.Y., very good with good (somewhat worn/faded)
D/J, w/ten illustrations - $20.00
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