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North Vancouver: Whitecap Books Ltd, 1997. BOOK: Corner Bumped. DUST JACKET: In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. THE EDITORIAL TEAM: Will Steeds, Chris Stone, Bron Kowal, Phil de Ste. Croix, Jane Alexander. THE DESIGN TEAM: Sue Mims, Sarah Newby, Teddy Hartshorn, Nicky Chapman, Justina Leitao, Chris Dymond. PRODUCTION: Gerald Hughes (Production Director), Ruth Arthur, Karen Staff. COLOUR REPRODUCTION: Square Precision Graphics, London. FOR BOOKMAN PROJECTS: Nick Kent, Hugh Gallacher. CONTENTS: Foreword; The Making of a Princess; The Fairytale that Faded so Soon; Where do I go from Here?; The Queen of People's Hearts; A World in Mourning; The Journey Home; Epitaph. SYNOPSIS: To all outward appearances, the Honourable Diana Frances Spencer - daughter of the eighth Earl Spencer, childhood playmate of royal children - was born with the proverbial silver spoon in her mouth. Yet the reality was very different, for Diana's childhood was an unhappy one. And when, like a fairy tale,… Read More

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1988. BOOK: Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. BOOK DESIGN BY: Kathryn Parise. JACKET DESIGN: Judith Kazdym Leeds. PHOTOGRAPH OF FLAMINGO BROOCH COURTESY OF: Sotheby's. CONTENTS: Author's Note 1. The Auction 2. A Baltimore Childhood 3. A Stubborn Young Lady 4. Running Up the Ladder 5. A Stylish Marriage 6. China 7. Ernest 8. The Prince 9. Moving Toward the Throne 10. Almost Glory 11. Abdication 12. Exile 13. Wedding of the Decade 14. Outer Darkness 15. A Dark Plot 16. Elba 17. Crime of the Century 18. Return to Europe 19. Wandering Years 20. Late Afternoon 21. Evening and Night; Notes on Sources; Selective Bibliography; Index. SYNOPSIS: She lived a life that captivated the world. She lived a love that forever changed a nation's destiny. She was Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, one… Read More

London: W. H. Allen - Howard & Wyndham Ltd, 1972. BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. JACKET DESIGN BY: Brian Paul Coope. CONTENTS: Author's Note 1 The Birthday Baby 2 Picking Up Sticks 3 A Wartime Childhood 4 What Kate Did Next 5 London and Yorkshire 6 Man and Maid 7 The Parting 8 Edward and Katharine 9 Wife and Mother 10 The Royal Tasks 11 Today's Duchess of Kent. The chapter sub-headings are from the original lyrics to the tunes played by the chimes of the grandfather clock on the staircase at Hovingham Hall. SYNOPSIS: In this detailed biographical study of the Duchess of Kent, the former Miss Katharine Worsley, Helen Cathcart tells an enchanting story with romantic zest and unique authority. Katharine Worsley was born during a snowstorm and spent her wartime childhood as the daughter of a Yorkshire soldier… Read More

New York: Doubleday - Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1991. BOOK: Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Boards, Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Moderately Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SYNOPSIS: On the eve of her sixty-fifth birthday, and at the golden summit of her reign, here at last is the definitive biography of the world's most renowned monarch and richest woman, and of her controversial husband, H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Charles Higham and Roy Moseley paint a vivid and surprising portrait of the royal couple, set against a dangerous and turbulent period of British history, marked by wars, strikes, and riots, as well as glittering and ceremonious court occasions. The world envies the Queen, who pays no income tax, cannot be arrested, needs no driver's license, and is worth at least $18.5 billion. Yet her life has been threatened by terrorists, she has had to shelter a Soviet spy in her Palace, and she has had many… Read More

London: Readers Union Ltd., 1948. BOOK: Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Missing. PUBLISHERS' ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The picture of Queen Elizabeth, which is reproduced as the frontispiece, was painted by a contemporary artist - unknown by name, but of the English School. It belonged to Henry VIII, is now part of the King's Collection and hangs in Windsor Castle. This reproduction is made by gracious permission of His Majesty The King. The covers of this volume are printed with a facsimile of a piece of woollen pile fabric, of contemporary design and manufacture, bearing the royal arms of Elizabeth. It is now preserved in, and is reproduced by the courtesy of, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks - St. Martin's Press, 1993. Repaired; Lightly Scratched on Front, Rear Covers; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. THE WHOLE EXPLOSIVE STORY, AS ONLY INSIDERS CAN TELL IT! UPDATED FOR THIS EDITION WITH THE VERY LATEST ROYAL SCANDALS. CONTENTS: Prologue 1 Ripples on the Poisoned Pond 2 Escape from Sunninghill 3 The Sloane from St. Trinian's 4 Verbier Bon Vivants 5 Peccadilloes of the Playboy Prince 6 Gone with the Windsors 7 The Galloping Major 8 New York, New Yorker 9 Steve Gets Swanky with Johnny 10 At a Gentleman's Shooting Party 11 The Other Elizabeth 12 More Kamikaze than Camelot 13 The Golden Chains of Freedom 14 Photo Finish at St. Tropez 15 Hello Duch, This is Squidgy. SYNOPSIS: YOU'VE HEARD THE RUMORS. NOW, GET THE FACTS ABOUT ALL THE SCANDALS! Finally, the explosive truth from two experts - Chris Hutchins, the journalist who broke the… Read More

New York: Arbor House Publishing Company BOOK: Corners, Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Moderately Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. JACKET DESIGN: Antler & Baldwin, Inc. PHOTO: Carole Cutner/Sygma. CONTENTS: Author's Note; Prologue; CHAPTER ONE A Day in the Principality; CHAPTER TWO Born to Rule; CHAPTER THREE Schooldays: Cheam, Gordonstoun and Timbertop; CHAPTER FOUR Cambridge, Trinity - The Windows Open; CHAPTER FIVE The Mantle of the Black Prince; CHAPTER SIX Golden Eagle, Red Dragon, Blue Sea: "From Boy to Man"; CHAPTER SEVEN H. R. H.: The Woman Who Will Be Queen; CHAPTER EIGHT A Princely Fortune (And How It Grew); CHAPTER NINE Noblesse Oblige; CHAPTER TEN The Sporting Prince; EPILOGUE Wither Charles...? SYNOPSIS: "I'm not much conscious of being a monarch-to-be. I'm much more conscious of being a Prince of… Read More

Colour Library Books BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Moisture Damage; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Featuring in full colour the Wedding Day's pageantry and splendour. Plus 34 Honeymoon photographs. FOREWORD BY: The Very Rev. Alan Webster, Dean of St. Paul's. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The author and publishers would like to thank the following for their assistance in this venue: The Dean and staff of St Paul's Cathedral; The Metropolitan Police Force; The Lord Chamberlain's Office; The Royal College of Arms; The Royal School of Needlework; Stanley Gibbons Ltd; Garrard, The Crown Jewellers; Aynsley China Ltd; Royal Worcester Spode Ltd; Mary Wondrausch of the Wharf Pottery; Philip Nathan and the Royal Mint; Frank Weinholt of Weinholt's Bakers and Confectioners; June Hawkins of the London Borough of Newham Engineers Department; Messrs… Read More

Don Mills: Collins Publishers, 1981. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Featuring in full colour the Wedding Day's pageantry and splendour. Plus 34 Honeymoon photographs. FOREWORD BY: The Very Rev. Alan Webster, Dean of St. Paul's. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The author and publishers would like to thank the following for their assistance in this venue: The Dean and staff of St Paul's Cathedral; The Metropolitan Police Force; The Lord Chamberlain's Office; The Royal College of Arms; The Royal School of Needlework; Stanley Gibbons Ltd; Garrard, The Crown Jewellers; Aynsley China Ltd; Royal Worcester Spode Ltd; Mary Wondrausch of the Wharf Pottery; Philip Nathan and the Royal Mint; Frank Weinholt of Weinholt's Bakers and Confectioners; June Hawkins of the London Borough of Newham Engineers Department; Messrs Coutts and Co. CAPTIONS BY: Trevor… Read More

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Boards, Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Missing. SUB-TITLE: Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor. CONTENTS: Prologue; A Note on Names; Royal Homes and Palaces; CHILDHOOD Chapter 1 Grandpapa England; Chapter 2 Grandmothers' Footsteps; Chapter 3 'Lilibet'; ABDICATION Chapter 4 The Prince of Wales; Chapter 5 Crisis of Monarchy; Chapter 6 'Something Must Be Done'; HEIR Chapter 7 Coronation; Chapter 8 Heir Presumptive; Chapter 9 War; Chapter 10 Peace; Chapter 11 Engagement; Chapter 12 Marriage; Chapter 13 End of a Reign; QUEEN Chapter 14 Accession; Chapter 15 Crowning; Chapter 16 The Queen and Mr. Churchill; Chapter 17 Group Captain Peter Townsend; Chapter 18 Royal Tours; Chapter 19 Working Queen; Chapter 20 Princess Margaret; Chapter 21 The Royal Prerogative; Chapter 22 Lord Altrincham; MAJESTY Chapter 23 New Family; Chapter 24 Prince Philip; Chapter 25… Read More

New York: Avon Books - The Hearst Corporation, 1979. Repaired; Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Moderately Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. Princess, Pleasure-Seeker, Star-Crossed Lover - A Candid and Compassionate Biography of the Sister to the Queen. WITH PHOTOGRAPHS. BOOK NUMBER: 44206. FRONT COVER DESIGN BY: Robert Antonik. SYNOPSIS: Behind the Headlines. Beyond the Scandal. Meet the real Princess Margaret, sister to Queen Elizabeth, and member of the modern world's most glamorous royal family. Her life should have been an opulent fairy tale. Instead, from London's exclusive discos where she is known simply as "Yvonne," to her troubled home life with Lord Snowdon at Kensington Palace, she has been haunted by notoriety and gossip. Margaret: The Tragic Princess unveils, for the first time, the life known previously only… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1970. BOOK: Front Fixed Endpaper Pulled From Removal of Previous Owner's Bookplate; Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Moderately Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: Missing. CONTENTS: PART ONE: THE YOUNG QUEEN 1 All Men Lamented 2 England's Rough Wooing 3 The Most Perfect Child 4 Betrothal 5 Queen-Dauphiness 6 The White Lily of France 7 Mary the Widow PART TWO: THE PERSONAL RULE 8 The State of the Realm 9 Conciliation and Reconciliation 10 Governor Good and Gracious 11 The Fall of Huntly 12 A Husband for a Girl 13 The Carnal Marriage 14 Our Most Special Servant 15 Breakdown 16 The Murder of Darnley 17 The Mermaid and the Hare 18 Lochleven 19 In Foreign Bands 20 Her Privy Letters 21 My Norfolk 22 The Uses of Adversity 23 Mother and Son 24 The Babington Plot 25 Trial 26 The Dolorous Stroke 27 Epilogue: the Theatre of the World; Appendix; Reference Notes; Bibliography; Index. EXCERPT:… Read More

Perennial Library - Harper & Row, Publishers, 1986. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled. INCLUDING HIS YEARS AS THE LAST VICEROY OF INDIA. NATIONAL BESTSELLER. BOOK NUMBER: PL 7022. COVER DEISGN: One Plus One Studio. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements; Foreword; Family Tree; Part One 1900-1939; Part Two 1939-1946; Part Three 1946-1948; Part Four 1948-1965; Part Five 1965-1979; Notes; Bibliographical Notes; Index; Maps and Charts; Photographs. SYNOPSIS: This splendid, full-length biography captures all the facets of an absorbing man of action - one of the most influential and flamboyant figures of this century, who moved in the company of great politicians, leaders, and royalty, from one pinnacle of fame to the next. A legendary commander in the British navy, a skillful leader and negotiator, and one of the three Supreme Allied Commanders (with Eisenhower and MacArthur) in World War II, Mountbatten led a life of unflagging… Read More

London: George Bell & Sons, 1909. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. DUST JACKET: None. CONTENTS: Chapter I Early Memories; Chapter II In the 'Thirties; Chapter III Cowes; Chapter IV Presented at Court; Chapter V Country-House Visits; Chapter VI The Count Montemolin; Chapter VII My Marriage; Chapter VIII Widowhood; Chapter IX Deene and Its History; Chapter X Newmarket and Melton; Chapter XI Random Recollections; Chapter XII My Second Marriage; L'Envoi. EXCERPT: CHAPTER I EARLY MEMORIES I was born on December 24, 1824, at 6 Charles Street, Berkeley Square. My father was Spencer Horsey de Horsey, of the ancient family of de Horsey, who married Lady Louisa Maria Judith, youngest daughter of the 1st Earl of Stradbroke, and I was their eldest child. My parents were then handsome young people, quite devoted to each other, but I have sometimes heard that my mother's character supplied the strength… Read More

New York: HarperPaperbacks - HarperCollinsPublishers, 1993. Previous Owner Markings; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. THE INTIMATE STORY OF AN EXPLOSIVE AFFAIR WITHIN THE ROYAL CIRCLE. 16 PAGES OF EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS! SUB-TITLE: The Duchess of York, Her Father and Me. CONTENTS: Foreword 1 Early Days 2 High Jinks 3 Business Affairs 4 Saddling Up 5 Major Ron 6 Saying It with Flowers 7 Tea and Sympathy 8 The Galloping Major 9 Tomato Soup 10 Steven Wyatt 11 In Love Again 12 Cat and Mouse 13 Love Letters 14 Sarah 15 The Truth Game 16 Welcome to Sunninghill Park 17 Sinninghill... 18 Gorgeous Charles 19 Show Time! 20 The Palace and Madame Vasso 21 Ratted in Geneva 22 John Bryan 23 Goodbye, Mother 24 Palm Beach 25 Flannel Flight! 26 Bad Day at South York 27 Wolves at the Door. SYNOPSIS: BEHIND THE SCENES OF A ROYAL SCANDAL In 1990, Lesley Player, a wide-eyed polo enthusiast, set out to plan the… Read More

New York: Pocket Star Books published by Pocket Books - Simon & Schuster Inc., 1997. Moderate Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Moderately Chipped. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY: Greg Gorman. CONTENTS: Introduction: Rock Bottom 1 The Pot Hunter 2 Green Socks and Mockery 3 Fine Art and Kedgeree 4 "Just Keep Smiling" 5 Through the Looking Glass 6 Reality Bites 7 Higher Callings 8 Fat and Appalling 9 Slamming the Window 10 The Plot Thickens 11 Making a Break 12 On the Outs 13 Seeking to Understand 14 Peaks and Valleys 15 The Duchess of Cork 16 The End of the Beginning; Epilogue: Into the Light; A Note to My Friends; Index. SYNOPSIS: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A PRINCESS? With remarkable frankness, The Duchess of York writes about what it was like to be a member of the most famous and most scrutinized family in the world: The British Royal Family. When Sarah Ferguson first surfaced as the woman Prince Andrew would marry, she was… Read More

New York: Pocket Star Books published by Pocket Books - Simon & Schuster Inc., 1997. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY: Greg Gorman. CONTENTS: Introduction: Rock Bottom 1 The Pot Hunter 2 Green Socks and Mockery 3 Fine Art and Kedgeree 4 "Just Keep Smiling" 5 Through the Looking Glass 6 Reality Bites 7 Higher Callings 8 Fat and Appalling 9 Slamming the Window 10 The Plot Thickens 11 Making a Break 12 On the Outs 13 Seeking to Understand 14 Peaks and Valleys 15 The Duchess of Cork 16 The End of the Beginning; Epilogue: Into the Light; A Note to My Friends; Index. SYNOPSIS: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A PRINCESS? With remarkable frankness, The Duchess of York writes about what it was like to be a member of the most famous and most scrutinized family in the world: The British Royal Family. When Sarah Ferguson first surfaced as the woman… Read More

New York: Pocket Star Books published by Pocket Books - Simon & Schuster Inc. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Heavy Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY: Greg Gorman. CONTENTS: Introduction: Rock Bottom 1 The Pot Hunter 2 Green Socks and Mockery 3 Fine Art and Kedgeree 4 "Just Keep Smiling" 5 Through the Looking Glass 6 Reality Bites 7 Higher Callings 8 Fat and Appalling 9 Slamming the Window 10 The Plot Thickens 11 Making a Break 12 On the Outs 13 Seeking to Understand 14 Peaks and Valleys 15 The Duchess of Cork 16 The End of the Beginning; Epilogue: Into the Light; A Note to My Friends; Index. SYNOPSIS: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A PRINCESS? With remarkable frankness, The Duchess of York writes about what it was like to be a member of the most famous and most scrutinized family in the world: The British Royal Family. When Sarah Ferguson first… Read More

London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1972. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Front, Rear Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Pocket, Stickers; Corners, Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. Illustrated. JACKET DESIGN BY: Craig Dodd. COVER: The portrait of Queen Victoria on the front of the jacket is from a miniature, in the possession of the author, after a watercolour by Chalon. The silhouette, believed to be of the young Queen Victoria, which appears on the spine of the jacket is reproduced by gracious permission of H. M. The Queen. CONTENTS: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Appendix 1 The Coburg Family; Appendix 2 The Conroy Family; Appendix 3 The Alleged… Read More

London: Cassell Publishers Limited, 1987. Circular Impression in Rear Cover; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. With a Preface by Gordon Batho. ALSO KNOWN AS: Originally published in Austria as Maria Stuart 1935. TRANSLATED BY: Cedar and Eden Paul. CONTENTS: Foreword; Persons of the Drama; I--Queen in the Cradle, 1542-1548; II--Youth in France, 1548-1559; III--Queen, Widow, and Nevertheless Queen, 1560-1561; IV--Return to Scotland, August 1561; V--The Stone Begins to Roll, 1561-1563; VI--Political Marriage Mart, 1563-1565; VII--Passion Decides, 1565; VIII--The Fatal Night in Holyrood, March 9, 1566; IX--Traitors Betrayed, March to June 1566; X--A Terrible Entanglement, July to Christmas 1566; XI--The Tragedy of a Passion, 1566-1567; XII--The Path to Murder, January 22 to February 9, 1567; XIII--Quos Deus Perdere Vult..., February to April 1567; XIV--A Blind Alley, April to June 1567;… Read More