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THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Fairly good condition for year. N° de réf. du vendeur 446901
Titre : King George V
Éditeur : Pan Piper
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Good
Vendeur : BRIMSTONES, Lewes, Royaume-Uni
3rd impression, hardback, large 8vo, xxiv,570pp, illustrated, presentation inscription on endpaper to Lord Goddard (Lord Chief Justice) from the Barristers' Cleks' Association, gilt-ruled red full leather binding, has been rebacked using red cloth with original leather spine backstrip laid down, somewhate rubbed and frayed; Good condition. N° de réf. du vendeur 664713
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Vendeur : Libros Dickens, Quart de Poblet, V, Espagne
Encuadernación de tapa dura. Etat : Bien. Lote de dos libros en inglés de carácter biográfico. En primer lugar una vida del duque de York, destinado a ser rocambolescamente el futuro rey Jorge VI. (Hutchinson & Co Ltd. S/F, 287 páginas, con índice final y fotografías en blanco y negro). En segundo lugar, Una vida del rey Jorge V por el célebre autor Harold Nicolson (Pan piper, 1952, 717 páginas, rústica, un poco fatigado, con fotografíse en blanco y negro). Este útlimo libro incluye un desplegable con el árbol genealógico d ela fmailia real británica. G.M. Trevelyan escribió axcerca de este volumen que para él era el mejor libro de Nicolson. N° de réf. du vendeur 004679D1A
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Vendeur : WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR003020796
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Vendeur : Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, Royaume-Uni
hardcover. Etat : New. NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book. N° de réf. du vendeur ERICA82900945318036
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Vendeur : GoldBooks, Denver, CO, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. N° de réf. du vendeur 45A38_36_0094657203
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Vendeur : Tsunami Books, Eugene, OR, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Hardcover, dust jacket protected in mylar wrap. Flat-signed by author on title page in blue ink. Blue cloth over boards, gilt design on cover and spine. Light blue top stain. Clean, square, lightly read copy. Text unmarked throughout. Minimal shelf wear. Light scuff on bottom edge of text block from sitting on shelf. Includes a brief letter from the author to Miss Ruth Ely in Rhode Island in 1959. Previous owner's name and note from 1961 that book is signed on front free endpaper. tbrc/oak cabinet. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1775257755207
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Vendeur : Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. First edition, second printing. This 1952 official biography of King George V is inscribed by his widow, Queen Mary, to Clive Wigram, the man who had served her husband for his entire reign, lastly as Private Secretary to the Sovereign.Queen Mary's inscription is inked in blue in seven lines on the front free endpaper recto: "To | Clive Wigram | in remembrance | of many happy | days from | Mary R | 1952 " The volume is the first edition, second printing, published in August 1952, the same month as the first printing. Condition is very good. The dark blue cloth binding is square, tight, clean, and bright with sharp corners. We note only a few trivial blemishes, light shelf wear to extremities, and a slight hint of outward warp to the front cover. The contents are respectably bright, with light spotting appearing confined to the endpapers and the fore and bottom edges of the text block. The blue topstain is just a bit dulled. The sole previous ownership mark other than Queen Mary's inscription is the tiny, printed bookseller ticket of "HUGH REES LTD | 47 PALL MALL. | LONDON S.W.1." affixed to the lower right front pastedown.Mary, Princess of Teck (1867-1953) wed George Frederick Ernest Albert in May 1893. When he ascended the throne in 1910, Mary became Queen Mary of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British dominions beyond the seas, and empress of India, consort of George V. George V was a second son; Mary had been supposed to wed his older brother, Prince Albert Victor, to whom she was engaged when he died of illness in 1892. Second sons would define two generations of the monarchy. When George V died in 1936, her eldest son ascended the throne which he would famously abdicate for an American divorcee after a reign of just 325 days. Mary's second son, crowned George VI, reigned until his death in February 1952, just half a year before this biography of his father was published. Mary did not long survive either her son or publication of this book; she died in March 1953.Clive Wigram, 1st. Baron Wigram GCB, GCVO, CSI, PC (1873-1960) was a British soldier and court official who served as Private Secretary to the Sovereign from 1931-1936 the final years of the reign of George V and his Queen consort, Mary. Wigram had been in the King's service since the beginning of the King's reign. "Upon the accession ofGeorge Vin 1910, he exchanged a promising military career to be equerry and assistant private secretary to the king. Sporty and down-to-earth, with chauvinist views typical of many army officers,Wigramsuited the king's taste for simplicity and directness in his aides. Tall, handsome, and athletic, he was the model of the soldierly courtier." In the King's service, Wigram rose to both Private Secretary to the Sovereign and to the peerage. "It was toWigramthatGeorge Vspoke his dying words, asking about the state of the empire."The author of this biography of George V, Sir Harold George Nicolson (1886-1968), was a diplomat and politician as well as a writer. Arguably his most important political contributions were made in the mid-1930's, when Winston Churchill and a handful of fellow "anti-appeasers" sought to rouse Britain to the threat of a rising Nazi Germany. "Although he was perhaps not made for the cut and thrust of party politics,Nicolsonwas one of the best-informed speakers on foreign affairs in the longparliamentof 1935, warning early and consistently of the dangers of appeasement." By the time he wrote this book, Nicolson's political career was, to his chagrin, behind him and "apart from broadcasting, he channeled his prodigious energies into writing. In 1948 he was commissioned to write the official biography ofGeorge Van awkward assignment skillfully executed; it was published four years later and confirmed his high reputation as a writer. It also earned him a knighthood as KCVO and an honorary fellowship of Balliol (both 1953).". N° de réf. du vendeur 008351
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