THACKERAY, W. M.MareMagnum
5 776 résultats
15x11. 302p. Col. Universal, N. 883-885. Trad. J. Fernández Rúa.
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright boards, fading to spine (through jacket) and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with fading to spine and signs of handling. 170pp.
Spanning three continents and two eras, here is the story of the love affair between the playboy Prince of Wales, Edward VII, and Lilly Langtry, the greatest international beauty of her day. Together they set a new standard of splendor and sensuality for an entire era-the golden Edwardian Age.Their conjunction was virtually inevitable, and their affair, played out over three decades, set the very unbuttoned tone of London society, released by the Prince, the Lily, and the Marlborough House set from the long, bleak, mourning-clad winter of Victorian respectability.... and burned as bright as the Edwardian era it inaugurated. alive with all the pageantry and personalities of an extraordinarily splendid time and with a sweep and grandeur that suggest the inexorable play of historic forces on the individual destiny 372p.plates index; Book
19 p. Illustrated. Color printed wraps. 5.5" x 8.5". Brief but valuable review of medicine in early New England. NEW ENGLAND 1
62 p. Illustrated. Color printed wraps. 5.5" x 8.5". Useful descriptions of the buildings and sights in this famous historic recreation. Revised edition. NEW ENGLAND 1
Text of a play about the stormy family relationships of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Originally staged on Broadway and re-issued in this version when it was released as a movie starring Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole in 1968. 139p. Book
Fictional biography of Arabella Stuart, cousin of Elizabeth I Book
Blondel and Richard the Lion Heart Book
Pocket sized tourist guide. 64p. illus maps. index Book
pp. xiii, 379, (5) [Publisher's catalogue] + Plus Portrait Frontis Drawing and full page plates. Large 8vo. Original full purple silk cloth binding, lettered in gold. Spine darkened. Hardbound. First American Printing. ENGLAND BOX 1
Sympathetic, somewhat laudatory biography described as "friendly, compassionate"and as a "loyal tribute" 422 p. illus.index. Crisp,unmarked copy Book
122 p. Illustrated. 12mo. Original full yellow cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Nice copy. Hardbound. Very good. GENEALOGY 2
The Georgian Saga - Book 6 Book
SirThomas More and Henry VIII Book
Jane Shore, Mistress to Edward IV Book
The Georgian Saga - Book 4. Historical novel set in the Hanoverian period, about the love life of George, Prince of Wales (Later George III) Book
Katherine Parr - the last wife of Henry VIII Book
26 p. Illustrated. Color printed wraps. 5.5" x 8.5". Brief but valuable review of medicine in early New England. NEW ENGLAND 1
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" In 1936 Edward VIII abdicated. For the sake of Wallis Simpson, he abadoned his throne before even his coronation. His sacrifice was the climax, though not, of course, the end of the 20th Century"s most poignant and most publicised love affair. This is the story of their love, a love affair which touched the hearts of millions, and shook the constitution of the United Kingdom to its foundations. " Front cover phtotgraph from the "Stunning Thames TV series starring Edward Fox and Cynthia Harris "191p. Book
Contains : Lark Rise, Over to Candleford and Candleford Green (small stain to a few pages, else VG Book
1st edition. Hardback in a dust jacket. VG/VG. Inscription on the inside front cover. 18345. eng
1st edition. Hardback in a protected dust jacket. VG/VG. Postscript by Roger Pilkington. 19733. eng
1st edition. Fine/VG.6941. eng
1st edition. 12mo, 521 pages, illustrated. Very good condition hardback in very good condition dust jacket. Slight foxing to upper page edges. 39693. eng
