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LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT SOVEREIGNS OF MODERN EUROPE
Written by Lord Dover.
Stock no. 2122183
Published by Ward And Co.. 3rd Good condition.

Gilt title to spine. Third edition. Covers are very unevenly browned and marked. Bumping to spine and corners; a little fraying to cloth along edges. Small piece of margin to top of title page missing. Some foxing and page browning throughout.

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READING THE PORTRAITS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I
Written by Elizabeth W. Pomeroy.
Stock no. 2111887
Published by Archon Books; The Shoe String Press. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates. Using 10 works of art, 9 in colour Pomeroy explores the border-lines between disciplines to shed new light on the portraits of Elizabeth I. She combines ideas from cultural anthropology, semiotics, literary theory, social history and the psychology of perception to create a web of meanings and harmonies, centering the paintings of the Queen in a new, complex environment. ISBN: 0208021892. Wrapper is a little browned, with a few marks.

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ON ROYALTY
Written by Jeremy Paxman.
Stock no. 1806761
Published by Viking. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all day? And what does it mean to be one of them? An entertaining study of the monarchy and how politics, religion, the military and the law have affected it. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780670916627. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Second impression of the first edition. White dustwrapper is marked to rear panel.

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THE DIAMOND JUBILEE IN CHESHIRE
Written by John H. Cooke.
Stock no. 2106651
Published by Mackie & Co. Limited. 1899. Very good condition.

A descriptive account of how the 60th year of the glorious reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India was celebrated in the County of Chester. With numerous illustrations. Limited edition to 200 copies (Royal Quarto). Large format. Copy No. 123.Front cover is a bit bowed. Some grubby marks to covers; a little fraying to cloth in a couple of places. Joints are a little cracked. Contents clean and bright.

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CHARLES DUKE OF CORNWALL
Written by Michael Williams.
Stock no. 1804225
Published by Bossiney Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Prince Charles in his role as Duke of Cornwall. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 80 pages. Covers lightly creased, pages browned.

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THE BOYHOOD OF A GREAT KING
Written by A.M. Broadley.
Stock no. 987528
Published by Harper & Bros. 1st 1906. Very good condition.

An Account of the Early Years of the Life of His Majesty Edward VII. Limited edition of 125 copies on hand-made paper. Original red cloth, with gilt decoration and lettering. Top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece, 8 photogravures, numerous half-tone plates. Book: book plate to front endpaper. Spine faded. A handsome copy.

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NATIONAL RECORD OF THE VISIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA TO SCOTLAND IN SEPTEMBER 1842
Written by James Buist.
Stock no. 989798
Published by The Perth Printing Company. 1st 1842. Very good condition.

Pages: viii, 248. Original green cloth boards, new matching green cloth spine with paper label. Pages lightly browned. Boards scuffed.

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PHOTOGRAPHIC GROUPS OF EMMINENT PERSONAGES
No author listed.
Stock no. 988675
Circa 1890. Very good condition.

Large red cloth folder (32 x 28 cm), with gilt decoration and lettering. 6 pages of montage photographs, each with a key page. The montages are Kings and Queens of England, Eminent Women, Historical Celebrities (2 plates), Military and Naval Celebrities, and British Poets. Very light foxing to endpapers. Reduced from £150.

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