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D'Almagro, Le Comte (Dolgorukov, Prince Petr Vladimirovich) . NOTICE SUR LES PRINCIPALES FAMILLES DE LA RUSSIE
Paris 1845 Dauvin et Fontaine. Alphabetical index to Russian royal family names at end. Octavo, 99pp., wraps. Good, spine nearly worn away, front wrap spotted and a bit worn. (a12531)
$450.00 De Servies, Jacques Roergas . LES FEMMES DES DOUZE CESARS
Paris 1718 De Launay. Contenant la vie et les Intrigues secretes des imperatrices et Femmes des premiers Empereurs Romains. In French. 12mo., 549pp., full leather. Good, cover very worn, front board and front end paper present but detached (otherwise binding is tight), occasional light spotting throughout text, spine ends worn down, front end paper has large closed tear. Servicable as is for reading or research but would be quite nice recovered. Rare. (a20024)
$95.00 Tinayre, Marcelle . MADAME DE POMPADOUR A STUDY IN TEMPERAMENT
NY 1926 1st Putnam. Translated from French by E. Mayne. 8vo., 220pp., illustrations, cloth. Good, n oDJ. (a23093)
$26.00 Thiselton-Dyer, T. F. (Thiselton Dyer) . ROYALTY IN ALL AGES
London 1943 Nimmo. The amusements, eccentricities, accomplishments, superstitutions, and frolics of the Kings and Queens of Europe. Hardcover. Octavo, 443pp., 6 etched portraits from contemporary engravings, index, cloth. Owner bookplate. Near VG, light foxing on fore-edges, no DJ. (a25323)
$25.00 Grey, Lt.-Gen the Hon. C. . THE EARLY YEARS OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT
NY 1867 Harper. Biography of Prince Albert. Sm.8vo., 371pp. Green cloth. Good, some cover wear. (a32481)
$35.00 Cox, David J.; Marcy Levinson; M. L. Smith and Dr. Wayne Swift (editors) . SCEPTRE THE NEWSLETTER OF THE ROYALTY COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA
1982-1985. Volume 1 Number 1 (Autumn 1982) thru Volume 3 Number 3 (Spring 1985). 3 issues per year--9 issues all together (complete.) Bound in student folder (2 holes ) with original color covers bound in. Includes photo illustrations of royalty cups, dishes, saucers, postcards and royalty collectibles. VG. (a37757)
$35.00 (Le Marquis de Luchet, le Comte de Rivarol, le Comte de Mirabeau et Choderlos de Laclos) . LA GALERIE DES ETATS-GENERAUX ET DES DAMES FRANCAISES
Paris (?) or London 1789, 1790. 3 volumes bound in one volume. Hardcover. Octavo, 204p., 172p. 207p., errata on final page, 1/2 leather with marbled boards. Bound in is one full page of neat ink manuscript in French giving details about the book and identifying the authors of the sections. VG plus, lightly worn. Attractive book. Text clean, binding secure, no ownership marks. (a38106)
$425.00 (royalty medal ) . CORONATION MEDAL, EMPRESS MARIA ANNA AUGUSTA AND EMPEROR FERDINAND I
Prague 1836. Original bronze medal celebrating the coronation of Empress Maria Ann Augusta and Emperor Ferdinand I as Queen and King of Bohemia in Prague, September 1836. Dated 1836 on obverse side. Front side shows bust of Empress; rear is coat of arms. 1.75 inches in diameter, 26 grams. VG, tarnished. (a38499)
$150.00 De Sevigne, Madame; Suard, M. . LETTRES DE MME DE SEVIGNE PRECEDES D'UNE NOTICE SUR SA VIE PAR M. SUARD
Paris 1860 1st Firmin Didot Freres. Hardcover. In French. 12mo., Fine steel engraved portrait frontispiece of Sevigne. 651pp., Nicely bound with marbled boards with leather spine decorated with gilt. Good plus, some cover wear; occasional staining in text, cover corners worn. Binding secure and text clean. (a41577)
$60.00 Larson, Laurence Marcellus . THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD IN ENGLAND BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST
Madison 1904. Doctoral thesis submission, Bulletin of University of Wisonsin No. 100., Volume 1, Number 2. 8vo., pp.55-204, wraps. Some pencil underlining and notation throughout. Owner stamp on title page. Owner inscription on front. Good, front wrap chipped, spine worn. (a47129)
$35.00 Mauricheau-Beaupre, Charles . VERSAILLES
Monaco 1949 Les Documents D'Art. English Edition translated from French by J. Erlich. 4to., 202pp., color and monopchrome illustrations, paper covered boards. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, some cover wear, head of spine end worn down a bit. (a53455)
$29.00 De Reiset, Vicomte . BELLES DU VIEUX TEMPS
Paris 1909 Troisieme Edition. In French. 8vo., 340pp., original front wrap bound in 1/2 cloth and marbled boards. Owner bookplate. VG. (a56151)
$35.00Taillandier, Mme Saint -Rene. LA PRINCESSE DES URSINS UNE GRANDE DAME FRANCAISE A LA COUR D'ESPAGNE SOUS LOUIS XIV
Paris 1926 Hachette. In French. Hardcover octavo., 245pp., portrait of La Princesse as frontispiece, original paper cover bound in red marbled boards with red cloth spine and mounted leather spine label. Owner bookplate (Charlotte Greenough) . VG, corners a bit worn. (a56192)
$29.00 Ricci, Serafino . CORPUS NUMMORUM ITALICORUM DI S. M. IL RE VITTORIO EMANUELE III
Rome 1911. Article (24pp., illustrations) in Italian included in Nuova Antologia, Revista di Lettere, Scienze ed Arti. This is part of the entire issue, which has several articles. Near Good, spine chipped, a bit brittle, a few pages have small marginal chips. (a57722a)
$45.00Stryienski, Casimir (editor). MEMOIRS OF THE COUNTESS POTOCKA
NY 1900 1st Doubleday McClure. Authorised translation by Lionel Strachey. Royal octavo hardcover. green cloth. 253pp., illustrations. Gilt and silver decoration on front cover panel. Bookplate (Julia M. Barnes) and owner signature. Good, spine lettering faded away, spine lightly browned; hinges not cracked in or out. no dj. (a57730)
$23.00 Harding, Bertita . LOST WALTZ A STORY OF EXILE
Indianapolis 1944 1st. Bobbs Merrill. Memoirs of the family of Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria. 8vo., 312pp., frontis photo illustration of Archduke Franz Josef Salvator, photo illustrations, very large foldout genealogical chart .hardcover. Good plus, light wear, no DJ (a57946)
$35.00Girard, Fulgence. MYSTERES DU GRAND MONDE HISTOIRES DES PALAIS, RESIDENCES ROYALES, PRISON D'ETAT, ABBAYES, BOUDOIRS ET SALONS - 8 volume set, complete
Paris (c.1850) a l'Administration de la Librairie Historique Illustree. Hardcover, In French. Eight hardcover sm4to volume. Half leather with marbled boards. About 400 pages per volume. Fine steel engraved plates. Fairly Good, bindings secure and text clean but backstrip worn and a few volumes have chips on backstrip. HInges not cracked except inner front hinge on one volume. occasional light foxing in text. Set of 8 volumes: (a59918)
$150.00 Scott, Eva . THE KING IN EXILE THE WANDERINGS OF CHARLES II FROM JUNE 1646 TO JULY 1654 (1905)
New York 1905 first edition Dutton. Hardcover. Octavo, 524pp., foldout royalty genealogical chart, 10 portraits, cloth. Good plus, light cover wear. Original edition. (a63883)
$39.00 Block, Prince Edouard de . ARMORIAL DES PRINCES DU SANG ROYAL DE HAINAUT ET DE BRABANT
Paris c. 1900 (date on dedication.Imprim� � Tours (M�me et Fils). In French. Folio, avec un portrait de l'Auteur, 270pp., original wraps. Signature of l'editeur P. Cardon de Lichtbuer (signature could be printed.) Text near Fine, cover VG with very light soiling and wear. (a66393)
$290.00 Cocheris, Hippolyte . ENTREES DE MARIE D'ANGLETERRE FEMME DE LOUIS XII A ABBEVILLE ET A PARIS
Paris 1859 first edition. Publiees & annotees par Hipp. Cocheris. Hardcover. Copy No. 76 of 100 printed. In French. Octavo, ix, 34pp., some decorative vignettes and woodcuts, 3/4 green cloth with marbled boards and gilt spine lettering. Old library bookplate inside front cover (stamped released), spine numbers erased. VG, light wear. Very Scarce. (a67836)
$210.00 (Topham, John) . AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE ANCIENT PAINTING , PRSERVED AT COWDRAY IN SUSSEX...REPRESENTING THE PROCESSION OF KING EDWARD VI FROM THE TOWER OF LONDON TO WESTMINISTER...1547
c. 1778. Sm.4to., 20pp., removed from larger binding of Society of Antiquarias and laid in later wraps. VG. (a68383)
$160.00 (england) . SEMPER EGO AUDITOR TANTUM; OR A VINDICATION OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK , &C.
c. 1690. Sm.4to., 23pp., removed and laid in later wraps. Two words on pag 17 have been carefully blacked out (same word in both cases, an adjective describing the discovery of the plot.) VG. (a68403)
$188.00 von Stackelberg, Natalie Freiin . AUS CARMEN SYLVA'S LEBEN
Heidelberg 1886 dritte durchgesebene Auflage, Carl Winter. In German. Octavo, 234pp., mit vier Bildern und einem facsimile, original photographs mounted in text, gilt printed green cloth hardcover. Owner signed. All edges gilt. VG, cover beginning to wear on edges and corners. (a70140)
$95.00 Pernoud, Regine et al . LE GRANDI DINASTIE
Milano 1976 first edition Arnoldo Mondadori. Covers: Capetingi, Svevi, Plantageneti, Asburgo, Valois, Stuart, Tudor, Borbone di Francia, Romanov, Braganza, Borbone di Spagna, Hohenzollern, Savoia, Hannover-Windsor, Borbone di Napoli, Bonaparte. Hardcover. In Italian. Lg.4to., 343pp., color illustrations, cloth. Near Fine, slight bumping of lower corners, in VG plus DJ, light wear. Hard to find. (a71908)
$125.00 Jesse, John Heneage . MEMOIRS OF THE PRETENDERS AND THEIR ADHERENTS 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
London 1845 1st Bentley. Hardcover. Large octavo, 413p, 410p, frontis engraving of Prince James Frederick Edward Stuart and the Princess Louisa, original yellow endpapers, maroon cloth. Owner bookplate. Inner hinges beginning to crack, spine faded, a few pages have water stains. Overall binding secure; text clean. Good. 2 volumes. (a73636)
$42.00 Pakula, Hannah . THE LAST ROMANTIC
NY 1984 1st Simon and Schuster. The life of the legendary Marie, Queen of Roumania, the most famous beauty, heroine and royal celebrity of her time. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 510pp., photo illustrations, tan boards with maroon cloth spine. Fine in Near Fine DJ, one inchlong closed tear on rear panel. (a73701)
$52.00Lucien-Graux, Dr.. LA COMTESSE DE LUCAY DAME D'ATOURS DE L'IMPERATRICE MARIE-LOUISE
Paris 1930 1st Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion. Limited to 160 copies. In French. Lg.4to., 272pp., portraits of Comtess de Lucay and of Marie-Louise, original wraps. Good plus, light wear. No ownership marks; binding secure. Vol 1 only, there is a vol 2 which we do not have. (a73836)
$70.00 Dhont, Jean . SEPT FEMMES EN UN TRIO DE ROIS
Brussels 1965. In French. Octavo, 36pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a74016)
$25.00 Gerbet, Marie-Claude . LA NOBLESSE DANS LE ROYAUME DE CASTILLE: ETUDE SUR SES STRUCTURES SOCIALES EN ESTREMADURE DE 1454 A 1516
Paris 1979. Publications de La Sorbonne Serie. N. S. Recherches 32. In French. Octavo, 540pp., illustrations, index, appendix (32pp.), original illustrated wraps. Fine in Fine original transparent paper jacket. (a75103)
$250.00 Turton, Lt-Col W. H. . THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY
Baltimore 1975 Genealogical Publishing reprint of original London 1928 edition. Tables showing over 7,000 of the ancestors of Elizabeth...the heiress of the Plantagenets with preface, lists, notes and a complete index of about 2700 entries. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 274pp., blue cloth. Near Fine, light scratching on cover cloth, no DJ. (a75632)
$500.00 Punch . PUNCH CORONATION NUMBER 1953 - SINGLE ISSUE OF PUNCH MAGAZINE
London 1953. Single issue of magazine Punch. Large octavo, color and monochrome illustrations, original illustrated wraps. VG, slight wear. (a77937)
$45.00 Waliszewski, K . PETER THE GREAT
NY 1897 Appleton. Translated from French by Lady Mary Loyd. Hardcover. Octavo, 562pp., frontis portrait, yellow cloth. Good, light wear at head of spine. (a78304)
$20.00de Taube, Baron Michael; Nicholas Danilow. THE BIRTH SECRET OF CATHERINE II AND ITS POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE; INTERREGNUM 1825
Wellington 1966. Victoria University of Wellington. Translated by Nicholas Danilow. 2 title bound in one volume. Wraps. Lg.4to. Typescript copy on rectos only. ii, iii, 33pp.; 45pp., a few photo illustrations, wraps. Good plus. Handmade cover with title in ink printing. (a78656)
$85.00 (Nicholas I of Russia) . LES DERNIERES HEURES DE LA VIE DE L'EMPEREUR NICHOLAS
Vienne 1855 M. Auer. Traduit du Russe. Sm.4to., 25pp., three engraved plates (on heavier stock paper), original green printed wraps. Good plus, some occasional light foxing, light cover wear. (a78694)
$150.00 De Silva Pereira Oliveira, Luiz . PRIVILEGIOS DA NOBREZA, E FIDALGUIA DE PORTUGAL OFFERECIDOS AO EXCELLENTISSIMO SENHOR MARQUEZ (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Lisboa 1806 1st Na Nova Officina de Joao Rodrigues Neves. Privileges and duties of the Portuguese Nobility. In Portuguese. Hardcover. Octavo, 344pp. plus 4p. Index, original maroon cloth. Some very old pencil and pen notation - possibly useful- throughout. Two owner signatures on end papers and one ink initial on title page. Good, one page has small stain, inner hinges a bit tender but still holding well, spine ends frayed somewhat and some wear along top outer hinge. Binding secure. (a80899)
$1950.00 Holsten, Hans Berner Schilden; og Albert Fabritius . LEHNSBARON HANS BERNER SCHILDEN H OLSTEN'S SLAEGTEBOG I. INDLEDNINGSHEFTE
Kobenhavn 1940-1941. In Danish. Lg.4to., 95p., many monochrome photo illustrations on glossy stock, original grey printed wraps. Good, worn, frayed on all edges, lightly soiled, small chip from heel of spine. I. Indledningshefte (a84154)
$145.00 Holsten, Hans Berner Schilden; og Albert Fabritius . LEHNSBARON HANS BERNER SCHILDEN H OLSTEN'S SLAEGTEBOG I. ANDET BIND 1. HEFTE
Kobenhavn 1942-1943. In Danish. Lg.4to., 394p., many monochrome photo illustrations on glossy stock, original grey printed wraps. VG, light cover edge fraying and light cover wear. I. Andet Bind 1 Hefte (a84155)
$190.00 Holsten, Hans Berner Schilden; og Albert Fabritius . LEHNSBARON HANS BERNER SCHILDEN H OLSTEN'S SLAEGTEBOG I. ANDET BIND 2. HEFTE
Kobenhavn 1943-1944. In Danish. Lg.4to., pp. 397-713, 7p., many monochrome photo illustrations on glossy stock, original grey printed wraps. VG, light cover edge fraying and light cover wear. I. Andet Bin 2. Hefte (a84156)
$190.00 Holsten, Hans Berner Schilden; og Albert Fabritius . LEHNSBARON HANS BERNER SCHILDEN H OLSTEN'S SLAEGTEBOG I. FORSTE HEFTE
Kobenhavn 1940. In Danish. Lg.4to., 244p., many monochrome photo illustrations on glossy stock, original grey printed wraps. VG, light cover edge fraying and light cover wear. I. Forste Hefte. (a84157)
$190.00 McNaughton, Arnold (compiler) . THE BOOK OF KINGS A ROYAL GENEALOGY - VOLUME TWO THE FAMILIES
1973 first edition Quadrangle New York Times. Hardcover. Lg.4to., pp. 513-1086, many monochrome illustrations, bluegreen cloth. with gilt lettering and decoration. Ex-university reference library. VG, no DJ. Volume 2 (of 3)( only. (a85556)
$50.00 McNaughton, Arnold (compiler) . THE BOOK OF KINGS A ROYAL GENEALOGY VOLUME THREE PLATES, INDEXES
1973 first edition Quadrangle New York Times. Hardcover. Lg.4to., many monochrome illustrations, bluegreen cloth. with gilt lettering and decoration. Ex-university reference library. Good plus with half inch cut on lower edge of rear coverr, no DJ. Volume 3 (of 3) only. (a85557)
$65.00 Marples, Josiah . LAST DAUPHIN OF FRANCE
London and Liverpool 1883 Longmans. Articles on pp. 25-48, removed from the Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool 1882-83, No. XXXVII and rebound in later wraps. Owner name inside and an Institute label neatly applied to front panel. Near VG. (a87646c)
$35.00Withington, Antoinette.. GOLDEN CLOAK (signed)
Honolulu 1953 first edition Hawaiiana Press. Hardcover. An informal history of Hawaiian Royalty. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Octavo, 312pp., many monochrome photo illustrations and drawings.*** Inscribed and signed by Withington. Near Fine. no dj. (ac382)
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