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GB: Macmillan, 1958. Folding pedigree. Inscription of owner at start of book. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Front hinge cracked.SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1400g. . Reprint. Hardback. VG+/No DW.

London, New York: Macmilland & Co. Ltd., 1958. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Getting loosely bound, gilt decorated red cloth boards. Ex library copy with labels and pockets and usual handling wear. No jacket, front inner hinge split with webbing exposed..

Macmillan / St Martin's Press 1965. Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Macmillan, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. 891 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.

London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1958. First Printing. fair. 23 cm, 891, illus. (some color), footnotes, genealogical tables (fold-out), bibliography, references, index, boards worn, spotted, & scuffed. Boards weak, front board hinge reinforced with white cloth tape, rear board reinforced with brown cloth tape. Official biography written with full access to Palace archives.

London: Macmillan, 1958. Pp. xiv+892(last blank), black & white frontispiece, plus 27 plates (4 coloured), multi-folding genealogical table at end, appendices, bibliography, index; thick demy 8vo; maroon cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung and slightly marked; top edges maroon; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges worn and chipped; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, free endpapers faintly offset, a couple of spots of foxing; Macmillan & Co Ltd, London, 1958. First edition..

London: Macmillan, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. pp XIV, 891. 2nd printing. Residue of adhesive tape to end papers. Centre of flyleaf cut away, otherwise internally fine. DJ complete, shows slight use. Complete with genealogical table fold out. As New.

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd; St. Martin's Press, New York,, 1958. First edition, first impression, handsomely bound, of Wheeler-Bennett's official biography of George VI; "a staunch monarchist, he enjoyed personal contacts with many royal houses and was able to put these to good use" (ODNB). Octavo (214 x 146 mm). Near-contemporary green half morocco by Morrell of London, twin black morocco labels, green cloth sides, light green endpapers, top edge gilt. With numerous half-tone illustrations and a folding table. Recent bookplate of shipping executive Michael Matantos to front pastedown. Spine lightly sunned, spot of wear to one corner, slight separation in hinge preceding p. 891. A very good copy.

Macmillan, London, 1958. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Very finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in half red calf, raised bands with gilt embossed title and crowns to spine, top edge of page block, matching red cloth covered boards, marbled end-papers. Portrait frontispiece, 891pp, plates, index and very large folding 8 leaf family tree at rear __CONDITION : A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (hint of tanning to leaves). An excellent copy. __NOTE Due to size, weight or for insurance purposes delivery to some destinations outside the UK may cost more than the shipping price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

London: Macmillan and Co, 1958. First edition. Fine Binding. Fine. 9" by 6". Various. A sumptuously bound copy of this biography regarding King George VI of England. In a fine binding by renowned firm Sangorski and Sutcliffe as a Christmas gift from Stanley Bray to socialite and close friend Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this biography on King George VI. In a fine binding by renowned firm Sangorski and Sutcliffe as a Christmas gift from Stanley Bray, who worked at the firm for over 60 years. He was a close friend Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie and bound several books for her as gifts. Binder's stamp to the front pastedown reads 'Xmas S B 1967'.  Binder's ink stamp to the verso of front endpaper, 'Sangorski and Sutcliffe'. Bookplate of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie to the front endpaper. From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (Audrey Evelyn James Coats, and Audrey Evelyn James Field) at Julian"s Park. Pleydell-Bouverie was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and… Read More