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London: HarperCollins, 2008. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Adam Nicolson takes a single great family, the Earls of Pembroke, their wives, children, estates, tenants and allies, and folllows their high and glamorous trajectory across three generations.287 pp..

London: John Murray, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. and the Grenvilles, Lord Dacre, Robert Nugent-Charles Jenkinson-the Earls of Guilford-Coventry, & Hardwicke-Sir Edward Turner-Mr. Talbotof Lacock, and others. with portraits and illustrations. Decorative lite blue cloth ruled in black and stamped in Gilt of spine and front cover. 466 pages including index. Vintage photographs of castles and grounds.

Wilshire: Windsor Publications, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 292 pp; 16pp of black and white photographs; includes 23 chapters on the life and a list of illustrations; chapter 1. a tomboy princess, 2. the emperor's choices, 3. arrival in vienna, 4. the bewildered bride, 5. the end of happiness, 6. crisis in italy, 7. escape to madeira, 8. soulmates, 9. the hungarian cause, 10. meetings and partings, 11. ludwig, 12. a shift in power, 13. the child of sassetot, 14. rudolf, 15. stephanie, 16. katharina schratt, 17. the death of ludwig II, 18. a life of emptiness, 19. larisch and the vetseras, 20. mayeriing, 21. the lonely odyssey, 22. fellow travellers, 23. assassination.

Chicago: A.C. Mclurg & Co., 1909. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8vo. translated from the german of carl kuchler; with four illustrations; "one of the saddest stories in the history of royalty" contents include an introduction, & 20 chapters from the diamond wedding to death of the empress, also includes appendix. illustrations are as follows: elizabeth as the young empress, emperor franz joseph in his twenty-eighth year, crown prince rudolf, empress elizabeth in later years.

Middletown, De: Drcrm, 2018. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. a replication of a book originally published before 1899; 150 pp; contents include introduction, chapter 1. the princess elizabeth of bavaria, 2. the empress elizabeth, 3. the queen of hungary, 4. the empress as a woman, philanthropist, friend, and mistress, 5. the empress as a student and reader, 6. the empress as an architect, 7. the empress as a sportswoman, 8. the empress as a traveller, 9. the empress elizabeth and king ludwig II of bavaria, 10. mater dolorosa, 11. the recluse, 12. reminiscences and anecdotes, 13. the assassination, 14. at rest-obsequies in vienna and universal mourning, 15. conclusion.

U.S.A.: Viking, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated. Viking 1999. Edited by Norman F. Cantor. 464 pp. including Index and Introduction. Illustrated dustjacket in near fine condition..

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1891. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 Volume Set. Illustrated. Hardcover. 8vo. Edged untrimmed. Green cover with title stamped in gilt. Volume 1: 361 pp. Volume 2: 418 pp. including index. Previous owner's attractive on inside front board..

U.S.A.: Viking Adult, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 8vo. Viking Adult 1986. Text By Ann Gore and Laurence Fleming. Photography by Clay Perry. 160 pp. including Index. Dustjacket in near fine condition. Previous owner's signature on free endpaper..

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near fine condition, jacket near fine condition, 327pp including index ,bibliography, and notes. The dramatic tale of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II has, until now, been given little attention....But its short and tragic story of heroism anid defeat is one that has long deserved telling and has finally found a worthy chronicler. To fill this gap in the history of naval operations during World War II, the author has provided the first complete account of the brave actions of the men and ships of America's forgotten Asiatic fleet..

London: Metheun & Co. LTD., 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth hardcover 8vo in very good condition. First few pages slightly foxed. Gilt lettering still bright. 221 pages including many black and white illustrations. Translated by Cicely Binyon..

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 397pp including notes, bibliography, and index. Illustrated with b/w photographs, primarily portraits..

Inverness, Scotland: J. Arthur Dixon LTD. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Color Photos, Small Scuff On Bottom Ft Cover. Map On Bk Cover. Lower Rear Corner Creased. A Handbook For Tourists.32 Plus Covers..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Press, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Folio measuring 12 by 9 inches. hardcover, VG in a Good plus dj. some creases at top. closed tear on rear bottom edge. 320pp including index. Profusely illustrated with maps, photos charts some in color..

New York: Routledge, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine softcover. 304pp including bibliography and Index. Aberth's informative and originally shaped volume is well tailored to bring out the dynamic of man's struggle with his enviorment in the last two medieval centuries. In his story, War, Plague" and famine play very full parts, and the treatment here of the medieval attitude to Death, the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse, is a.

London: John Murray, 1955. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. book very good condition, jacket fair condition rips and tears in jacket. 213pp including index. black and white illustrations throughout on glossy stock paper..

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 3rd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book is a Near Fine in a soft cover. 8vo. World History. 3rd Edition. 1998. 317pp with index, bibliograhy, and notes. The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe, lived on for centuries in the minds of Europeans who recalled tales of widespread hunger, class warfare, epidemic disease, frighteningly high mortality, and unspeakable crimes. Until now, no one has offered a perspective of what daily life was actually like throughout the entire region devastated by this crisis, nor has anyone probed far into its causes. Here, the distinguished historian William Jordan provides the first comprehensive inquiry into the Famine from Ireland to western Poland, from Scandinavia to central France and western Germany. He produces a rich cultural history of medieval community life, drawing his evidence from… Read More

U.S.A.: New Amsterdam Books, 1992. Book. As New. Paperback. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As New. Paperback. 8vo. New Amsterdam Books 1992. 128 pp. including appendices and index. Includes clear, glossy photographs in color..

New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co., 1894. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. History of Canterbury Cathedral & England. Hardcover. 8vo. Second American Edition From The Eleventh London Edition. Nice clean text, illustrations, gilt top edge, writing on fep dated 1894, some wear to dj, 361pp. w/index.

London: P. Buchan, 1820. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. 8vo. P. Buchan 1820. 156 pp. Paper over boards. Spine has been replaced. Dampstaining on preliminaries. Edges untrimmed. Pages un-opened. Corners bumped. Castle frontis-piece..

Massachusetts: The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1903. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Yes. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Cloth hardcover folio. Number 2184 of only 2500 copies. Many full page color plates, all protected by tissue. All edges gold gilt. Gilt embossed illustrations on front cover. Top and bottom edge of spine slightly worned and corners slightly bumped but in otherwise very good condition. 170 pages of the history of the Honourable Artillery Company in England and America from Queen Elizabeth's War with Spain to The South African War..