Here are 75 titles about Royalty - kings, queens, and their courts - that were in stock as of March 26, 2008. Just make a note of the Order No(s) you would like to purchase, and here is how easy it is to order from Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire. Thank you, RAY
1. THE NEW PEERAGE; OR PRESENT STATE OF THE NOBILITY OF ENGLAND. SCOTLAND. AND IRELAND. ... THREE VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Printed for R. Davis, London, 1769 1st ed, B&W illustrations, good+, full calf (hardcover) new spines and hinges (See Note), "...CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE PEERS, EITHER BY TENURE, SUMMONS, OR CREATION; THEIR DESCENTS AND COLLATERAL BRANCHES; THEIR BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND ISSUE. ALSO THEIR PATERNAL COATS OF ARMS, CRESTS, SUPPORTERS AND MOTTOES." Volume I (ENGLAND), 291pp, table (index), 36 plates of coats of arms preceed text (3 plates intentionally left blank); Volume II(SCOTLAND - TO WHICH IS ADDED THE EXTINCT PEERAGE OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, AND A LIST OF ALL THE PEERS WHO HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT), 319pp, table, 16 plates, tear in plate 1/2 and title page tear has been repaired; Volume III (IRELAND ... TO WHICH IS ADDED A LIST OF THE EXTINCT PEERS, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE CHIEF GOVERNORS OF IRELAND.), 278pp, table, 23 plates. A nice clean and tight set. All hinges at some point in time were reinforced with cloth tape, and the spines were rebacked with leather over the original spine with cutouts leaving the original red spine labels visible., (Order No: 53642 ), $450.00
2. Aldington, Richard, THE DUKE: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE & ACHIEVEMENTS OF ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON, The Viking Press, New York, 1943 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 405pp, good, light blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 6996 ), $6.00
3. Ashdown, Dulcie M., ROYAL PARAMOURS, Dorset Press, New York, (1986), 24 B&W ill., 192pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0880290935 First published in 1979. These lives of kings and queens of the past make paperback passion look tame in contrast., (Order No: 18391 ), $4.00
4. Ashdown, Dulcie M., PRINCESS OF WALES, John Murray, London, (1979), B&W illustrations, 240pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0719534852 Since 1301, when the title was created, there have been some twenty Princes of Wales, of whom only eight were married, and of their princesses only six became queens. The author traces the lives of these eight princesses., (Order No: 25273 ), $8.00
5. Barker, Brian, WHEN THE QUEEN WAS CROWNED, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, (1976) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 224pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0679506934 The accession of Queen Elizabeth II was one of the strangest in the long history of the British monarchy. The ceremony itself is st in the long progression of over 1,000 years, and the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, was an event shared by millions., (Order No: 37208 ), $12.50
6. Baron von Lowhen (translated from the original German of), THE ANALYSIS OF NOBILITY, IN ITS ORIGIN; ..., Printed by J. Robinson, London, 1754, 317pp, index, very good, full mottled cloth (hardcover) See Note, "As Military, Mercantile, and Literary; Proofs, Privileges, Duties, Acquisition, and Forfeiture thereof, interspersed with several curious Monuments of History, relating to Laws of Chivalry, Creations, Degradations, Jousts, Tournaments, Combars, &c." "With Notes collected from the best English Antiquarians, and other Authors." Nice clean and tight copy, raised bands, no title on spine (appears never to have been), lightest of wear top and bottom of spine. A previous owner cut his name out from the very top of the title page., (Order No: 53623 ), $175.00
7. Birch, Thomas, THE LIFE OF HENRY PRINCE OF WALES, ELDEST SON OF KING JAMES I, Printed for A. Millar, London, 1760, 552pp, index, very good, full red leather, raised bands (hardcover), "Compiled Chiefly fron his own Papers and other Manuscripts never before Published." Good++ internally with some light foxing, and first page is loose. Rebound in full red leather in the 20th century, (Order No: 51736 ), $225.00
8. Blunt, Wilfrid (with a chapter on Ludwig and the Arts by Michael Petzet), THE DREAM KING: LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA, Penquin Books, London, (1973), 48pp color plates, B&W ill., 264pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0140036067 Here is the story of "Mad" Ludwig of Bavaria who lived a romantic life in a romantic age., (Order No: 17526 ), $6.00
9. Buchan, John, THE MARQUIS OF MONTROSE, Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1913, B&W illustrations, maps, 333pp, good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 47249 ), $20.00
10. Campbell, Judith, QUEEN ELIZABETH: A BIOGRAPHY, Crown Publishers, New York, (1980, B&W and color illustrations, 184pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517539748, (Order No: 5824 ), $7.50
11. Cartland, Barbara, ROMANTIC ROYAL MARRIAGES, Beaufort Books, New York, (1981), B&W and color illustrations, 128pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0825300762 Far more royalty in Europe have made love-matches than anyone every imagined. Enjoy reading about these royal marriages., (Order No: 54102 ), $4.00
12. Catherine Charlotte, Lady Jackson, THE LAST OF THE VALOIS AND ACCESSION OF HENRI OF NAVARRE 1559-1589 - TWO VOLUME SET, L. C. Page and Company, Boston, 1897, B&W illustrations, very good, green decorated cloth, teg (hardcover) light foxing, Two volume set, 370pp and 394pp., (Order No: 15315 ), $65.00
13. Catherine Charlotte, Lady Jackson, THE FIRST OF THE BOURBONS 1589- 1595 -- TWO VOLUME SET, L. C. Page and Company, Boston, 1897, very good, decorated gray cloth (hardcover), teg, Volume I, 347pp; Volume II, 391pp. Very nice clean and tight set, occasional light foxing., (Order No: 36862 ), $35.00
14. Catherine Charlotte Lady Jackson, THE FIRST OF THE BOURBONS 1589-1595 - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1890, good+, decorated blue cloth (hardcover), Two volume set: Volume I, 382pp; Volume II, 423pp. Nice clean, tight and bright set., (Order No: 49088 ), $30.00
15. Cecil, David, THE CECILS OF HATFIELD HOUSE: AN ENGLISH RULING FAMILY, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1973, 120 B&W ill., 32pp of color, 320pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395171202, (Order No: 3615 ), $6.00
16. Cheesman, Clive and Williams, Jonathan, REBELS PRETENDERS & IMPOSTORS, St. Martin's Press, New York, (2000), B&W and color ill., 192pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0312238665 This volume brings together the true, amazing stories of pretend sovereigns, phantom countries, rebel states, and royal imposters., (Order No: 30398 ), $12.50
17. Commemorative Collectors Society, JUBILEE ROYAL - JUBILEE REVIEW OF COMMEMORATIVE SOUVENIRS ISSUED TO MARK THE SILVER JUBILEE OF H. M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II, Commemorative Collectors Soc, Nottingham, UK, 1977, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, good, wraps (softcover), Over 600 commemorative items are described, illustrated and priced., (Order No: 44114 ), $25.00
18. Count Wilczek (edited by Elizabeth Countess Kinsky; translated by A. J. Ashton), GENTLEMAN OF VIENNA, Reynal and Hitchcock, New York, (1934), B&W frontis, 348pp, good, blue cloth spine (hardcover), These reminiscences were not intended for publication but were written solely for his grandchildren., (Order No: 39459 ), $10.00
19. Cowles, Virginia, GAY MONARCH: THE LIFE AND PLEASURES OF EDWARD VII, Harper & Brothers, Pub., New York, (1956), B&W illustrations, 378pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), This fascinating biography deals not only with a spectacular and controversial monarch, but also with that colorful period known as the Edwardian era., (Order No: 21324 ), $7.00
20. Cox, Cynthia, THE ENIGMA OF THE AGE: THE STRANGE STORY OF THE CHEVALIER D'EON, Longmans, London, (1966), B&W illustrations, 149pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover)(one small chip on dustjacket), In this definitive biography the author explores the ramifications of the legend and reveals the truth about the diminutive, clever, temperamental and always indomitable man., (Order No: 25065 ), $12.50
21. De la Bere, Ivan, THE QUEEN'S ORDERS OF CHIVALRY, Spring Books, London, (1964) rev ed, B&W illustrations, 228pp, very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Sir Ivan De la Bere was Secretary of the Central Chancery of the Order of Knighthood at St. James's Palace from 1945 to 1960; this background and Sir Ivan's precise research make this book remarkable as an accurate guide to the honors system--its evolution, present-day ceremonies and the correct manner in which the various insignia should be worn., (Order No: 19472 ), $6.00
22. Fairweather, Maria, PILGRIM PRINCESS: A LIFE OF PRINCESS ZINAIDA VOLKONSKY, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, (2000), B&W illustrations, 316pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) small tear dj, ISBN 078670831X A historical biography of a beautiful princess whose life and loves were intimately interwoven with those of great men at the cataclysmic centre of events in early nineteenth-century Europe., (Order No: 37925 ), $10.00
23. Falkus, Christopher (introduction by Antonia Fraser), THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHARLES II, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, (1972), B&W and color ill., 223pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), 'The Merry Monarch' was the most popular of kings in his life-time and has remained so to posterity., (Order No: 33209 ), $10.00
24. Ferro, Marc (translated by Brian Pearce), NICHOLAS II: LAST OF THE TSARS, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993, B&W illustrations, 305pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0195081927 This authoritative biography by one of the world's great historians shines a bright light on an ordinary man raised to an extraordinary station, who carried an unwanted burden, which crushed him., (Order No: 21275 ), $5.00
25. Gernsheim, Helmut and Gernsheim, Alison, VICTORIA R. - A BIOGRAPHY WITH FOUR HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS BASED ON HER PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1959) 1st Amer, B&W photographs, 307pp, good++, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, (Order No: 6951 ), $15.00
26. Hamilton, Count Anthony; translated with notes by Horace Walpole, and notes by Sir Walter Scott and Mrs. Anna Jameson, MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT, Gebbie & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, PA, 1891, B&W engravings, 408pp, good, decorated olive green cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 47902 ), $17.50
27. Harmand, Jean (with a preface by Emile Faguet), A KEEPER OF ROYAL SECRETS: BEING THE PRIVATE AND POLITICAL LIFE OF MADAME DE GENLIS, Brentano's, New York, 1913, B&W illustrations, 440pp, good+, blue cloth (hardcover) faded spine w/ minute tear at top, Part I--From Childhood to Marriage; Part II--The Comtesse De Genlis Before 1789; Part III--Madame De Genlis as a Revolutionary; Part IV--The Emigration; Part V--From the Consulate to the Monarchy of July; Part VI--The Published Works of Mme. De Genlis., (Order No: 40373 ), $60.00
28. Hatch, Alden, THE MOUNTBATTENS: THE LAST ROYAL SUCCESS STORY, Random House, New York, (1965) 1st ptg, 35 B&W photographs, 472pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Genealogical table., (Order No: 6997 ), $5.00
29. Howell, Roger, SIR PHILIP SIDNEY: THE SHEPHERD KNIGHT, Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London, (1968), B&W frontis, 308pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), A rounded portrait of the Shepherd Knight, firmly set against the background of his own times., (Order No: 13811 ), $4.00
30. Hulse, Clark, ELIZABETH I: RULER AND LEGEND, University of Illionis Press, Urbana, IL, (2003), B&W illustrations, 160pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0252071611 Clark Hulse brings Elizabeth to life, combining text and images to tell her story through the objects handed down by history., (Order No: 51483 ), $22.50
31. Jones, Julia and Deer, Barbara, ROYAL PLEASURES AND PASTIMES - CRAFTS FROM THE ROYAL COURTS, David & Charles Craft Book, Newton Abbot, Devon, UK, (1990), color illustrations, 160pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0715394762 Nine centuries of crafts from the royal households, from the Normans and Plantagenets to the House of Windsor. A glimpse into the lives of the ladies of the court., (Order No: 52214 ), $7.50
32. Joyce, Michael, MY FRIEND H: JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, BARON BROUGHTON OF BROUGHTON DE GYFFORD, John Murray, London, 1948, B&W illustrations, 370pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Lord Broughton lived from 1786 to 1869. His biography presents a picture of the times, the inner history of great events, and an arresting study of a great personality, who was at all times the best and truest friend of Byron and his reputation., (Order No: 41568 ), $17.50
33. Lant, Jeffrey L., INSUBSTANTIAL PAGEANT: CEREMONY AND CONFUSION AT QUEEN VICTORIA'S COURT, Taplinger Publishing Company, New York, (1980) 1st ptg, 270pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author goes behind the scenes to set out in rich detail the development of the great Victorian royal events., (Order No: 31649 ), $10.00
34. Leslie, Doris, THE GREAT CORINTHIAN: A PORTRAIT OF THE PRINCE REGENT, Oxford University Press, New York, 1953, 9 B&W ill., 251pp, good+, light green cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, First chapter is titled, "1762-1783" and the years run consecutively through chapter nine which is titled, "1817-1821.", (Order No: 13220 ), $4.00
35. Levey, Michael, A ROYAL SUBJECT: PORTRAITS OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE, The National Gallery, London, (1977), B&W illustrations, 24pp, good, wraps (softcover), Includes nineteen portraits., (Order No: 43314 ), $30.00
36. Longford, Elizabeth, VICTORIA R. I. - ILLUSTRATED EDITION, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1973) 1st US, 8pp in color & 120 B&W ill., 287pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 060126728 This biography of Victoria is more than a life story; it is the portrait of the age to which she gives her name. When Elizabeth Longford's biography was first published in 1964, under the title QUEEN VICTORIA: BORN TO SUCCEED, it was rightly acclaimed as a masterpiece. Here it is re-issued, in a shorter form., (Order No: 14757 ), $7.50
37. Lord Russell of Liverpool, HENRY OF NAVARRE: HENRY IV OF FRANCE, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1969), B&W ill., B&W maps, 206pp, very good, brown cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Lord Russell reveals Henry's many-sided genius as King., (Order No: 34983 ), $5.00
38. Mackenzie, W. C., THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN MAITLAND, DUKE OF LAUDERDALE (1616-1682), E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1923, B&W illustrations, 514pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 39978 ), $25.00
39. Massie, Robert K., THE ROMANOVS: THE FINAL CHAPTER, Random House, New York, (1995) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 308pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394580486, (Order No: 6187 ), $6.00
40. Massie, Robert K. (introductory text) (picture research and descriptions by Jeffrey Finestone), THE LAST COURTS OF EUROPE: A ROYAL FAMILY ALBUM, 1860-1914, The Vendome Press, New York, (1981), 315 B&W ill., 256pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0865650152 The extraordinary pictures in this book were collected over several years from many sources around the world. Many came from private albums of European royal families; others were found in the archives of State libraries or contemporary illustrated magazines. They cover state occasions as well as the domesticity of home life., (Order No: 21162 ), $25.00
41. McLaren, Moray, BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE, Rupert Har-Davis, London, (1972), 6 B&W ill., 224pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 024664057X "Bonnie Prince Charlie" was the perfect name for the Young Pretender, for he possessed uncommon charm and good looks. Unfortuately, he was never to possess what he coveted most: the British throne. Moray McLaren's compassionate biography of the descendant of Mary, Queen of Scots, records his attempt to wear the crown his unlucky ancestress had desired so fiercely., (Order No: 9190 ), $3.00
42. Mitford, Nancy, MADAME DE POMPADOUR, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1968), B&W and color ill., 304pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 8355 ), $5.00
43. Mortimer, Penelope, QUEEN ELIZABETH: A PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN MOTHER, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1986), B&W illustrations, 288pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0312659849, (Order No: 31470 ), $5.00
44. Munich, Adrienne, QUEEN VICTORIA'S SECRETS, Columbia University Press, New York, (1996) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 254pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0231104804 The first book to fully investigate the influence of the solid, dour icon that was Queen Victoria, this fascinating study demonstrates the firm grasp Victoria held to the cultural imagination of her country, exploring how she created and maintained her royal authority., (Order No: 22360 ), $7.50
45. Munsell, F. Darrell, THE UNFORTUNATE DUKE: HENRY PELHAM, FIFTH DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, 1811-1864, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, MO, 1985, B&W illustrations, 334pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0826204562 The fascinating story of the fifth duke of Newcastle, incisively presented in this first comprehensive, objective biography of the duke, reflects a number of political and social matters important to Victorian England., (Order No: 29322 ), $10.00
46. Murray, T. Douglas (edited by), JEANNE D'ARC: MAID OF ORLEANS DELIVERER OF FRANCE, McClure, Phillips & Co., New York, 1902, B&W illustrations, map, 396pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) owners notes on endpapers, Being the Story of her Life, her Achievements, and her Death, as attested on Oath and Set forth in the Original Documents. NOTE - Previous owner made notes on endpapers and a few pencil marks in margins., (Order No: 46407 ), $30.00
47. Nagel, Susan, MISTRISS OF THE ELFIN MARBLES - A BIOGRAPHY OF MARY NISBET, COUNTESS OF ELGIN, William Morrow, New York, (2004) 1st ed, 294pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0060545542, (Order No: 51829 ), $4.00
48. Norton, Lucy, THE SUN KING AND HIS LOVES, Hamish Hamilton, London, (1983), B&W and color ill., 160pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), When he had outgrown the loves of childhood, Louis XIV, in his long reign, had five grand passions; for four women, one after another, and for a house and garden which he loved the best and longest of all., (Order No: 26357 ), $5.00
49. Palache, John Garber, MARIE ANTOINETTE: THE PLAYER QUEEN, Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1929 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 322pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 39303 ), $7.50
50. Palmer, Alan, PRINCES OF WALES, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, (1979), B&W illustrations, 254pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0297776916 The author examines the dramatic and colorful, and sometimes tragic, lives of these princes, concentrating on their time as heirs to the throne rather than their reigns, and he ends with an assessment of the first thirty years of the life of Prince Charles, the only one among them to have studied the language and culture of Wales., (Order No: 25275 ), $12.50
51. Patmore, K. A., THE SEVEN EDWARDS OF ENGLAND, Kennikat Press, Port Washington, NY, (1971), 12 B&W ill., 367pp, very good+, blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket as published), ISBN 0804612412 First published in 1911., (Order No: 13103 ), $14.50
52. Phillips, James Emerson, IMAGES OF A QUEEN: MARY STUART IN SIXTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1964, 336pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This volume discusses the literature dealing with the Scottish Queen produced in Europe during her own lifetime and that of her arch rival, Elizabeth I of England, during the first half-century of Mary's long literary history., (Order No: 47398 ), $10.00
53. Plowden, Alison, THE YOUNG VICTORIA, Stein and Day, New York, (1983), B&W illustrations, 232pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 081282766X A well-researched, sympathetic biography of Queen Victoria., (Order No: 27817 ), $8.50
54. Pye, Michael, THE KING OVER THE WATER: THE WINDSORS IN THE BAHAMAS 1940-45, Hutchinson & Co., Publ., London, (1981), 280pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0091446600 In August 1940 the Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived in Nassau, where the Duke was to take up his post as Governor of the Bahamas. They were still the most romantic couple in the world, he the handsome Prince of Wales who had won hearts wherever he had gone, she the woman for whose sake he had given up the crown., (Order No: 53026 ), $6.50
55. Reid, Michaela, ASK SIR JAMES: SIR JAMES REID, PERSONAL PHYSICIAN TO QUEEN VICTORIA AND PHYSICIAN-IN-ORDINARY TO THREE MONARCHS, Viking, New York, (1989) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 315pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670826464 Michaela Reid, wife of Sir James Reid's grandson, has written a delightful, highly readable book using never-before-published material to create a fascinating picture of Queen Victoria's last years., (Order No: 37924 ), $7.50
56. Richards, Guy, THE HUNT FOR THE CZAR, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1970 1st ed, 39 B&W plates, 265pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), The full story of an amazing hunt begun in 1918 to unravel the true fate of the family of Nicolas and Alexandra., (Order No: 20999 ), $7.50
57. Riqueti, Honore Gabriel (Comte de Mirabeau) (special introduction by Oliver H. G. Leigh), SECRET MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF BERLIN, St. Dunstan Society, Akron, OH, (1901), 385pp, good, red cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 34780 ), $10.00
58. Rival, Paul (translated by Leo Gurko), THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1936, 277pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 32049 ), $8.50
59. Schmeckebier, Alexandra K. (with a preface and epilogue by Laurence E. Schmeckebier), PRINCESS IN PARADISE, Phoenix Publishing, Canaan, NH, (1981), B&W illustrations, 436pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0914016806 This is the rich saga of a distinguished family stemming from the marriage of two traditions: a gracious Russian mother of noble lineage, and a genial though Bismarckian father from the German Rhineland., (Order No: 43072 ), $7.50
60. Smith, Gene, MAXIMILIAN AND CARLOTA: A TALE OF ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY, William Morrow & Company, New York, 1973 1st ptg, 40 B&W ill., 318pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) small chip on dustjacket, ISBN 0688001734 This is the story of the last of the princely knights-errant, Archduke Maximilian of Austria, who at the age of thirty-one became Emperor of Mexico, and Carlota, the beautiful Belgian princess he took as Empress., (Order No: 15182 ), $4.50
61. St. Aubyn, Giles, EDWARD VII: PRINCE AND KING, Atheneum, New York, 1979 3rd ptg, B&W illustrations, 555pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0689109377 The king who left his name on an era and style reigned for less than ten years, but began his career some forty years before he came to the throne. This account is based on the records of Francis Knollys, the king's secretary: papers which previous biographers had assumed to be destroyed., (Order No: 14248 ), $5.00
62. Stanhope, Philip (A Defence of Barbara Villiers by Elza de Locre), PHILIP STANHOPE, SECOND EARL OF CHESTERFIELD, Fanfrolico, London, [1930], ill. by Jeanne Bellon, unpaginated, very good, brown cloth w/original clear dustcover (hardcover), HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH VARIOUS LADIES AMONG WHOM IS NOTABLY BARBARA VILLIERS LATER LADY CASTLEMAINE & DUCHESS OF CLEVELAND AND LETTERS EXCHANGED WITH SIR CHARLES SEDLEY, JOHN DRYDEN, CHARLES COTTON, MR: BATES &C. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME PRINTED CORRECTLY & EXTENSIVELY FROM THE EARL'S LETTERBOOK. "No better summing-up of the actual Restoration life is to be found than these letters." Limited to 480 copies., (Order No: 35279 ), $125.00
63. Stewart, Alan, THE CRADLE KING: THE LIFE OF JAMES VI & I, THE FIRST MONARCH OF A UNITED GREAT BRITAIN, St. Martin's Press, New York, (2003) 1st US, B&W illustrations, 438pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312274882 As the son of Mary Queen of Scots, James eventually became an accomplished political operator. His cautious politics won him the English throne on Elizabeth's death in 1603. Under his rule, James established Protestantism as the official state religion and commissioned the King James version of the Bible., (Order No: 53147 ), $12.00
64. Strachey, Lytton, ELIZABETH AND ESSEX: A TRAGIC HISTORY, Chatto & Windus, London, 1928, B&W illustrations, 288pp, good+, brown cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 34479 ), $4.50
65. Strong, Roy, SPLENDOR AT COURT: RENAISSANCE SPECTACLE AND THE THEATER OF POWER, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1973, B&W and color illustrations, 287pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0395172209 The brillant young director of Great Britain's National Portrait Gallery traces the development of the Renaissance festival in the fifteenth-century courts of the Dukes of Burgundy and of the Italian princes through to their sixteenth-century counterparts., (Order No: 47075 ), $15.00
66. The Pierpont Morgan Library, WILLIAM & MARY AND THEIR HOUSE, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1979, B&W illustrations, 258pp, good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0875980708 This volume, and the exhibition in New York of all of the works illustrated and discussed here (12 December 1979 - 16 March 1980, The Pierpont Morgan Library), is a guide to some of the collections of the House of Orange., (Order No: 18569 ), $10.00
67. Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, HENRY VIII AND HIS COURT, Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, 1911 6th ed, 4 B&W plates, 109pp, good+, brown cloth w/pictorial pastedown (hardcover), (Order No: 37381 ), $15.00
68. Trench, Charles Chenevix, THE ROYAL MALADY, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, (1965) 1st Amer, B&W illustrations, 225pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), An absorbing account of a crucial and pathetic episode in the life of one of England's more likeable monarchs, George III., (Order No: 33643 ), $7.50
69. Vaughan-Thomas, Wynford, THE PRINCES OF WALES, Kaye & Ward, Kingswood, Surrey, (1982), B&W illustrations, 240pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0718258908, (Order No: 5273 ), $10.00
70. Wake, Joan and Webster, Deborah Champion (edited by), THE LETTERS OF DANIEL EATON TO THE THIRD EARL OF CARDIGAN 1725-1732, Dalkeith Press Limited, Kettering, Northamptonshire, 1971, B&W frontis, map, 186pp, good+, green cloth (hardcover), ISBN 0901275085 Published for The Northamptonshire Record Society - Volume XXIV., (Order No: 47002 ), $12.50
71. Walter, David, JAMES I, Wayland Publishers, Sussex, (1975), approx. 60 B&W ill., 94pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0853404275 A fascinating picture of a monarch trying to cope with the problems of a fast changing society., (Order No: 14221 ), $7.00
72. Williams, Neville, HENRY VIII AND HIS COURT, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, (1971), 150 B&W ill, 48pp color ill, 271pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0297003690, (Order No: 6510 ), $3.50
73. Winston, Richard, CHARLEMAGNE: FROM THE HAMMER TO THE CROSS, The Bobbs-Merril Company, Indianapolis, IN, (1954) 1st ed, 346pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover) pencil marks several pages, A stirring account of one of the most controversial figures in history., (Order No: 24437 ), $7.00
74. Wright, Constance, DAUGHTER TO NAPOLEON: A BIOGRAPHY OF HORTENSE - QUEEN OF HOLLAND, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, (1961), B&W illustrations, 436pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), BCE, (Order No: 33151 ), $7.50
75. Ziegler, Georgianna (compiled and edited by), ELIZABETH I - THEN AND NOW, Folger Shakespear Library, Washington, DC, 2003, color illustrations, 190pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0295398323X Published in conjunction with the exhibition, ELIZABETH I: THEN AND NOW, presented at the Folger Shakespeare Library from March 21 through August 2, 2003 on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the death of Elizabeth I., (Order No: 53044 ), $30.00