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Nicholas and Alexandra: The Family Albums by Prince Michael of Greece (£77.00)Publisher: Tauris Parke Books — 1996Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 1850434948]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper which is very slightly pulled at the head of the upper panel and a short, closed, tear to the foot of the same. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Illustrated by way of: Black and White Photographs;
From the cover: “In the summer of 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, his Tsarina Alexandra and their five children were executed by firing squad at Ekaterinburg. The unique and revealing photographs in this book illustrate the intimate family life of the last ruling Romanovs from 1896, shortly after the marriage of Nicholas and Alexandra, to the family’s house arrest at Tsarskoye Selo palace in 1917, shortly before their death. These photographs have been selected from thousands taken by the Tsarina and her five children, which were mounted in their own and the Tsar’s personal albums. The albums have until now remained hidden for over seventy years in government archives in Moscow.
Whilst researching his book Imperial Palaces of Russia in the Autumn of 1990, Prince Michael of Greece was puzzled by an invitation to view material in the government archives. Thirty thick, leather-bound volumes, embossed with the Imperial monogram, awaited him -the private photograph albums, which the curators wanted to show first to a relative of the Romanov family.
Through his selection of images from the family albums, the author here tells the story of the last Tsar, one of the saddest of twentieth-century politics. Nicholas II was a man both unprepared and ill equipped to rule the greatest empire in the world, and under the influence of Alexandra, the wife he so adored, he led Russia to disaster. But theirs was also an extraordinary love story, as the three hundred photographs in this book reveal. Away from the responsibilities of Empire, we see a close and loving family of simple tastes and great candour. The photographs clearly illustrate the personalities of Nicholas and Alexandra and of their four daughters -Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia — and beloved son and heir Alexis, who suffered from haemophilia and whose every move was carefully watched.
The family were keen, and sometimes talented, amateur photographers, who took their own cameras with them everywhere, be it on family picnics or on state occasions. The book thus illustrates a fascinating transition from the joy and relaxation of the early years, through the tension caused by the Tsarevich’s illness, to the stresses and anxiety of the First World War and the coming Revolution. These photographs provide a new perspective on the life of the Imperial family, and constitute an invaluable historical document.”Notes: Foreword or introduction by B. I. Kaptelov. Size: 12" x 9¾". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 240 pages. Tags: nicholas emperor russia pictorial works alexandra empress consort family romanov house history kings and rulers
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The Sailor's Nelson by Admiral Mark Kerr (£28.00)Publisher: Hurst & Blackett — 1932Binding: Hardback First Edition. Condition: Poor. Boards rubbed and bumped, notably at the corners, somewhat soiled in places and sunned at the spine. Top edges of text block dusty. Internally bright and clean but with remnants of sticker to back pastedown and bfep.Description: Black cloth with gilt titling to spine. Fold-out maps. This book is not only for Naval experts, but for any person who wishes to know the unique charm of our best-loved hero, so I have endeavoured to show Nelson, not only as the greatest war-strategist and tactician in history, but also as the foremost leader of men amongst the warriors of the world. In order to do this it is necessary to give authentic stories of his life, and also to show his character as revealed in his letters to his greatest friend, Captain Locker, and other people. Errata slip tipped in at preface. 288pp. Index. Size: 8vo Medium (8" x 5½" approx.)Tags: palmerston carraciolo troubridge fitzgerald devonshire coletalino santissima cornwallis tarantella midshipman marseilles imprisoned conquerant drinkwater foudroyant conception antoinette expedition bull-feast copenhagen wellington enterprise aboukirbay lieutenant commission redoutable bucentaure billington buckingham courageaux villeneuve charlemont fremantle addington dannebrog pregnancy hallowell commander narcissus secretary promotion blackwood floggings sovereign mutineers souverain correglia attitudes rotherham recapture gibraltar
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Modern French Painters by R. H. Wilenski (£24.50)Publisher: Faber & Faber — 1954Binding: Hardback Condition: Very Good. Boards gently faded and rubbed. Lower board very slightly sprung. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Text bright and tight.Description: 3rd Edition. Blue cloth with gilt on red title plate to the spine. Colour and B&W plates. This book is an attempt to tell the story of modem French painting as developed by the Impressionists and subsequent adventurers in the last seventy-five years in Paris. The story begins, properly speaking, with the foundation of the Salon des Independants in 1884; but it is preceded by a Prologue starting in 1863 when Napoleon III created the Salon des Refuses where Manet’s Dejeuner sur 1’herbe (now an object of respectful veneration in the Louvre) was described as an affront to decency and the work of a vulgar self-advertiser or a man afflicted with disquieting taints; and it continues to the present day though it does not end there, because the stream of modern French painting is still flowing and there must be, as the phrase goes, ‘as good fish in the water as ever came out of it’.Notes: Size: 11" x 7½". 424 pages. Tags: charles-antoine beaumetz.jeande biesta-monrival bourbon-vendome marie-madeleine charles-orlant louis-philippe louise-ulrique bernheim-jeune fontainebleau dandre-bardon chateaubriand dedreux-dorcy carolus-duran jacques-louis roucy-trioson malouel.jean diazdelapena antoine-jean valenciennes bartolommeo castiglione schlichting david-weill saint-albin largilliere rothschild meissonier desjardins jean-louis gaignieres bellechose collection lafontaine angiviller destouches caravaggio enguerrand perronneau penthievre parrocelj. chasseriau lieferinxe champaigne sauvageot corneille delaroche stosskopf blanchard allegrain richelieu
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Impressions of Singapore by Geoffrey Dutton (£20.50)Publisher: MacMillan — 1981Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0333337239]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper sunned at the spine and onto the margins of the panels. Gently bruised at head and tail. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: Illustrated with colour photographs. Maps to the endpapers. Produced in association with Mobil Oil Singapore.Notes: Illustrated by Harri Peccinotti (Photos.). Size: 10" x 10". 152 pages. Tags: accommodation addresses adventure aerial airline airlines airport alley al-lslamiah amoy arab arrival arts asia asian association astrology auspicious ayer baba bahru balm banks barings bars basah batok bay beach bencoolen bidadari bin bio bird blangah boats botanic brewery bridge britain buddha buddhist bugis bukit buloh butterfly camping cane canning cards cargo
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The Best of Chinese Cooking by Cecilia Au-Yeung (£19.00)Publisher: Peerage — 1991Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 9781850522089]Condition: Very Good - in Very Good DJ. Rubbed at the top corners of the DJ. Text bright and tight.Description: A superb collection of authentic recipes from the different regions of China: Soups * Meat and Poultry * Vegetarian Cooking * | Rice and Noodles * Dim Sum * Sweet Dishes. Every recipe illustrated in full colour.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". 240 pages. Tags: almonds anise appetizers apples asparagus aubergines baak baat balls bamboo banana bang barbequed battered beans beauty beef bitter blown braised broccoli buns cabbage candied cantonese caramelised cashews celery chestnut chicken chilli china chinese ching chop chopsticks chow chowder coconut cookery cookies cooking crab crispy cucumbers culinary curry dates deep-fried desserts diced
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An English Lady at the Court of Catherine the Great: The Journal of Baroness Elizabeth Dimsdale, 1781 by Edited by A. G. Cross (£17.00)Publisher: Cambridge: Crest Publications — 1989Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0951404903]Condition: Very Good. Description: First in this, paperback, edition. Contains: Black & white photographs; Colour photographs; Colour plates; Black & white plates; Maps; Maps to the endpapers and blanks;Notes: Size: 11¾" x 8¼". [VIII] 108 pages. Tags: catherine empress russia dimsdale elizabeth baroness diaries travel soviet union 18th century women history social conditions travels 0951404903 9780951404904
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Saints and Their Emblems in English Churches by R. L. P. Milburn (£17.00)Publisher: Geoffrey Cumberledge (OUP) — 1949Binding: Hardback Condition: Good. Spine faded. Inscription on fep.Description: Red cloth cover. 284pp with illustrations.Tags: llandaff margaret vitalian boisilus stavelot waltheof aurelian milburga benedict penitent britwald mellitus eadburga monaghan clonfert crowland wulfhead onesimus beverley claudia fachnan eadnoth denmark malchus killala susanna kilmore alypius centule raymond swithin germain breqwin decuman lismore almedha tagaste stephen blessed yarcard novatus tuscany verulam pappian monessa botolph evesham illogan wenlock aneurin ravenna
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When Men Had Time to Love by Baroness [Agnes] de Stoeckl; Wilfrid S. Edwards; (£14.50)Publisher: John Murray — 1953Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Edges of the dust wrapper frayed at the spine ends and corners, a little dulled. Leans slightly. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.Description: Illustrated / decorative end papers. Illustrated with black and white photographs. From the cover: “ON the 30th January, 1853, at Notre-Dame, Eugénie de Montijo married Napoleon III. The words of the gypsy came true. "La Montijo" ascended the throne as Empress of the French. And so began the legend of the Second Empire: an epic dazzling in the history of Paris; an epoch glittering in the worlds of art, science, and fashion. Winterhalter; Offenbach; Pasteur; Dumas Pere and Dumas Fils. With the Empire at its zenith there came to the Parisian boulevards an unknown Englishman whose ambition was to revolutionize fashion. He succeeded. His name was Worth! Comparable only in fashionable success was the fantastic Doctor Evans, dentist to the Empress. Improbably romantic, the fame of this dentist blazed to its height when, revolution at the door, he organized the Empress’s flight to the coast and England.
In the shadow of German victory and the new Republic a new world crowded out the old. And so Paris danced madly to the fin de siècle. The new fashion was all speed — ‘faster, faster, said the Red Queen’ — and men no longer had time to love. The Baroness de Stoeckl once again gives a sparkling picture of a vanished world.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 244 pages. Tags: alba alexandre anatole and jules august baudelaire bonaparte castiglione charles comtesse consort cora court courtiers crane demtooff duc duke dumas edmond edwards emile emmanuel emperor empress eugene eugenia fitz francaise france gambaceres comte goncourt hugo james jerome lebreton madame metternich morny napoleon paul pearl pere persigny pietri prefect prince richard roi rouher verlaine victor wilfrid zola
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The Joy of Chinese Cooking by Doreen Yen Hung Feng (£13.00)Publisher: Faber & Faber — 1966Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dustwrapper. Unlaminated dustwrapper a little edgeworn and faded. Edges of the textblock lightly tanned. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: The Cookery Club Edition. From the flap: “In this remarkable and beautifully executed book, fascinating, pertinent Chinese history is woven throughout the chapters devoted to the recipe categories: appetizers, soups, egg dishes, fish, poultry, meats, vegetables, rice dishes, desserts, teas…If you never used a single recipe unit, the book is well worth reading for itself….”Notes: Illustrated by The Author. Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Green boards with Gilt on Red Title Plate titling to the Spine. 227 pages. Tags: almonds anise appetizers apples asparagus aubergines baak baat balls bamboo banana bang barbequed battered beans beauty beef bitter blown braised broccoli buns cabbage candied cantonese caramelised cashews celery chestnut chicken chilli china chinese ching chop chopsticks chow chowder coconut cookery cookies cooking crab crispy cucumbers culinary curry dates deep-fried desserts diced
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You with the Roses - What Are You Selling? by James Wellard (£13.00)Publisher: Hutchinson — 1966Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper which is a little sunned, spotted on the reverse. Offset to the fist blank. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise. Description: Notes: Jacket designed by Jillian Willett. Size: 8" x 5¼". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 319 pages. Tags: willett first editions firsts printings 1st roman empire sixth century byzantium africa alexandria asia minor actress harlot empress rome religious fanatics deserted fort brutal slave caravan emperor constantinople byzantine world century moral corruption fanaticism
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Catherine the Great: Life and Legend by John T. Alexander (£12.50)Publisher: The Folio Society — 1999Binding: Hardback in Slip Case Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Slip Case. Light crease to one panel of the slip case otherwise a very well presented copy. Description: Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs; Maps; Portrait to the frontispiece; Genealogical Tables;
From the cover: “Empress of the vast Russian Empire by the age of 33, Catherine’s private and public life generated tremendous contemporary controversy, and she has subsequently been portrayed variously as a political genius, a despotic foreign adventuress, a tyrant, and a nymphomaniac. Drawing on little-known sources, including Catherine’s billets doux, John Alexander has produced a much-needed balanced appraisal and popular biography of one of the most powerful, infamous, and colourful figures in modern history.”Notes: Size: 10" x 6¼". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XXIV] 532 pages. Tags: catherine empress russia 1729-1796 history 1762-1796 studies russian empresses biography russie histoire catharine soviet union kings and rulers biographies dates covered autobiography historical royalty genealogy heraldry names honours european 1750 1900 political military 1700 1800 social science women europe the former john alexander
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The Complete Chinese Cookbook by Jillian Stewart (£12.50)Publisher: Colour Library Books — 1997Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 1858335949]Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper actually quite pleasant but has a stain at the head of the spine and the top corner of the lower panel. Text complete, clean and tight and unaffected by the stain to the dust wrapper.Description: Illustrated with colour photographs. From the cover: “Chinese cooking is one of the world’s most popular cuisines, and if you are one of its many devotees, then look no further. The Complete Chinese Cookbook contains a wonderful collection of authentic recipes which will enable you to produce the best recipes from your local Chinese restaurant. The Chinese have accumulated, over many thousands of years, an incredible wealth of experience in cooking and have developed an exciting cuisine which is characteristically their own. The vast range of Chinese cuisine is divided info regions, each producing its own characteristic dishes. The Peking cuisine creates mild, light preparations of elegance and sophistication, the Hunan cooking of central China contributes the popular sweet and sour dishes, and Szechuan food is particularly hot and spicy. Cantonese cuisine, perhaps the school most widely known, offers a huge variety of dishes and employs the ever popular stir-frying method of cooking. The Complete Chinese Cookbook has the best of these styles and with over 140 recipes to choose from you will discover that, not only is Chinese cuisine much more varied than you ever imagined, but it is also easy to prepare. So if you want to try the exciting taste of Chinese cuisine you will find all the diversity and excellence of traditional Chinese dishes are here for you to reproduce.”Notes: Size: 10¾" x 8¾". Pictorial boards. 304 pages. Tags: almonds anise appetizers apples asparagus aubergines baak baat balls bamboo banana bang barbequed battered beans beauty beef bitter blown braised broccoli buns cabbage candied cantonese caramelised cashews celery chestnut chicken chilli chinese ching chop chopsticks chow chowder coconut cookery cookies cooking crab crispy cucumbers curry dates deep-fried desserts diced dinners dishes
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Catherine The Great: A Biography Of The Empress Of All The Russias by Zoé Oldenbourg (£11.50)Publisher: Heinemann — 1965Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a snag at the head of the spine. Leans slightly. Previous owners' inscription to the first blank. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: First British Edition. [First Published: Editions Gallimard, 1965] Illustrated with black and white photographs. From the cover: “Oldenbourg’s story of Russia’s incredible empress is far more exciting than most novels, infinitely better written than most histories. But it is not the politics of Catherine’s reign that Mme Oldenbourg has sought to depict in this book; it is the woman who became empress that she has brought to life. By concentrating on Catherine’s early years, Zoé Oldenbourg has succeeded in explaining a woman who had remained an enigma, even to her biographers. The story is one of incredible tension; intrigue upon intrigue followed the minor German princess who intended, somehow, to reach the throne. The conflict was such that Catherine had to rule or to perish. The eventual murder of her husband, her dizzying succession of lovers, were only the outward scandalous appurtenances of a court and an era that were still shockingly brutal and primitive, Zoé Oldenbourg has captured the full majesty of this tragedy, played against the setting of Moscow’s and St. Petersburg’s imperial palaces. Extravagant and grotesque, this is none the less a moving human story.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 311 pages. Tags: anhalt-zerbst ofostankino's alexandrovich tretiakovsky borovikovsky archbishop's constantine feodorovich matveievich bartolommeo dmitrievich podnovinsky litchewski miropolsky alexeievna fredericka chancellor alexandria petrovich oftaurida erickssen alexander tsarevich hermitage rastrelli architect pavlovich amsterdam ivanovsky romanovna elizabeth betrothed ivanovich leningrad saviour's original shuvalov serdukov shchukin levitzky potemkin shibanov mourning dashkova nicholas petrovna princess portrait gelder's gallery augusta nikitin russian empress duchess lanskoi balcony looking popular emperor kremlin towards unknown moscowa rokotov gregory torelli painter museum sophia barthe bridge palace shubin alexei moscow rotari domino prince russia feast peter saint tower orlov grand exile groot lampi duke bust ivan
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The 1985 Price Guide to Crested China by VARIOUS (£11.50)Publisher: Milestone Publications — 1984Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently faded at the spine of the dust wrapper.Description: This book is one of a series of price guides and reference works published by Milestone, the leading publishers of heraldic books.Notes: Jacket designed by Brian Iles. 255 pages. Tags: abbey adams adderleys alba albert albion alcohol aldwych alexandra all amber ancient and anglo animals arcadian argonauta argosy arms art artefacts asbury atlas aurelian avon aynsley balmoral bath bazaar bell belleek birds birks blairs bone boots botolph bow bramwell brand british bros buildings busts bute cable caledonia cambrian carlton carmen cascade
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The Joy of Chinese Cooking by Doreen Yen Hung Feng (£11.50)Publisher: Cookery Book Club — 1966Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good — in Good Dustwrapper. Dustwrapper a little faded, soiled and sunned at the spine. Leans. Previous owner’s inscription to the first blank. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: From the flap: “In this remarkable and beautifully executed book, fascinating, pertinent Chinese history is woven throughout the chapters devoted to the recipe categories: appetizers, soups, egg dishes, fish, poultry, meats, vegetables, rice dishes, desserts, teas…If you never used a single recipe unit, the book is well worth reading for itself….”Notes: Illustrated by The Author. Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Grey boards with Gilt on Red Title Plate titling to the Spine. 227 pages. Tags: almonds anise appetizers apples asparagus aubergines baak baat balls bamboo banana bang barbequed battered beans beauty beef bitter blown braised broccoli buns cabbage candied cantonese caramelised cashews celery chestnut chicken chilli china chinese ching chop chopsticks chow chowder coconut cookery cookies cooking crab crispy cucumbers culinary curry dates deep-fried desserts diced
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The Last Great Empress of China by Charlotte Haldane (£11.50)Publisher: Constable — 1965Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good — in Poor Dustwrapper. Edges of the dustwrapper frayed, creases and short closed tears to the corners and spine ends. Edges of the textblock heavily spotted. Previous owner’s inscription to the first blank. Blanks and pastedowns tanned. Text complete, clean and tight but a little age-tanned.Description: Portraiture frontispiece. From the flap: “From 1861-1908 Tzu His, the Empress Dowager, was the undisputed ruler of China. She spent nearly all her life in the magnificent but impenetrable seclusion of the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace, which she entered in 1853 as a minor concubine of the Hsien Feng Emperor. Her enemies claimed that she was more vicious and depraved than Messalina; crueller than Lucrezia Borgia; more despotic than Catherine the Great. Her British and American admirers have placed her above Elizabeth I of England as the greatest stateswoman the world has ever known.”Notes: Jacket designed by Graham Bishop. Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Black boards with Gilt on Red Title Plate titling to the Spine. 304 pages. Tags: first wife tung chih an-te-hai chief eunuch big sword society bogue forts boxer rising rebellion peking empress dowager british east india company buddhist canton province celestial empire chang ju-mei chekiang chefoo chi hsiang emperor chia ching communists chinese christians imperial customs dynasty chu hung-teng chung cochin-china cold palace dragon throne consort
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The Wise Man from the West by Vincent Cronin (£11.50)Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis — 1955Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dustwrapper. Dustwrapper a little rubbed at the edges, a little faded, with slight loss at the spine ends and corners. Leans. Edges of the textblock lightly tanned. Previous owner’s inscription to the first blank.Description: Illustrated with black and white photographs. Matteo Ricci, a Wise Man of whom the West may well be proud, went to China as a Christian missionary in 1582. He died there twenty-eight years later having come to know the country intimately and to love it well.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Burgundy boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 300 pages. Tags: imperial canal nanking forbidden city buddhists cathay matteo ricci ming mandarin peking wan emperor china empress hsiao paul hsu missionary christianity asia
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A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas & Sergei Mironenko (£10.50)Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson — 1996Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0753800446]Condition: Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Leans. A slightly dog-eared copy, notably only to the upper wrap and first few pages.Description: Illustrated with colour photographs. From the cover: “Our story goes like this: once upon a time, there lived a charming and kind young prince, the heir to a large and rich kingdom, covering one sixth of the world. He fell in love with a beautiful faraway princess. He married her and became king. They loved each other passionately and had five children. One would expect them to live happily ever after. But they could not escape their fate. They were doomed, their bloodline was cursed. The fairy tale turned into tragedy. This is the story of a family, a very special family and a very special story. The last Romanovs to rule Russia are among the best documented people in history. Their lives coincided with the beginnings of the age of mass media, and being the rulers of one sixth of the world, they were of course the focus of attention for the then young media. Tabloids, postcards, illustrated magazines, countless books (every one of their contemporaries who knew them — or not — seems to have published a book), early cinema (we sat through thirty hours of live footage of the family, most official and formal, but some private and moving). As for themselves - for people who lived a hundred years ago, they were surprisingly modern. Being an international couple, they spoke and wrote English to each other, they played tennis and took photos (theirs is among the first do-it-yourself snap-shot photography). Every member of the family, children included, had a camera and being rich — photography was then a very expensive hobby — they left us about 150,000 photographs of themselves, not counting all the pictures taken of them by others.”Notes: Size: Trade Paperback (9¼" x 6"). 667 pages. Tags: mironenko darya galy nicholas emperor russia correspondence alexandra empress consort romanov house kings rulers diaries history
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Architecture by David Jacobs (£10.50)Publisher: Newsweek Books — 1974Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0882251074]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and top corners with commensurate ruffling to the dust wrapper. Pages very gently age-tanned.Description: Illustrated with colour photographs. From the cover: “THE STORY OF BUILDING, writes the author of this penetrating study, starts the way stories of so many of mankind’s enterprises start — “speculatively, and in the almost immeasurably distant past”. But it would be an exasperating experience to trace the evolution of mud huts into pyramids, Greek temples, and Gothic cathedrals. Instead, he invites the reader to separate buildings for shelter from buildings as artistic statements. In an instant, we see architecture as a badge of civilization, “the requisite sign, the certain credential without which a society cannot be called civilized”. Architecture has some 170 illustrations, more than a third in full colour. Stunning modern photographs are juxtaposed with plans, cross sections, scale models, and historic views to form a vivid counterpoint to the authoritative text. A special, twenty-four page section, “Architects on Architecture”, contains excerpts from the writings of Louis H. Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Eero Saarinen, among others. A five-page chronology relates events in the history of architecture to other cultural and political developments, while a selected bibliography and a full index make this a valuable reference work.”Notes: Size: 10½" x 7½". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 191 pages. Tags: aachen abramovitz acropolis agnese agrarian agrigento agrippa airport alaric alberti alhambra amen-re american amiens amorites andrea angkor antoni apartment aqueducts arabesque assyrians athena athens auxerre babylon bailey barbarians barcelona baroque barrel basilicas battista bauhaus beginnings bernard bernini beyond boniface borgund borobudur bramante bricks bridge bronze buddhism buffalo bunshaft burnham busier buttresses
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Great Rulers in Divers Nations and Times: Their Labours and Struggles, and the Lesson of Their Lives by Anon. (£10.50)Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co. — UndatedBinding: Hardback Condition: Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding which is a little faded overall. Leans. Pages lightly age-tanned with an occasional short tear to the leave edges and scattered pencilling throughout. Shanen, first gather beginning to detach and hinges weak at front and rear. A reading copy in truth. Description: Illustrated by way of: Wood Engravings;Notes: Size: 8¼" x 5". Decorative Green boards with Black titling to the Spine & Upper Board. In the Ward Lock's National Library of Interesting & Instructive Reading series. 181 pages. Tags: victoria queen england and empress india robert bruce the great illustrious king wessex george washington first frederick prussia
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Josephine, A Life of the Empress by Carolly Erickson (£10.50)Publisher: London: Robson Books — 1999Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 1861052847]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dustwrapper.Description: Illustrated by way of: Black and White Photographs; First in this edition. [First: St. Martin's Press, 1998]
From the cover: “With psychological depth and compelling literary grace, Carolly Erickson brings the complex and charming Josephine to life in a memorable portrait, one that carries the reader along from the sensual richness of her childhood in the tropics to her final lonely days at Malmaison.”Notes: Jacket designed by Calvin Chu. Size: 9½" x 6¼". Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 391 pages. Tags: josephine empress consort napoleon emperor french napolon women empresses france moral conditions history 18th century social
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Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie (£10.50)Publisher: Quality Paperback Book Club — 1997Binding: Paperback Condition: Very Good. Single reading crease to the spine. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wrappers. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: Illustrated with black and white photographs.Notes: Size: Trade Paperback (9¼" x 6"). [XVII] 584 pages. Tags: 20th alexandra and autobiography biography century consort coups covered dates emperor empress europe european former from genealogy heraldry historical history honours house kings military modern names nicholas political reference revolutionary revolutions romanov royalty rulers russia soviet the union world
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Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin by Simon Sebag Montefiore (£10.50)Publisher: Phoenix Press — 2001Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9781842124383]Condition: Very Good.Description: First in this, paperback, edition. Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs; Maps; Genealogical Tables;Notes: Size: C Format (8½" x 5¼"). 634 pages. Tags: potemkin aleksandrovich kniaz russia history catharine catherine the great and empress favorites royal boiography biography simon sebag montefiore 9781842124383
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The Brown Book of Saints by Christine Chaundler (£10.50)Publisher: A. R. Mowbray & Co. — 1964Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good - in Very Good DJ.Description: Illustrated with line drawings. 110pp. Size: 8vo Crown (7½" x 5") Dust wrapper in protective, removable sleeve.Tags: llandaff margaret vitalian boisilus stavelot waltheof aurelian milburga benedict penitent britwald mellitus eadburga monaghan clonfert crowland wulfhead onesimus beverley claudia fachnan eadnoth denmark malchus killala susanna kilmore alypius centule raymond swithin germain breqwin decuman lismore almedha tagaste stephen blessed yarcard novatus tuscany verulam pappian monessa botolph evesham illogan wenlock aneurin ravenna
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A Concise History of England: From Stonehenge to the Microchip by F. E. Halliday (£9.50)Publisher: Thames & Hudson — 1980Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0500271828]Condition: Very Good. Gently faded at the spine and onto the marins of the wraps otherwise a very well presented copy.Description: Revised Reprint. [First: 1964] Illustrated with black and white photographs. From the cover: “Now been revised and updated for this paperback edition to take account of the most recent events. The author aims to present the history of England in a form short enough to be grasped — and seen — as a whole. Like all nations, England has a past which includes crimes and follies, but it is also one that is less turbulent than most and one displaying a series of achievements — above all, perhaps, the evolution of democratic institutions and the creation of a social order that has been strengthened by extensions of liberty, tolerance and freedom of speech. The book emphasizes the constructive features of English history and clearly identifies the central theme — the successful reconciliation of order and liberty in English life and society. Stonehenge, the Norman Conguest, Magna Carta, the Wars of the Roses, the Spanish Armada, the Civil Wars, the ‘Year of Victories’, Nelson and Trafalgar, Churchill as war leader — here are the key events, places and personalities of English history, brought together in a superbly illustrated volume which provides the perfect introduction to a fascinating subject.”Notes: Size: 9" x 7". 240 pages. Tags: responsibilities nationalization ecclesiastical conservatives establishment protestantism universities independence commonwealth christianity civilization imperialism discoveries nationalism gladstone's restoration declaration cymbeline's marlborough plantagenet bannockburn renaissance shakespeare reformation suppression monasteries elizabeth's catholicism westminster chamberlain northumbria independent castlereagh neutrality foundation authorized convention industrial government stonehenge napoleonic toleration succession fortresses mechanical ascendancy revolution conversion prosperity parliament depression
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Astrological Tarot by Georges Muchery (£9.50)Publisher: Bracken Books — 1989Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 1851702547]Condition: Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners with commensurate ruffling to the dustwrapper. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: From the flap: “This examination of the Astrological Tarot shows how a study of the astral chart can be combined with divination by cards to provide very specific personal predictions. Unlike the more widely known tarot of seventy-eight cards, the astrological deck contains forty eight — three for each sign of the Zodiac and twelve Major cards representing the Ascendant, the Moon’s Nodes, the Part of Fortune and the Planets. For the practitioner, the student, or even the simply curious The Astrological Tarot offers an authoritative guide to the fascinating subject of telling the future through the stars and the cards.”Notes: Size: 9¼" x 6¼". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 312 pages. Tags: correspondences fortune-telling tetragrammaton revolutionary interpreters theosophical rosicruciana piedmontese freemasonry uncertainty divination twenty-two mysterious gnosticism twenty-one temperance rectifying eleusinian fifty-four florentine astromancy lamblichus traditions bolognese cabalists minchiate alexander universal pentacles horoscope bonifacio mysteries symbolism mythology alighieri geognara alphabet magician etteilla designed dionysus aleister meanings baphomet readings paradise religion sceptres shekinah purposes mystical
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Empress Of Asia: A Novel by Adam Lewis Schroeder (£9.50)Publisher: Vancouver: Raincoast Books — 2008Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 1551929600]Condition: Very Good. Upper wrapper slighty curled. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wrappers. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: First in this, paperback, edition.
From the cover: “In 1942, young Canadian seaman Harry Winslow has just arrived in Singapore after the bombing of his ship, the Empress of Asia. Harry meets and falls madly in love with a vivacious young Englishwoman named Lily. After a hasty marriage, they are separated during the confusion of an air raid. Harry begins a desperate search for Lily across the Dutch East Indies, enduring hunger, illness, and unimaginable cruelty before finally being reunited. Fifty years later after the wartime events that changed his life forever, Harry travels to Thailand to begin the final adventure of his life — to retrace the journey of his Empress of Asia and to uncover the mystery that lies at the heart of the love of his life.”Notes: Size: 9" x 6". 409 pages. Tags: 1551929600 fiction novels literature stories story novella short war 1939-1945 love genre historical
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Reigning Cats and Dogs by Katharine MacDonogh (£9.50)Publisher: Fourth Estate — 1999Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 1857025954]Condition: Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.Description: A History of Pets at Court Since the Renaissance. From the flap: “A history of royalty seen from floor level — the untold story of royal pets throughout the ages. Katharine MacDonogh has discovered a wealth of untapped historical material in this important and original study of royal obsession. This revealing and bizarre history is lavishly illustrated throughout in colour and black and white.”Notes: Size: 7¾" x 5½". Brown boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 304 pages. Tags: cross-breeding relationships human-animal josephine's unnecessary dachshund genealogy roshanara maharajah favourite retriever anecdotes reference obsession junagadh victoria combings favoured marriage families domestic dislike queen's empress simpson corgis, aspects history animals rulers owners family mother poodle dorgis golden social began brown court royal queen study kings pugs dash pets mrs pet and his dog
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Turning the Tide: Decisive Battles Of The Second World War by Nigel Cawthorne (£6.50)Publisher: Index — 2004Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9781841931128]Condition: Near Fine.Description: From the cover: “The Second World War was the final global conflict of the twentieth century. It involved more combatants, and a wider range of battlefield terrain than any other conflict in history, from the frozen plains of Russia to the baking Libyan Desert, and from the atolls of the Pacific to the skies over Britain. In Turning the Tide, Nigel Cawthorne has taken a fresh look at the crucial battles which decided the outcome of the Second World War, beginning with the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, a feat that boosted the morale of a nation during its darkest hour, and reaching a climactic end with the final bloody reckoning between the Red Army and the Third Reich amongst the ruins of Berlin.”Notes: Size: B Format (7¾" x 5¼"). 240 pages. Tags: reichsmarschall baillie-grohman pocketgraziani battlecruiser generalissimo mediterranean rear-admiral expansionist vice-admiral chemyakovsky bougainville komandorski brauchitsch chamberiain archipelago deutschland mountbatten kuribayashi battleship resistance sevastopol casablanca auchinleck somaliland philippine australian corregidor blaskowitz stalingrad peenemuade birmingham schamhorst manteuffel gloucester eisenhower barbarossa vasilevsky cunningham expedition montgomery churchill submarine destroyer abyssinia francisco rebellion alexander president roosevelt peninsula operation
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Chinese Cookery by Ken Hom (£6.00)Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation [B.B.C./BBC] — 1984Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0563210532]Condition: Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wrappers.Description: First in this, paperback, edition.Notes: Size: A Format (7" x 4½"). 268 pages. Tags: almonds anise appetizers apples asparagus aubergines baak baat balls bamboo banana bang barbequed battered beans beauty beef bitter blown braised broccoli buns cabbage candied cantonese caramelised cashews celery chestnut chicken chilli chinese ching chop chopsticks chow chowder coconut cookery cookies cooking crab crispy cucumbers curry dates deep-fried desserts diced dinners dishes
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Chinese Cookery by Gail Duff (£5.50)Publisher: Hamlyn — 1986Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9780600208075]Condition: Very Good.Description: Notes: Size: Other / Oversized Paperback. Tags: almonds anise appetizers apples asparagus aubergines baak baat balls bamboo banana bang barbequed battered beans beauty beef bitter blown braised broccoli buns cabbage candied cantonese caramelised cashews celery chestnut chicken chilli chinese ching chop chopsticks chow chowder coconut cookery cookies cooking crab crispy cucumbers curry dates deep-fried desserts diced dinners dishes
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Pick of the Pack Patience Games by Jacqueline Harrod (£5.50)Publisher: Elliot Right Way — 1997Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9780716020776]Condition: Good+. Upper wrap creased, first few pages dog-eared at bottom corners.Description: Notes: Size: B Format (7¾" x 5¼"). 128 pages. Tags: abandon above accordion aces adela adieu agnes algerian algerine alhambra alleys alternate amazons analysis and archway audience auld babette backbone baker's bank barton batsford battle beleaguered belle below ben bernauer besieged betty big bill bismarck black blind blockades boomerang bouquet bristol british buffalo builders burleigh cabinet cable calculation canister captive capuchin
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Pick of the Pack Patience Games by Jacqueline Harrod (£5.50)Publisher: Paperfronts — 1992Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9780716008439]Condition: Very Good.Description: Notes: Size: B Format (7¾" x 5¼"). Tags: abandon above accordion aces adela adieu agnes algerian algerine alhambra alleys alternate amazons analysis and archway audience auld babette backbone baker's bank barton batsford battle beleaguered belle below ben bernauer besieged betty big bill bismarck black blind blockades boomerang bouquet bristol british buffalo builders burleigh cabinet cable calculation canister captive capuchin
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Tarot for Beginners by Kristyna Arcarti (£5.50)Publisher: Headway — 1998Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0340595507]Condition: Very Good. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wraps.Description: Notes: Size: B Format (7¾" x 5¼"). 83 pages. Tags: correspondences fortune-telling tetragrammaton 9780340595503 revolutionary theosophical rosicruciana interpreters piedmontese freemasonry uncertainty mysterious lamblichus rectifying twenty-two divination temperance traditions eleusinian fifty-four florentine twenty-one gnosticism pentacles cabalists minchiate alexander alighieri symbolism mythology horoscope bonifacio mysteries 133.32424 bolognese universal geognara alphabet magician etteilla designed dionysus aleister meanings sceptres readings paradise sefiroth societas mystical baphomet
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Saints: A Visual Guide by Edward Mornin; Lorna Mornin; (£5.00)Publisher: Frances Lincoln — 2006Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0711226067]Condition: Very Good.Description: Later printing. Illustrated with colour photographs.Notes: Size: 6¾" x 4¼". 296 pages. Tags: llandaff margaret vitalian boisilus stavelot waltheof aurelian milburga benedict penitent britwald mellitus eadburga monaghan clonfert crowland wulfhead onesimus beverley claudia fachnan eadnoth denmark malchus killala susanna kilmore alypius centule raymond swithin germain breqwin decuman lismore almedha tagaste stephen blessed yarcard novatus tuscany verulam pappian monessa botolph evesham illogan wenlock aneurin ravenna
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Thirty-one Patience Games by Tom King (£4.00)Publisher: Foulsham — UndatedBinding: Paperback [ISBN: 057200172X]Condition: Good+.Description: First in this edition.Notes: Size: B Format (7¾" x 5¼"). 63 pages. Tags: abandon above accordion aces adela adieu agnes algerian algerine alhambra alleys alternate amazons analysis and archway audience auld babette backbone baker's bank barton batsford battle beleaguered belle below ben bernauer besieged betty big bill bismarck black blind blockades boomerang bouquet bristol british buffalo builders burleigh cabinet cable calculation canister captive capuchin
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