Book Coronation, Signed (5 results)

Condition: Good. 1937. No Edition Remarks. 61 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over cream cloth with purple lettering. Flat signed by author. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper and paste-down, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with minor bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has moderate surface wear, with small tears and creasing to spine ends, edges and corners. Fairly heavy tanning and foxing, with colour rubbing to rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Fine in fine wrapper. First printing. Signed copy, via loose publisher bookplate. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 224pp Ills. signed and dedicated to "Peter" by author, laminated hardback, sl. wear to top and bottom of spine vg. Inscribed by Author(s).

PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED by the Author. First Edition. 8vo., blue clothbound hardback gilt, with gilt lettering and emblem to upper cover; 896pp, indexed, with black and white illustrations throughout. Author's ink presentation inscription and signature to ffep, plus annotation to Preface. Historical Society ex-library bookplate to front pastedown. Light foxing to edges and endpapers and very occasionally throughout, boards rather worn at corners and spine ends, spine also has a repaired tear to the cloth. a Good, Sound copy overall. (Shelf 9) PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK (1.7 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.

Oblong Octavo (14.6 cm wide x 11.8 cm high). 40 pages with partial perforation for detaching of Luncheon- and Dinner-Tickets. Hardcover / Original Royal Blue Publisher's cloth with gilt lettering on cover and pencil-satchet attached to the binding. Some minor staining to the binding only. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. With the pencil included and the original elastic ribbon which allows the booklet to be closed. Wonderful example of the wealth of the Coronation-Event at the end of the Victorian and the beginning of the Edwardian Age (printed ticket-books for 4 attendees seem very luxurious indeed). Five tickets were used for Dinner at the Belgravia and each remaining stub was signed / monogrammed by Colonel F.M.Wardrop. The Guests of the Coronation as printed in this Luncheon and Dinner-Stub-Book on the occasion of the Coronation of Edward VII were: 1. Colonel F.M. Wardrop, C.B. British Army officer who served as a Military Attaché, notably at the British Embassy in Vienna. Records indicate he held this position in the early 1900s, with reports of him completing his service period around 19001909. He was previously a Major and served in the Egyptian war of 1882 2. General of the Cavalry Johann v. Belnay Austro-Hungarian military officer, specifically a Generalmajor (GM). Records indicate he received a retirement designation in 1909 and a title in 1910, appearing in lists of K.u.K. (Kaiserliche und Königliche) generals from that era. 3. Lieutenant-Colonel Ludwig Koch 4. Captain Adalbert Guilleaume Austro-Hungarian. Imperial and Royal Hussar Regiment No. 12. Edward VII). Sprache: english.