Queen Caroline, Signed (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed 'For Isabelle with best wishes' by author on title page. 1st UK edition, 3rd printing. Dust jacket has a tiny scrape on the front panel. 560 p. Audience: General/trade. Book as new except for mild darkening to the edges of the page block. The life of the disgraced Queen Caroline, discarded wife of George IV of England. By the author of 'The Washingtons: George and Martha' and 'Princesses: The Six Daughters of George III'. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).

hard cover. No Jacket. 23 cm. 301 pages G. Good condition with numerous minor faults commensurate with age, signed on front endpaper by historian Ernest Scott.

hard cover. No Jacket. 23 cm. 315 pages G. Good condition with numerous minor faults commensurate with age, signed on front endpaper by historian Ernest Scott.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. clean, tight copy, slight curl on cover, edge wear, light rubbing, signed on inside of front cover. BP/local hist. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Pp. x+230, 16 plates, genealogical tables, notes, index; med. 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on flaps and reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges slightly foxed; Sutton Publishing Limited, Thrupp, Stroud, 1997. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. Signed.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Front cover of letter with a 2d to pay lozenge cancel and a magenta circular cancel. The recipient was a writer of 9 novels, all now obscure, the address is 3 Park Square, Regents terrace, London. Historical Note* Known as John Campbell until 1782 and as The Earl of Breadalbane and Holland between 1782 and 1831, was a Scottish soldier and landowner. General in 1814. The recipient was the more historically interesting from a literary point, besides the novels and later to support herself and children she wrote a rather scandalous expose of George the IVth which was vilified by the society of Royalty in England. But it brought her enough to live on, (as like today, scandal sells). Signed by Author(s).

1 vols. 8vo. 1 vols. 8vo. Collection of pamphlets from the "Queen Caroline Affair" (1820), with the ownership signatures of the Countess of Jersey, Sarah Sophia Child Villiers (1785-1867). She was a banking heiress with a colossal income; her husband, fifth Earl of Jersey, famed as a foxhunter and sportsman, was the son of Frances Villiers, a notorious coquette and royal mistress of George IV when Prince of Wales. Sarah Jersey was "one of the most prominent hostesses and social figures of her generation . her houses became centres for the whig party. . Her love of being at the centre of attention, perhaps, as much as conviction led her to take up the unfashionable cause of Queen Caroline when George IV was seeking to divorce her: she championed the queen with such frenzied fervour that her friends began to doubt her reason" (ODNB). The first three titles are exceedingly scarce; the fourth title is more widely held in institutions. Includes: 1. Substance of Lord (Thomas) Erskine's Speech in the House of Lords . the 14th of July 1820, on moving that a list of the witnesses intended to be examined in support of the Bill of Pains and Penalties should forthwith be delivered to the Queen. London, 1820. From T. Author inscribed on title-page. and signed there "Countess Jersey /1820." [2], 23, [1, imprint] pp. OCLC: 38864669. 2. Speeches of Mr. Brougham, Mr. Denman, and Dr. Lushington, containing the defence of Her Majesty the Queen. London, 1820. 58; 90; 38 pp. Signed on title-page "Countess of Jersey/ Berkeley Square." OCLC: 236079361. 3. Journal des voyages de S.M. La Reine, en Afrique, en Grèce, et en Palestine, par Louise Dermont . précédés d'un Mémoire expliquant la maniere dont le Journl a été obtenu. Par Edgar Garston. Londres, Chez MM. Allman, 1821. xxviii, 72 pp. Signed "C. Jersey" on t.p. OCLC: 33935058 4. A Queen's Appeal. [In verse. Pleading the cause of Queen Caroline. By Peter Bayley.] London, Printed for Robert Stodart, 1820. 83, [1, ad] pp. OCLC: 8559909. Provenance: Sarah Child Villiers, Countess of Jersey, with the Middleton Park bookplate of her husband, the foxhunting fifth Earl, Victor Albert George Child Villiers. Library shelf mark ShIII R.II. Notes on front pastedown "from the Author. Lord Erskine's Speech on Moving for a list of witnesses to be given to the Queen. July 1820." Contemporary half calf and paste paper boards. Rebacked preserving spine. Very good. Signed.

signed by all three, but with Thyra's signature almost indecipherable, showing her seated with her daughters behind her, all three wearing white dresses and hats, 8" x 5½", in charming original gilt frame with ribbon decoration on the top, 9" x 5½", no place, no date, circa Never as close as her sisters Alexandra & Dagmar were, she increasingly became detached from her family and the fact that her son married the daughter of the last Kaiser of Germany, who both the Empress and the Queen detested, increased her isolation. By the 1920s she became very involved with the dowager Empress and the Anastasia saga.

together with the separated lower right hand corner of the same document signed "By her Majesty's Command" by Walpole and the two Lords of the Treasury, 9" x 2" and 6" x 4½", no place, 12th September Caroline became queen consort on the death of her father-in-law in 1727, and she was crowned alongside her husband at Westminster Abbey. She was the first queen consort to be crowned since Anne of Denmark in 1603. The couple retained Walpole as the leading minister. Walpole secured a civil list payment of £100,000 a year for Caroline, and she was given both Somerset House and Richmond Lodge. Caroline had immense influence. She persuaded the King to adopt policies at the behest of Walpole, and persuaded Walpole against taking inflammatory actions. Over the next few years, she and her husband fought a constant battle against their eldest son, Frederick, Prince of Wales, who had been left behind in Germany when they came to England. He joined the family in 1728, by which time he was an adult, had mistresses and debts, and was fond of gambling and practical jokes. He opposed his father's political beliefs, and complained of his lack of influence in government. The Regency Act of 1728 made Caroline rather than Frederick regent when her husband was absent on four separate occasions.