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Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Music; Classical; Inscribed by Author. ISBN/EAN: 9780252041310. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 21388.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Boards, dj, F/VG+. xxvi+758pp, 24pp colour plates, index, Signed by the author to the title page, edges of the dustjacket a little bumped, otherwise a fine copy. A biography of George III [ 1738 - 1820 ] who was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. 1425 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Signed by the author. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents.

Autographed copy. 2005 edition. Paperback cover has some minor wear along the sides, scuffs and bending. Spine has some reading creases and wear. Pages are clean and the binding is secure.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited First Edition #259 of 550. Spine ends and lower rear corner moderately bumped, spine slightly darkened. DJ has"#259 signed" handwritten in ink on spine, tears up to 1/4" chips, lightly soiled. Slipcase has "May-Fair by Michael Arlen Signed Copy No. 259 (550 copies) New York, 1925" hand written in ink on rear panel, wear at extremities, crack at top of rear panel, lighlty edgeworn and soiled. Signed by Author(s).

Black hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Dust jacket rubbed and lightly edge worn. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). xiii; 758pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Heavy book - extra shipping needed for overseas.

Condition: Very Good. 2021. First Edition. 758 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over grey paper covered boards. Colour illustrated plates throughout. Flat signed by author to title page. Binding remains firm. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Boards have light edgewear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Sticker to front panel.

Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. A very fine biography of the much ridiculed despot who, as history has long had it, squandered his American colonies and then went mad. A major reassessment by the author of one of the finest Churchill biographies yet written and one of the finest Napoleon biographies as well.This mint copy of the First American edition is signed by Andrew Roberts on the title page. Signed.

Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 758 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is gold with white and black text. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£35.00" on front flap, has mild shelving wear along the spine head edge. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine head, spine tail, and mild denting to front head joint. Decorative endpapers. Signed flat by Andrew Roberts and dated "11.X.21" on title page. Shelved in hallway. 1387756. Special Collections.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Canadian Edition. SIGNED by the author on the ffep. 226 pages in very good condition. With maps and illustrations. Previous owner's name on the ffep. Red hardcovers with gilt titles on the spine.Tiny chip on the bottom edge, corners not bumped. Illustrated DJ with red titles. Light wear on corners and edges. VG/VG. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback - in a fine unclipped dustjacket fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. viii, 268pp ills. throughout (some coloured) 4to 1992. *1st edition. Author's presentation copy. VG in VG DW.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (GG9) signed copy; near fine apart from a crease on the dj top edge and a scratch on the back; cloth boards very clean; throughout clean; photographs upon requeest. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. EXTRAORDINARILY SCARCE SIGNED! FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full number line present. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed by imminent British historian Andrew Roberts directly to Mount Vernon Historical Society bookplate. The irony of a British writer, writing about King George III and having signed the book at the former home of the man most responsible for our Independence from him and his country never ceases to amaze me! Just a great book and a rare and special copy. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! From the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and Napoleon The last king of America, George III, has been ridiculed as a complete disaster who frittered away the colonies and went mad in his old age. The truth is much more nuanced and fascinating--and will completely change the way readers and historians view his reign and legacy. Most Americans dismiss George III as a buffoon--a heartless and terrible monarch with few, if any, redeeming qualities. The best-known modern interpretation of him is Jonathan Groff's preening, spitting, and pompous take in Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway masterpiece. But this deeply unflattering characterization is rooted in the prejudiced and brilliantly persuasive opinions of eighteenth-century revolutionaries like Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, who needed to make the king appear evil in order to achieve their own political aims. After combing through hundreds of thousands of pages of never-before-published correspondence, award-winning historian Andrew Roberts has uncovered the truth: George III was in fact a wise, humane, and even enlightened monarch who was beset by talented enemies, debilitating mental illness, incompetent ministers, and disastrous luck. In The Last King of America, Roberts paints a deft and nuanced portrait of the much-maligned monarch and outlines his accomplishments, which have been almost universally forgotten. Two hundred and forty-five years after the end of George III's American rule, it is time for Americans to look back on their last king with greater understanding: to see him as he was and to come to terms with the last time they were ruled by a monarch. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover, dust jacket protected in mylar wrap. Flat-signed by author on title page in blue ink. Blue cloth over boards, gilt design on cover and spine. Light blue top stain. Clean, square, lightly read copy. Text unmarked throughout. Minimal shelf wear. Light scuff on bottom edge of text block from sitting on shelf. Includes a brief letter from the author to Miss Ruth Ely in Rhode Island in 1959. Previous owner's name and note from 1961 that book is signed on front free endpaper. tbrc/oak cabinet. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Stated first edition - first printing. Signed by author on title page. Book is clean and tight, Dust jacket in protective cover. 758 pages with index. Signed by Author(s).

1st Ed. Large 8vo. [xxvi] + 758pp. Double page family tree, 7 maps, 59 mainly colour ills. Illus. e.ps., good in d/w. sl. rubbed along top edge. Signed by the Author to title page. US$37.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. One page. Large oblong 13.5 x 22", vellum and indenture signed by several officials (including one that signed "x"), some foxing, reverse heavily spotted affecting front some else good with 2 seals and gently scalloped top. Would look handsome framed. From the village of Corfe Mullen in Dorset, England.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Royal Edition de Luxe. An oversized portfolio which measures around 13 x 18. Full red buckram covers with two labels and string ties, including some soiling and wear. Limited to 1000 numbered sets of this unauthorised Royal edition. This is an odd uncollated mix of two different sets. One signed by julian Hawthorne?, the other by Albert Bergh, and with different numbers. There should be 80 chronologically arranged facsimiles with around 320 pages. However this set has around 108 for some reason, many not in the contents section and obviously from some similar volume. One of the two signed title pages has a color illuminated title page present. The pages are good to very good, with some wear, but often very good. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original dove white buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, top edge gilt, gold gilt decoration to blue end papers, fore page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 10ĵ'' x 6½''. Contains colour frontispiece, 285 printed pages of text followed by 24 pages of sepia tint photographs. Hand written number 429 of 500 Limited Edition copies SIGNED by the author 'John Buchan'. Fine condition book in Very Good condition box with one small bump to the top front corner. Member of the P.B.F.A. MONARCHY.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Volume I only. Philadelphia, 1800. Signature of Richard Rush (R. Rush) on title page. Richard D. Rush was 8th US Attorney General and son of Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Full leather boards; front board detached but present; rear external hinge repaired; edges worn to boards; spine ends chipped; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; free front endpaper and frontis both detached with front board; marginal x marks throughout; foxing and discoloration to several pages, text is legible; 543 pages. Signed by Other.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Fourth edition. Trials of pirate Captain Kidd, and New York colonial politician Nicholas Bayard, complete in itself. Captain William Kidd (c.1654 1701) was a Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy, although some modern historians note that relegating him to the role of pirate and putting him on trial was a maneuver used by politicians of the day to deflect attention from their own questionable roles in privateering. Here Kidd testifies that he has French passes, which would have provided proof that he worked as a privateer and not a pirate: "I beg your Lordship's Patience till I can procure my Papers. I had a Couple of French Passes, which I must make use of in order to my Justification" (p287). Kidd was not allowed to retrieve his papers; he was found guilty on all charges (murder and piracy) and sentenced to death. (pp287-339). In 1910 at the British Public Records archives, the French passes were found that Captain Kidd claimed would prove his innocence. The second trial of note included here is that of Colonel Nicholas Bayard, p419-440. Bayard, the 16th mayor of New York City, was accused in 1702 of high treason before Chief Justice William Atwood, on the basis of a remonstrance signed by him and others, considered to be libelous. Bayard was sentenced to death, but after the death of the New York governor and the corrupt Chief Justice, the proceedings were annulled, and Bayard's property and name were cleared. Volume 5 of 6 volumes. Folio, 852pp (text printed in 2 columns, each numbered as if a separate page). Deaccessed by the NY Association of the Bar Library, with their stamp on the title page. Pale green cloth with leather gilt spine labels, and paper label. Spine slightly sunned, labels chipped . OCLC: 1360856.

Hardcover. First edition, second printing. This 1952 official biography of King George V is inscribed by his widow, Queen Mary, to Clive Wigram, the man who had served her husband for his entire reign, lastly as Private Secretary to the Sovereign.Queen Mary's inscription is inked in blue in seven lines on the front free endpaper recto: "To | Clive Wigram | in remembrance | of many happy | days from | Mary R | 1952 " The volume is the first edition, second printing, published in August 1952, the same month as the first printing. Condition is very good. The dark blue cloth binding is square, tight, clean, and bright with sharp corners. We note only a few trivial blemishes, light shelf wear to extremities, and a slight hint of outward warp to the front cover. The contents are respectably bright, with light spotting appearing confined to the endpapers and the fore and bottom edges of the text block. The blue topstain is just a bit dulled. The sole previous ownership mark other than Queen Mary's inscription is the tiny, printed bookseller ticket of "HUGH REES LTD | 47 PALL MALL. | LONDON S.W.1." affixed to the lower right front pastedown.Mary, Princess of Teck (1867-1953) wed George Frederick Ernest Albert in May 1893. When he ascended the throne in 1910, Mary became Queen Mary of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British dominions beyond the seas, and empress of India, consort of George V. George V was a second son; Mary had been supposed to wed his older brother, Prince Albert Victor, to whom she was engaged when he died of illness in 1892. Second sons would define two generations of the monarchy. When George V died in 1936, her eldest son ascended the throne which he would famously abdicate for an American divorcee after a reign of just 325 days. Mary's second son, crowned George VI, reigned until his death in February 1952, just half a year before this biography of his father was published. Mary did not long survive either her son or publication of this book; she died in March 1953.Clive Wigram, 1st. Baron Wigram GCB, GCVO, CSI, PC (1873-1960) was a British soldier and court official who served as Private Secretary to the Sovereign from 1931-1936 the final years of the reign of George V and his Queen consort, Mary. Wigram had been in the King's service since the beginning of the King's reign. "Upon the accession ofGeorge Vin 1910, he exchanged a promising military career to be equerry and assistant private secretary to the king. Sporty and down-to-earth, with chauvinist views typical of many army officers,Wigramsuited the king's taste for simplicity and directness in his aides. Tall, handsome, and athletic, he was the model of the soldierly courtier." In the King's service, Wigram rose to both Private Secretary to the Sovereign and to the peerage. "It was toWigramthatGeorge Vspoke his dying words, asking about the state of the empire."The author of this biography of George V, Sir Harold George Nicolson (1886-1968), was a diplomat and politician as well as a writer. Arguably his most important political contributions were made in the mid-1930's, when Winston Churchill and a handful of fellow "anti-appeasers" sought to rouse Britain to the threat of a rising Nazi Germany. "Although he was perhaps not made for the cut and thrust of party politics,Nicolsonwas one of the best-informed speakers on foreign affairs in the longparliamentof 1935, warning early and consistently of the dangers of appeasement." By the time he wrote this book, Nicolson's political career was, to his chagrin, behind him and "apart from broadcasting, he channeled his prodigious energies into writing. In 1948 he was commissioned to write the official biography ofGeorge Van awkward assignment skillfully executed; it was published four years later and confirmed his high reputation as a writer. It also earned him a knighthood as KCVO and an honorary fellowship of Balliol (both 1953).".

Together 3 works in 1 vol. Sm. folio. Ex-libris Treverbyn Vean, later e.ps., early panelled calf with blind fillet and motifs to corners, edges of boards with skilful gilt tooling, some scratching to boards, rebacked in calf with gilt tooling and gilt lettered label to spine, sm. nicks to head of upper joints. Proceedings and Tryal : Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), P3555A; ESTC R7827 '. William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury = William Sancroft. The names "William Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, . Chichester," and "Thomas Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, . Bristol." are bracketed together on title page. The first leaf bears portraits of the defendants and is signed: R: White sculp. With advertisement at foot of p.140. Some copies may have errata slip pasted in. Identified as Wing S564 on UMI microfilm "Early English books, 1641-1700".'Sir Rich. Grahme Wing (2nd ed., 1994), A3766A; ESTC R22452 'Imprimatur on leaf [A]1v: I do appoint Samuel Heyrick and Thomas Cockerill, to print the Tryals . Also a letter from the late King James to the Pope: And another letter of the late Earl of Melford to the late Queen from Rome, in answer to the same. And that no other do presume to print the same. J. Holt. Febr. 21. 1690/1. [not present in our copy], "The arraignment, tryal, conviction, and condemnation of John Ashton, gent. for high-treason ." has separate dated title page on leaf X1r; pagination and register are continuous. The last leaf is blank. The five pages after p. 25 are unnumbered [not in our copy]. Variant: pagination is [4], 26, [4], 27-138, [2]. [as our copy].'Bishop of London Wing T2774. ESTC R30660 'With initial license-to-print leaf.' ESTC lists [8], 12p. Lambeth Palace copy as ours. US$516.

The Fourth Edition, corrected with Marginal Notesand References to the later Reports, and other Books of Authority by Thomas LEACH. Groß-Oktav. (1:) Ttlbl., (38), 920, (54) S.; (2:) Ttlbl., (22), 700, (32) S.; (3:) Ttllbl., XV, (8), 620, (36) S. Drei originale Lederbände. Band III fehlt noch Marvin 240: with commentaries. CROKE, George (c.1560-1642), of Serjeants' Inn, London; Waterstock and Studley, Oxon. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 Available from Boydell and Brewer Biography Detail Constituency Family & Education Offices Held Biography End Notes Related Resources Family and Education b. c.1560, 3rd s. of John Croke II of Chilton, Bucks. by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Alexander Unton of Chequers, Bucks. and Wadley, Berks.; bro. of John III. educ. Thame sch.; Christ Church, Oxf. 1575; I. Temple 1575, called 1584. m. c.1610, Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Bennet, ld. mayor of London, 1s. 3da. Kntd. 1623. Offices Held Bencher, I. Temple 1597, Autumn reader 1599, 1608, treasurer 1609-10, double reader 1617; serjeant-at-law and King's serjeant 1623; justice of common pleas 1625, of King's bench 1628.1 Biography Croke was brought into Parliament for Bere Alston by his relative Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy. He served on the committees concerning tillage (13 Dec. 1597), lewd and wandering persons (20 Dec.), costs in civil lawsuits 27 Jan. 1598, and on two conferences with the Lords 16 Jan. (on defence) and 3 Feb. (on wine casks). He was probably the 'Mr. George Cooke' who was appointed to the committee on tellers and receivers on 12 Dec.2 Croke began reporting law cases in 1581, and is mentioned as an advocate in his own reports in 1588. He established a lucrative practice and built up estates in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. He was associated with the Hampden family, was named as overseer in the will of William Hampden and must have known John Hampden for whom he later gave judgment in the ship-money case. Croke's marriage 'fell out unexpected to his friends that conceived a purpose in him never to have married', she being some 20 years of age and he 'an ancient bachelor'. Croke's law reports, published after his death in a translation from the law French by Harbottle Grimston his son-in-law, soon occupied a considerable place in the authoritative literature of the common law. The 12 active years which he spent on the King's bench coincided with some of the great constitutional cases of the century. He is best remembered in connexion with ship-money. In 1637 Charles submitted the question to the judges, all of whomsave for Croke and Sir Richard Huttonagreed that the King could demand such financial aid from his subjects in time of danger. The two dissidents signed this general statement in the belief that they were bound to yield to the majority opinion. However, when the problem came before him judicially in the Hampden case, he made an outright statement declaring that there was no precedent for such a prosecution and that only Parliament might set a charge upon a subject. 'The King has ship money by hook but not by Croke', said the wits. In 1641 Croke retired, retaining the title, salary and allowances of a judge. He died at Waterstock 16 Feb. 1642, leaving two wills, the first being concerned with the disposal of land to his wife and son Thomas. In the second, made 1640 and proved 3 May 1642, he asked to be buried without 'heraldry', hearse or any 'unnecessary ceremonies'. The widow was appointed sole executrix.

Broadside. 21 1/2 x 16 1/2 cm. A true copy, signed in type, and sent down for Concurrence by Perez Morton, Dep. Sec'y., in the House of Representatives, November 7, 1775. Read and concurr'd and sent up by J. Warren, Speaker, who signed in type, along with the following: James Otis, W. Spooner, Caleb Cushing, J. Winthrop, Joseph Gerrish, John Whetcomb, James Prescot, Eldad Taylor, B. Lincoln, M. Farley, J. Palmer, S. Holten, Moses Gill, John Taylor, and B. White. This copy has an ink note at the left margin, "Greenage" [sp.?]; and another note on verso correcting "Greenage" to "Greenwich," presumably the destination for this copy of the hand bill. Another note reads: "Nov.r 7: 1775 an order of Court Respecting Licenses or Taverns." Old fold lines, a few spots, some overall toning to the sheet, ink on verso bleeds through but text all legible. ESTC: AAS, MHS. Library of Congress also appears to have a copy. EVANS 14198. FORD Broadsides 1876 [which adds Mass. Archives Div.] CUSHING Mass. Laws 896.

KING GEORGE V (1865-1936). King George V was King of Great Britain and the British Empire from 1910 to his death. ALS. 1 pg. 6 x 8. March 9, 1895. Windsor Castle. An autograph letter signed George on Windsor Castle letterhead accepting an invitation from Sir Frederick: I shall have much pleasure in coming to the Royal Academy dinner on Saturday 4th of May. I kept that night free as I thought it would be the night of your banquetGeorge. At this time, George was second in the line of succession behind his grandmother Queen Victoria, who would reign until 1901, and his father King Edward VII, whose short reign would end in 1910 and see George crowned King George V. Sir Frederick refers to Lord Frederic Leighton, an artist and pioneer in the New Sculpture movement serving as President of the Royal Academy since 1878. This would be his final banquet, as he would die suddenly the next year. The letter is faded at the bottom, but this does not hinder comprehension and is in otherwise very good condition.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. This original 15 June 1716 document signed by Britain s King George I authorizes reimbursement for care given to prisoners in the wake of the Jacobite rising of 1715, which asserted the right of the Stuarts to the throne over the Hanoverians, of which King George I was the first.The document is a single sheet of laid, watermarked paper measuring 15.75 x 12.75 inches, folded to form four 7.875 x 12.75 inches panels. The first panel features the King s order prominently signed by him "George R" at the head of the document. The document is further signed at the foot "By His Majesty s Command" by "Wm Pulteney" the future 1st Earl of Bath who was then serving as Secretary of War. The document is addressed at the lower left to "Henry Earl of Lincoln, Pay Master Generall of Our Guards, Garrisons & Land Forces in Great Britain and Forces abroad." The document orders the Earl of Lincoln to "Pay unto John Mulcaster Agent and Sollicitor for transacting the Affairs of the Rebell Prisons the sum of Six hundred Ninety Two Pounds Three Shillings and Five Pence to be paid over to Lt. Col. Solomon Rapin in satisfaction of the like Summ disburs d by him in Nurses, Medicines and other necessary Contingencys for the use of the Rebell Prisoners at the several Places they are kept from the 14th of Nov. 1715 to the 30th of Aprill 1716." The inconclusive Battle of Sheriffmuir had taken place on 13 November 1715. The document was executed "at Our Court at St. James s this 15. Day of June 1716. In the Second Year of Our Reign."The document bears three horizontal folds, ostensibly where it was folded and sealed for original transmittal to Henry Earl of Lincoln. On the second panel is written the name "John Mulcaster". The first and second sections of the upper fourth panel were obviously, from the soiling and writing thereon, the outer folded portions of the document when it was transmitted. Horizontally on the second section of the upper fourth panel, is written: "Warrant for. 692.3.5. to Mr. John Mulcaster in satisfaction of the like Summ Disburs d by Lt. Col. Sol. Rapin, in Nurses Medicines sec. for the Rebell Prisoners from 14th. Nov. 1715. To 30th. Aprill 1716." all above the date "June 16th. 1716". Condition is very good overall. The document is all but complete, with only fractional loss to the lower right corner, two tiny holes at the intersection of vertical and horizontal folds, and a short closed tear and minor associated loss at the upper right corner of the rear panel. The document shows light overall soiling and spotting, the soiling heavy only on the upper rear panel which served as the outer faces when the document was originally folded for transmittal.The future King George I was born Georg Ludwig in Hanover, perhaps not an obvious route to the British throne. However, "the death in July 1700 of theduke of Gloucesterreopened the question of the English succession That successor had to be a Protestant no Roman Catholic would have been considered and ofStuartdescent, a combination which automatically excluded over fifty claimants with a closer hereditary claim." The person who united these qualifications wasGeorg s mother, Sophia (1630-1714), youngest daughter of Frederick V of the Palatinate, Winter King of Bohemia, and of Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England.When he signed this document, King George I (1660 1727) had only recently assumed the throne of Great Britain and Ireland ten months earlier, in August 1715. The Jacobite cause, pressed unsuccessfully upon his enthronement, would be pressed with rebellious force of arms again in 1745, also to no avail. The Hanoverian period was remarkably stable, not least because of the longevity of its monarchs. "From 1714 through to 1901, there were only sixmonarchs, one of whom, George III, remains the longest reigning king in British History. Queen Victoria then surpassed her grandfather in both age and length of reign. The period was also one of political stability, and the development. Signed by Author(s).