THIS WAS GERMANY. An Observer at the Court of Berlin . Letters of Princess Marie Radziwill to General Di Robilant [ 1908 - 1915 ]. Editied and translated from the French by Cyril Spencer Fox

Radziwill,Princess Marie and Robilant, General Di. Fox, Cyril Spencer ( Editor and Translator ):

Published by John Murray London, 1937

About this Item

1st edition, 1937. Book size - 8.5 x 5.5 inches, pp. frontis + xi + 403 + 4 b&w plates, hardback in dustjacket. Book condition - Very Good ; contents clean, no inscriptions, no foxing, light spotting of the fore-edge, inner hinges intact and binding firm ; publisher's yellow cloth with gilt title on the spine and small gilt crown on the front board ; fore-edge corners not creased or split, boards' edges a little darkened, back clean, spine clean and complete with ends slightly darkened but not creased or split, spine slightly sunned and gilt title a bit dulled but complete, front board clean. Dustjacket - Good ; corners and fold-in edges a bit rubbed, back with no marks as such but very dusty and with a few spots of foxing, spine with ends intact but a little worn, spine colour somewhat faded but the title remains complete and clear, front also with no marks but a bit dusty, not price-clipped (15s net) ; dj. now in clear, removable wrapper. Please see photos for indications of condition and contents. Princess Marie Radziwill (1840 - 1915) was a French noblewoman, a member of the house of Castellane. Born Marie de Castellane, in 1857 she married Prince Antoni Radziwill , a descendant of the powerful Radziwill family which owned large estates in Silesia, Posen and Russia, and spent a large part of her life in Berlin. Mario Nicolis di Robilant (1855 -1943), the recipient of the letters, was an Italian general of the Kingdom of Italy who actively participated in the World War I, mostly at the head of the Italian Fourth Army. In 1885 he was appointed as the Italian Military Attaché in Berlin, and brought a letter of introduction to the Radziwills. He left Berlin in 1889 by which time there had developed a friendship with Marie Radziwill, which lasted until her death in 1915. (Biographical details from the Introduction and Wikipedia). A very good copy of this book with the very scarce dustjacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THIS WAS GERMANY. An Observer at the Court of Berlin . Letters of Princess Marie Radziwill to General Di Robilant [ 1908 - 1915 ]. Editied and translated from the French by Cyril Spencer Fox
• Publisher: John Murray London
• Publication Date: 1937
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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