The Queen Mother by Cathcart, Helen - 1965-01-01

Mayflower Dell, 1966. Paperback. Acceptable. 1966. First Edition Thus. 223 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Paper cover has moderate edgewear with small tears and creasing. Slight curling to corners. Ring mark and sticker residue to front cover. Wear marks overall.

W.H. Allen, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1965. Reprint. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Water stains to spine.

New York: Dodd Mead. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. 1st U.S. Ed. Hardbound. To mylar on dustjacket .

W.H. Allen, 1965. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Like New.

Paperback. Very Good.

W. H. Allen, 1965. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Acceptable Jacket. 14 to 17 cm tall (16mo). First Edition, first impression. The title has been handwritten on the jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

W. H. Allen, 1/1/1965. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.

Second Impression Aug 1965. The author ('an expert on Royalty') traces the effects of a strange legacy and we follow the Queen Mother's own personal story in astonishingly little known detail. Here is her delightful family upbringing at St. Paul's Walden Bury, the source of her deep religious convictions, her life in a wartime hospital, her fun with the Glamis ghosts, her firm refusal of the King's son as a would-be husband. We watch her eventual wedding in Westminster Abbey, her royal initiation as Duchess of York....and her attitude to the Abdication crisis that made her Queen is studied for the first time. Wife, mother, grandmother and Queen, hard-working royal professional, art patron, racing enthusiast and friend....every facet of a curiously reticent and complex personality is shrewdly portrayed. A list of illustrations provided. (A generous section of beautiful photos on heavier semi-gloss stock. Photos from 1902 carrying through to 1960) The contents offer fifteen chapters, bibliography and… Read More

London: W.H. Allen & Company, 1965. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Firmly bound, brown cloth boards. Fading on cover. Browning on the end papers. Jacket is price clipped, there are scuffing, small tears and creases on it, also title on the spine heavily faded.