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THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH GIFT BOOK. IN AID OF THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF YORK HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.
by Barrie, J.M.; Kipling, Rudyard; Young, Francis Brett; Chesterton, G.K.; Uncle Dick (B.J. Lamb); Blackwood, Algernon; Struther, Jan; Tourtel, Mary; Bagnold, Enid; Davies, W.H; Hilton, James; Mackenzie, Compton; Asquith, Herbert; de la Mare, Walter; et al.
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- 1935
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1935. 224 pp, 10" H. No date, but c1935. Cream cloth with blue lettering/decoration, silver crown and E on spine and front board. Endpaper and title page decorations by Rex Whistler. B&w double page spread of some of the authors/artists as children, colour plates including 2 double spreads of Mickey Mouse and gang, frontispiece… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MAID AND THE QUEEN: THE SECRET HISTORY OF JOAN OF ARC.
by Goldstone, Nancy.
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- 2012
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- 9780670023332
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New York: Viking, 2012. 296 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w illustrations, maps. "Politcally astute, ambitious, and beautiful, Yolande of Aragon, queen of Sicily, was one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. Caught in the complex dynastic battle of the Hundred Years War, Yolande championed the dauphin's cause against the forces of England and Burgundy, drawing on… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PERFECT SUMMER: ENGLAND 1911, JUST BEFORE THE STORM.
by Nicolson, Juliet.
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- 2007
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- 9780802118462
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New York: Grove Press, 2007. 290 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "Before the Great War tore England apart and changed the way people lived forever, there was the glorious summer of 1911, when the country seemed full of promise and blissfully unaware of the coming storm. (The author's) portrait of that sunlit season, transports us to a… Read more about this item Item Price
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CITY OF LIGHT, CITY OF POISON. MURDER, MAGIC, AND THE FIRST POLICE CHIEF OF PARIS.
by Tucker, Holly.
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- 2017
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New York: W.W. Norton, 2017. 310 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w plates, map. "Appointed to conquer the 'crime capital of the world', the first police chief of Paris faces an epidemic of murder in the late 1600s. Appointed by Louis XIV, Nicolas de La Reynie begins by clearing the streets of filth and installing lanterns throughout Paris, turning it… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DEAD DUKE, HIS SECRET WIFE, AND THE MISSING CORPSE: AN EXTRAORDINARY EDWARDIAN CASE OF DECEPTION AND INTRIGUE.
by Eatwell, Piu Marie.
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- First American Edition
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- 2015
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- 9781631491238
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New York: Liveright, 2015. 338 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w illustrations. "In 1898, an elderly widow, Anna Maria Druce, came to the British court with an astonishing request. She claimed that the merchant T.C. Druce, her late father-in-law, had in truth been a secret identity for the deceased and enormously wealthy 5th Duke of Portland. Maintaining her composure… Read more about this item Item Price
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE. COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES. LEATHER BINDING.
by Green, John Richard.
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New York: A.L. Burt 2 volume set, approximately 8" H. Half-leather binding with medium-brown spines and corners, marbled paper-covered boards, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Spines have five raised bands, gilt lettering/decoration and two leather labels (1 red, 1 black) bearing the title, author's last name and volume number. B&w plates, including tissue-guarded frontispieces, genealogical tables, maps - all present.… Read more about this item Item Price
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REPROBATES: THE CAVALIERS OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR.
by Stubbs, John.
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- First American Edition
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- 2011
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- 9780393068801
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New York: W.W. Norton, 2011. 549 pp, 9 1/2" H. "With conflict between the monarchy and Parliament threatening to explode, a group of courtiers and army officers known as the Cavaliers emerged to defend the king. They were jeeringly labeled 'Cavaliers' - then a term for a gallant or a rogue - by their opponents on the streets of… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE LADY QUEEN: THE NOTORIOUS REIGN OF JOANNA I, QUEEN OF NAPLES, JERUSALEM AND SICILY.
by Goldstone, Nancy.
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- 2009
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- 9780802716705
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New York: Walker, 2009. 365 pp, 9 1/2" H. Colour plates, b&w maps, genealogical charts. "Amid intrique, betrayal, and conspiracy, Joanna I of Sicily became the only female monarch of her day to rule in her own name, and one of the most courageous women in history. Married for political advantage at the age of seven to her six-year-old… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WOMEN OF THE COUSINS' WAR: THE DUCHESS, THE QUEEN, AND THE KING'S MOTHER.
by Gregory, Philippa / Baldwin, David / Jones, Michael.
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- 2011
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- 9781451629545
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New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster , 2011. 342 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w maps, genealogical charts, etc. Colour plates. "Philippa Gregory and her fellow historians descibe the extraordinary lives of the heroines of her Cousins' War books: Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford; Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV; and Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. In… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN AUTUMN ON THE RHINE; OR, SKETCHES OF COURTS, SOCIETY, SCENERY, &c. IN SOME OF THE GERMAN STATES BORDERING ON THE RHINE.
by (Dodds, Charles Edward.)
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- 1818
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown., 1818. 524 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H), medium brown leather spine/corners, maroon leather title block, gilt lettering/decoration on spine, marbled boards. The spine has been professionally and sympathetically replaced at some date, preserving the book in a sturdy, usable state. Fold-out colour map after title page, Errata slip bound in after final text… Read more about this item Item Price
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CANADA 1940: THE OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF PRESENT CONDITIONS AND RECENT PROGRESS. THE ROYAL VISIT EDITION.
by Euler, W.D., Foreword. Prefatory Note by R.H. Coats.
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- 1940
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Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Department of Trade and Commerce, 1940. 202 pp, 8 5/8" H. Many b&w photographs, drawings, tables, etc. (some fold out). Colour portraits of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth plus fold-out map of "The Royal Tour of Canada, May 17 to June 15, 1939. Contents: Canada's War Program and Economic Conditions at the Close… Read more about this item Item Price
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ENGLISH COURT LIFE, FROM HENRY VII TO GEORGE II.
by Dutton, Ralph.
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- 1963
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London: B.T. Batsford, 1963. 232 pp, 9" H. B&w illustrations. "The atmosphere of a Court is enclosed and artificial. The monarch has in the past enjoyed a wide degree of power without a corresponding sense of obligation or responsibility; and for the courtiers, whose position depended on their agreeableness, flattery has always been at a premium just as… Read more about this item Item Price
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COURT LADY AND COUNTRY WIFE. ROYAL PRIVILEGE AND CIVIL WAR: TWO NOBLE SISTERS IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND.
by Betcherman, Lita-Rose.
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- 2005
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Toronto: HarperCollins / Phyllis Bruce, 2005. 384 pp, 9 1/4" H. "The lives of two dazzling aristocratic sisters, Lucy and Dorothy Percy, present a perfect window into the world of political unrest and social intrigue of seventeenth-century English society. Their breeding, beauty, and cunning made them among the most influential women of their time. Born during the reign of… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CANADIAN ANNUAL REVIEW OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 1919. NINETEENTH YEAR OF ISSUE.
by Hopkins, J. Castell.
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- 1920
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Toronto: The Canadian Annual Review, 1920. 955 pp, 9 1/8" H. Red cloth with gilt lettering/banding on spine. B&w photographs, drawing, map (Official Map of the Western Front When the Hindenburg Line was broken through by the British and Canadian Forces). Advertising section, pages 908-932. Chapter Headings: Canadian Echoes of the World War; Canadian Relations with Foreign Countries;… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE TOUR THROUGH CANADA OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, AUGUST-OCTOBER: 1919. EMBRACING THAT PORTION OF THE GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCES OF ONTARIO AND QUEBEC TRAVERSED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. ANNOTATED TIMETABLE.
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Montreal: Grand Trunk Railway, 1919. 63, (3) pp + b&w plates and folding map at rear, 9 1/2" H. White spine with gilt lettering, brown paper-covered board with gilt lettering/decoration, black & gilt crest on front board, brown endpapers. 27 b&w plates with tissueguards bearing captions in red. An annotated timetable of the route taken by the… Read more about this item Item Price
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MEMOIRS OF WILHELMINE, MARGRAVINE OF BAIREUTH.
by Her Royal Highness Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein, translator & editor. (Frederica Sophie Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Baireuth.) Inscribed.
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- 1887
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London: David Stott, 1887. 458 pp + (1) pp publisher's advertising, 9" H. Tissue-covered sepiatone frontispiece. Inscribed on half title page: "For dearest Louisechen / from her devoted Sister / Helena (underlined with a flourish) / July. 1887. (underlined)". Helena Augusta Victoria was Queen Victoria's 5th child and married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, becoming Princess Christian. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF SCOTLAND AND ENGLISH PRINCESSES CONNECTED WITH THE REGAL SUCCESSION OF GREAT BRITAIN. 8 VOLUMES BOUND IN 4. (VOLUMES I-VIII COMPLETE.)
by Strickland, Agnes.
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- 1854
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 8 volumes bound in 4 - 7 1/2" H. Brown leather spines and corners, brown cloth covered boards. Five raised bands on each spine, gilt lettering (title and volume numbers) and darker banding/decoration. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. A few small b&w illustrations in text only (reproductions of signatures, map,… Read more about this item Item Price
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JOHN PRINCE: A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS.
by Douglas, R. Alan, edited and with introduction by. Foreword by William G. Davis.
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- Limited Edition
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- 1980
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Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1980. 229 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H) - red cloth with gilt lettering/crest on spine. No. 844 of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Copies of this Volume prnted for the Champlain Society. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. "John Prince was undoubtedly one of the most colourful individuals to reside in Upper Canada during the… Read more about this item Item Price
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HONOURS FOR SALE: THE STRANGE STORY OF MAUNDY GREGORY.
by Macmillan, Gerald.
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- 1954
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London: Richards Press, 1954. 244 pp, 8vo (8 3/8" H) - red cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. B&w illustrations. How much would a knighthood or a baronetcy cost? In the time of British Prime Minister Lloyd George, the man to ask would have been Arthur John Peter Michael Maundy Gregory. This is the story of… Read more about this item Item Price
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CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS SPECIAL TIME TABLE CONTAINING CHANGES IN REGULAR TRAIN SERVICES ALSO SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICES ACCOUNT VISIT OF THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN MAY, 1939.
by Canadian National Railways
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- 1939
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Toronto: Canadian National, 1939. 9 1/4" H x 25" W sheet, with five folds creating 12 numbered panels. Details cancelled, altered and special train services during King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's visit to Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, Port Arthur and Thunder Bay from May 17th to May 23rd, 1939. "Hamilton - June 7 - 1939" written in ink… Read more about this item Item Price
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