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King George VI: His Life and Reign by Wheeler-Bennett, John W - 1958

by Wheeler-Bennett, John W

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King George VI: His Life and Reign

by Wheeler-Bennett, John W

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1958. Very Good+ in black cloth with brightly gilt front board and spine. With the front cover of the original dust jacket pasted inside to the front pastedown (rear of board). Complete with folding plate at rear & Illustrated throughout including full-page plates in color. Large octavo, thick. With small note from previous owner pasted to ffep. Hardcover. 891pp.

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  • Publisher St. Martin's Press
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1958

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King George VI: His life and Reign

by Wheeler-Bennett, John W

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GB: Macmillan, 1958. Folding pedigree. Inscription of owner at start of book. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Front hinge cracked.SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1400g. . Reprint. Hardback. VG+/No DW.
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King George VI: His Life and Reign

by John W. Wheeler-Bennett

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London, New York: Macmilland & Co. Ltd., 1958. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Getting loosely bound, gilt decorated red cloth boards. Ex library copy with labels and pockets and usual handling wear. No jacket, front inner hinge split with webbing exposed..
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King George VI: His Life and Reign

by WHEELER-BENNETT, JOHN W

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Macmillan / St Martin's Press 1965. Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
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King George VI: His Life And Reign

King George VI: His Life And Reign

by John W. Wheeler-Bennett

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Macmillan, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. 891 pages. Red pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges.
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King George VI: His Life and Reign

by Wheeler-Bennett, John W

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London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1958. First Printing. fair. 23 cm, 891, illus. (some color), footnotes, genealogical tables (fold-out), bibliography, references, index, boards worn, spotted, & scuffed. Boards weak, front board hinge reinforced with white cloth tape, rear board reinforced with brown cloth tape. Official biography written with full access to Palace archives.
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King George VI.
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King George VI.: His Life and His Reign.

by WHEELER-BENNETT, John W

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London, United Kingdom
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London: Macmillan & Co Ltd; St. Martin's Press, New York,, 1958. First edition, first impression, handsomely bound, of Wheeler-Bennett's official biography of George VI; "a staunch monarchist, he enjoyed personal contacts with many royal houses and was able to put these to good use" (ODNB). Octavo (214 x 146 mm). Near-contemporary green half morocco by Morrell of London, twin black morocco labels, green cloth sides, light green endpapers, top edge gilt. With numerous half-tone illustrations and a folding table. Recent bookplate of shipping executive Michael Matantos to front pastedown. Spine lightly sunned, spot of wear to one corner, slight separation in hinge preceding p. 891. A very good copy.
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King George VI - His Life and Reign (Fine Leather Binding by Bayntun- Riviere)
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King George VI - His Life and Reign (Fine Leather Binding by Bayntun- Riviere)

by WHEELER-BENNETT, John W

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1st Edition
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London, London, United Kingdom
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Macmillan, London, 1958. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Very finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in half red calf, raised bands with gilt embossed title and crowns to spine, top edge of page block, matching red cloth covered boards, marbled end-papers. Portrait frontispiece, 891pp, plates, index and very large folding 8 leaf family tree at rear __CONDITION : A well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (hint of tanning to leaves). An excellent copy. __NOTE Due to size, weight or for insurance purposes delivery to some destinations outside the UK may cost more than the shipping price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS
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