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The King in Love: Edwards VII's Mistresses Lillie, Langtry, Daisy Warwick, Alice Keppel and Others
by Aronson, Theo
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060160330
- ISBN 13
- 9780060160333
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About This Item
USA: Harper & Row Publishers, 1988. First Thus. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First U. S. Printing. Hardcover Book in Good+ Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. A close look at Edwardian England and the celebrated royal womanizer, Edward VII, the Prince of Wales and King of the United Kingdom from 1901 to his death in 1910 - in his day, the most fashionable figure in European Society. Three eight page sections of historical illustration plates. Binding of black half cloth with bright gilt titles, copper colored paper-wrapped boards, very clean and unmarked, light sunned strip along top edge, lower corner gently bumped. Tight, solid and square binding. Red dot on top edge of page block and two small marks on bottom edge, fore edge with pale, faint smudging. Internals quite clean and free from any markings, no creases. Jacket illustration: La Soiree (The Bridgeman) CR by J. Beraud. 301 pages with Notes, Bibliography, and index. 6.25 x 9.75 inches. 1988, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, New York, USA
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- Title
- The King in Love: Edwards VII's Mistresses Lillie, Langtry, Daisy Warwick, Alice Keppel and Others
- Author
- Aronson, Theo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0060160330
- ISBN 13
- 9780060160333
- Publisher
- Harper & Row Publishers
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- EDWARD VII PRINCE OF WALES, 1841-1910 KING ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN QUEEN VICTORIA EDWARDIAN SOCIETY ALEXANDRA OSCAR WILDE SARAH BERNHARDT PRIME MINISTER GLADSTONE SKITTLES ALBERT, CONSORT BIOGRAPHY
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