(London: Odhams Press, [1952]). Small 4to; original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and blocked in blind to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 160; profusely illustrated with monochrome photographs; map showing route of the funeral procession. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn, and sunned on spine panel; some foxing to endpapers, outermost leaves and edges. Good condition. "This complete pictorial record of the life of His Majesty the late King George VI will be treasured in homes throughout the world as a worthy memento of a great Monarch who, by his simple humanity, devotion to duty, and service to his peoples, earned the deep affection of millions." .

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Bookseller: Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13040
Title: The Life and Times of King George VI, 1895-1952
Author: Thomson, Malcolm (introduction)
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: (London: Odhams Press, [1952])
Keywords: British monarchs. Windsors. Mountbatten-Windsor Royalty

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Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...