Hessian Tapestry (17 items)

Frederick Muller, 1967. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. 415 pages. Sound binding, pages a little discoloring, a few bent corners; a sound binding; very good otherwise. The jacket has some wear and tear to the edges, creasing, price clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Inventory No: 226638. .

Frederick Muller. Used - Good.

Frederick Muller, 1967T. hardcover. Like New. 4.3967 21.9833 15.1885. *Cover may be different to the picture* Tanning to edge of pages

London, UK: Frederick Muller, 1967. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. None. First edition, first impression.  414pp, with monochrome portrait plate frontispiece, several further black and white plates interleaved in text and one folding genealogical table.  Black cloth boards with gilded motif on the upper panel and gilt titles to the spine.  8vo  Cloth a little tired, gently rounded at corners and spine ends.  Slight toning to text block edges.  Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.  
A biography of the Hesse family in the late 19th and early 20th century centring on Princess Alix Hesse, grand-daughter of Queen Victoria and the last Tsarina of Russia, consort to Tsar Nicholas II until there murder in 1918 and  her brother Prince Ernst [Ernest], the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine.  It focuses on the close relationship between the two and the tragedy of the family carrying the haemophilia gene.  

Muller, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.

London, England: Frederick Muller Limited, 1967. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 415pp. Two fold-out genealogical and royal succession charts intact, w moderate wear to folds; second chart has cello-tape repaired tear. 25 plates collated to Index. Light blue endpapers. Standard library markings. Front hinge cracked. Black cloth with gold stamp of Hessian royal crests on cover, fine gold lettering in dark blue title panel on spine. Light bumping to bottom corners, and moderate wear to tail, no edgewear. DJ is clean, not price-clipped showing moderate shelf wear, now preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo.

Used - Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Ex-library book, handling wear to the cover, bumping to the corners and spine and some light staining to the backboard. Inside the book has library markings on the front end-papers and stamps on the title page and verso. Quite extensive repairs have been carried out to the geneology chart in the back of the book and one of the folds of the chart has completely split. The pages are lightly tanned and have a couple of small stains to the page edges.

Newton Abbot, Devon ; North Pomfret, Vermont : David & Charles, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good library copy in crudely-bound quarter gilt-blocked leather over cloth boards, with leather label to spine and marble endpapers. Minor library marks remain internally; some faint dust-dulling to prelims. Folded genealogical tables in loosely-inserted library-labelled folder. Remains tight and well-preserved overall. Physical description; 414 pages, [10] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-373) and index. Subjects; Mountbatten family. Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse-Darmstadt (1843-1878). Princes -- Germany -- Biography. Princesses -- Great Britain -- Biography. Great Britain -- Relations -- Germany. Germany -- Relations -- Great Britain.

London, UK: David & Charles, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A fascinating history of the connections between the royal families of Hesse and Britain and of the other royal families of Europe. Includes several b/w photographs. 415pp. .

Hardback. 1979. 415pp, 21 plates & 2 fldg. genealogical tables, London 1979. *The story of the decendants of Alice Princess of Great Britain & Grand Duke Louis IV. of Hesse. Back cover marked, otherwise very good. .

FREDERICK MULLER LTD (ENGLAND), 1967T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.7323 8.6614 5.9843.

London: Frederick Muller, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 414, [2] p., [13] leaves of plates: ill., ports., geneal. tables; 23 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. 365-373. Subjects: Alice Grand Duchess, consort of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt 1843-1878. Battenberg family.Mountbatten family.Princesses Great Britain Biography. Princes Germany Biography. Genre:Bibliography. Biography.Illustrated.

David & Charles, 1979T. hardcover. Very Good. 1.9000 in x 8.6000 in x 5.7000 in. Lightly read if read at all. Gift inscription on front free page. Stamped name of previous owner on inside front cover: Thomas Carr Howe. Fold out Geneology table is present. It has a large large tear as well as a couple of names underlined in red ink. Scuffed DJ with large tear at top spine as well as shelf wear.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Frederick Muller, 1967. First Edition; 2nd Impression. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket.