Royal Secrets: The View From Downstairs
Language: English
Published by Villard Books, 1985
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Summers Vintage Books, Zanesville, OH, U.S.A.Summers Vintage Books
AbeBooks seller since July 7, 2026
Condition: Used - Good
£ 3.90
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Royal Secrets: The View From Downstairs by Stephen P. Barry. Published by Villard Books, New York, in 1985. A behind-the-scenes memoir by the former valet to Prince Charles, offering a rare look at life inside Buckingham Palace and the British Royal Household during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Hardcover with original dust jacket. Binding is tight and secure. Interior pages are clean with light age toning. There is a small “50¢” price written on the front free endpaper and a previous owner’s notation, “Finished 8-24-85 (BKM),” written on the half-title page. No highlighting, underlining, or library markings noted. The dust jacket shows moderate shelf wear including rubbing, edge wear, creasing, several small tears and chips, and corner wear. Overall a clean, attractive copy.
Seller Inventory # SBV010
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Royal Secrets: The View From Downstairs
- Author
- Stephen P. Barry
- Publisher
- Villard Books
- Publication year
- 1985
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
Summers Vintage Books
Zanesville, OH, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since July 7, 2026
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My mother was an avid book collector. She collected old cookbooks, magazines, and history books. She had a love for England as well, so she had a lot of British literature. I am just trying to find someone to lover her books as much as she did.
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