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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. blue cloth, soiling, shelf wear, owners inscription and historical library mark. 8 Engravings & Paintings (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo - Volume1 xv,416pp; Volume 2 485pp. - 18 Full-Page Portraits -Two in Photogravure. 1/4 Cloth with Marbled Boards [some wear] in Very Good condition. The text details the private lives, scandals, and daily realities of the British royal court during the Regency era.Original Letters: It includes authentic correspondence from Queen Caroline and various prominent figures of the time.Public Reaction: Upon release, the candid depiction of court figures caused considerable gossip and controversy within high society.…

1st edition, hardback, 8vo, complete in 2 vols, liv,596;xxxvi,559,(16)pp, 22 plates, private library label on endpapers, handwritten 'SOLD' on flyleaf, edges browning, text clean and sound, blue cloth gilt, some soiling on the boards, Good condition.

William Hodge & Company, Limited. 1923. First Edition. Hardback with no DW. 8vo. Illustrated with numerous plates. Beautifully rebound in quarter red morocco, with gilt motifs of Lady Justice to spine, red marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Page edges slightly browned o/w contents clean and sound. A handsome book covering one of the most famous trials in British history.…

Two volumes. Contemporary half green morocco, for Hatchards, with two raised bands and gilt titles and decoration to the spines. Top edge gilt. With eighteen black and white plates throughout, including a tissue-guarded photogravure frontispiece in each volume. A very good set, the bindings square and firm, the spines a little faded, the corners and spine tips a little rubbed. Volume one has a few small spots to the text-block fore-edge and some light foxing to the first few pages. Volume two has some spotting to the closed text-block edge and to the first few pages, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. An attractive set. A diary describing the court of the scandal-ridden but hugely popular Caroline of Brunswick (1768-1821, Princess of Wales and later briefly the Queen of the United Kingdom as the estranged wife of King George IV during his regency. Caroline of Brunswick was notably supported by Jane Austen during a commission instigated by George IV known as the 'Delicate Investigation'. Originally published anonymously in 1838, the diary was later alleged to have been written, unintended for publication, by Lady Charlotte Bury (1775-1861), an aristocrat and novelist who was appointed as lady in waiting to the Princess of Wales in 1810. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…