Edited Eveline Cruickshanks (5 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 288 pages, illustrated. The book is a scholarly collection of essays exploring how the courts of the Stuarts from James I through Charles I, Charles II, James II, and into the reign of Queen Anne actually functioned as centres of power, culture, patronage, and political intrigue. Original printed card covers. Contents clean. Size: 16 x 25 cms. Category: Varied Books; New Arrivals; ISBN: 0752452061. ISBN/EAN: 9780752452067. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 29 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This Folio Society edition of Memoirs of Louis Philippe presents Comte de SÃ gurâs engaging and elegant account of the life and character of the future King of the French, offering a vivid portrait of his early years, political formation and the turbulent world of late-18th- and early-19th-century Europe. Historian Eveline Cruickshanks provides a valuable introduction that places SÃ gurâs memoir in its wider historical context and highlights its significance as both personal recollection and political commentary. The volume features Folioâs characteristic high-quality productionâ"crisp typography, smooth paper and a sturdy bindingâ"though this copy is offered without its slipcase. A refined and readable addition to any Folio Society or French-history collection.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Red cloth hardcover with gilt embossing on front cover and spine - spine very slightly faded/Good+. In green slipcase - light blemish to back/overall Good. xii+ 340pp., with additional b/w illustrations. Content Fine/looks unread. (733g)Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted.…

Condition: Very Good. First Folio Society edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue and pink and silver star cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 167 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition, no slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. FOLIO SOCIETY. …

8vo. 8.5 x 5.25 inches. 167 + [1] pp. Bound in half pale blue cloth, gilt, over pink patterned boards. Spine sunned, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 7 plates including frontispiece. An account of the career at court of Jeanne Becu du Barry (1747-93), official mistress of Louis XV from 1768-74. She went to the guillotine in 1793. By the writer Matieu-Francois Pidanzat de Mairobert (1727-78) and edited by the historian, Eveline Criickshanks (1926-2021). Illustrated by the Scottish watercolour artist, William Russell Flint (1880-1969). Text based on English versions (from 1777) of the Anecdotes sur la Comtesse du Barry, first published in London in 1776. HISTORY/THEOLOGY FRENCH HISTORY BIOGRAPHY- FRENCH 18TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY/THEOLOGY.…