Edward Viii King (57 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 128 pages. Oliver Bock "C Maier's Use of a Reagent in the Vercelli Book" / James P Carley "The Libraries of King Henry VIII: an Update of the Westminster Inventory of 1542" / Aaron T Pratt "Stab-Stitching and the Status of Early English Playbooks as Literature" / Nancy Peters-Maude "The Extended Collaboration pf John Danter and Edward Allde" (U.P.). …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. printed, stapled wraps; ; pp. 1043-1088+ads, clean, unmarked page: contents include; the abdication crisis of King Edward VIII, with a full-page sketch of J.H. Thomas's statement to the House of Commons, and unrest in Palestine with details on Arab riots and the measures taken for their suppression. Other content included coverage of the solar eclipse, Assyria's REbirth, world of the cinema, sSiberian Animal art, Bruned-out Crystal Palace, personality of albrecht Durer, Japanese theatrical masks, and the upcoming Coronation Durbar in India, along with ads for Kensitas, Whitbread, and Ford V-8. constitutional crisis and abdicatin of Edward VIII. b/w and sepia photos; King Edward VIII on front page (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. 6 pages, 1 plate, 1 portrait. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 19 x 25 cms. Category: Society for Army Historical Research; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: Very Good. 5 pages. Illustrated with photographs. The Strand Magazine (1891-1950) was a literary powerhouse, bringing readers gripping mystery, adventure, and intrigue every month. It became legendary for publishing Sherlock Holmes stories, skyrocketing the detective's fame and cementing its place in literary history. Beyond Holmes, it featured thrilling fiction, fascinating articles, and stunning illustrations, captivating audiences with tales of crime, exploration, and the unknown. With its bold storytelling and iconic artwork, The Strand shaped popular literature, inspiring generations of writers and readers alike. A true treasure trove of imagination, it remains one of the most celebrated magazines of its time! A rare chance to own a true artifact from the past. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 22 cms. Category: Strand Magazine Articles; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

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320 pp. Illustrated from photogravures. 8vo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Slight tanning to endsheets; clean, tight and sound in a dust jacket with some light tanning (esp. the backstrip) and dust-soiling to the rear panel.

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition. Souvenir Book of King Edward VIII Told in Pictures, Including His Abdication Message and Broadcast Speech. Numerous b&w photographs throughout. Reproduced from authentic photographs of incidents in the life of H.M. the King. With the late King Edward VIII's Farewell Message (broadcast from Windsor Castle on 11 December 1936) printed to inside rear cover. No date (circa 1936). Thin booklet. Staplebound pictorial wraps. Printed in England. Handling wear, creasing, mild foxing, staples rusting, otherwise a nice clean softcover copy. 64pp. Uncommon. SB-52.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid copy of a pencil drawing by David Low (1891-1963), the political cartoonist. Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage. Became, after a spell as leader-writer for the Daily Telegraph, editor of the Observer. He also edited the Enclyclopaedia Britannica. Drawn By Low (illustrator).…

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Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to strawberry cloth spine. 8vo 9½'' x 7¼'' [xxv] 436 printed pages of text. ISBN 0436079054. Couple of small spots to the top edge. Near Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0436079054 ENGLISH HISTORY.…

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Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt lettering to strawberry cloth spine. 8vo 9½'' x 7¼'' xxv, 436 [pp] ISBN 0436079054. Couple of small spots to the top edge. Near Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Separate card from the Directors of Secker & Warburg inviting the recipient to Luncheon at the Savile Club to launch this book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0436079054 ENGLISH HISTORY.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. minor wear.

Condition: Very Good. Original document. Broadside, 14" x 13.5", printed in black on white tissue paper, floral border in red and gilt; illus from a 3/4-length photograph of The Prince of Wales in military uniform. Archival repair on verso of top left corner, otherwise a well-preserved example of this fragile item. This broadside details the Prince's itinerary at each of his stops on June 7-8, 1927. He went on to serve as King of England from 20 January to 11 December, 1936, when he abdicated to marry the American Wallis Simpson. [Broadside unrecorded by OCLC and WorldCat.].…

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King Edward VIII (1894-1972), crowned and abdicated in 1936, thereafter Duke of Windsor. Approximately 5 1/2 inches by 8 inches. Shows the Prince in bowler hat mounting a stone jetty with four associates, with three sailors in RNLI boat at bottom left. In the background two sailing boats and two empty row boats. Stamped on reverse 'SPORT & GENERAL | PRESS AGENCY LTD. | LONDON. | COPYRIGHT.' In manuscript on reverse: 'Left to R. | Sailors from C. B. | The Prince's private detective | General Seeley. | My father (bare-head) | Sir Godfrey Baring | H. R. H.' See Image. Google Images came up blank.…

First Edition. Near fine copy bound in half sand-grained leather over marble boards. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Brighton Public Library with its bookplates and library marks. Series; Early English Text Society (Series). . Extra series ; 17-18. Physical description; 1 v. in 2 (cxxiii, 306 p.) ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Prophecies. Politics and government. England Foreign relations Scotland. Scotland Foreign relations England. Scotland History. Scotland Politics and government 16th century ; Early works to 1800. Scotland History Mary Stuart, (1542-1567) ; Early works to 1800. Scotland. England Foreign relations Scotland ; Early works to 1800. Genres; Early works. History. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy bound in half sand-grained leather over marble boards. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Brighton Public Library with its bookplates and library marks. Series; Early English Text Society (Series). . Extra series ; 17-18. Physical description; 1 v. in 2 (cxxiii, 306 p.) ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Prophecies. Politics and government. England Foreign relations Scotland. Scotland Foreign relations England. Scotland History. Scotland Politics and government 16th century ; Early works to 1800. Scotland History Mary Stuart, (1542-1567) ; Early works to 1800. Scotland. England Foreign relations Scotland ; Early works to 1800. Genres; Early works. History. 1 Kg.…

Initialled "[?]P 10/12" (10 December"2pp., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. A number of minor autograph corrections suggest that the author of the letter may not be a native English speaker. The letter begins: 'Now that the period of delay and doubt, and of consequent uncertainty and uneasiness, is over it may, perhaps, be permitted to express a feeling almost of relief and satisfaction that King Edward has decided to abdicate.' The former king's 'retiring disposition and sensitive temperament were not equal to the fierce light of publicity that always beats upon the Throne', and 'his mental poise and physical strength' have been 'undermined to the point of breakdown'. 'No other charitable explanation seems capable of accounting for his present obvious dereliction of duty. There can be few of his former loyal and loving subjects who were not ready to sacrifice their very lives for him; and yet he could not bring his mind to sacrifice for them a personal desire to wed a wife who already had not been able to retain the affection and fidelity of two husbands, and whom apparently he did not consider a fit and proper person to be his Queen.' He has brought 'dire distress to millions throughout the Empire', and their 'universal love and devotion to him' should be 'extended in full measure to the Prince, who has so nobly and bravely undertaken the task of succeeding him in such painful circumstances'. Accompanied by a newspaper cutting headed: 'AUSTRALIA'S "DEEP EMOTION" | STATE PREMIER'S APPEAL | SYDNEY, Monday.' From the papers of Lieut.-Col. E. B. Peacock.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Some rubbing to joints. Some minor staining to rear board.; An edition of 200 copies. 2 blank leaves, 14 leaves, 1 blank leaf. 1 colour wood-engraving by Mallette Dean. Cloth boards with colour illustration on front board. White soft leather spine. Page dimensions: 332 x 245mm. Text on one page printed in gilt and black. "At long last I am able to say a few words of my own. I have never wanted to withhold anything, but until now it has not been constitutionally possible for me to speak. A few hours ago I discharged my last duty as King & Emperor, and now that I have been succeeded by my brother, the Duke of York, my first words must be to declare my allegiance to him. This I do with all my heart." "I now quit altogether public affairs, and I lay down my burden. It may be some time before I return to my native land, but I shall always follow the fortunes of the British race and empire with profound interest, and if at any time in the future I can be found of service to his majesty in a private station I shall not fail.".…

See Sitwell's entry in the Oxford DNB. In his 1999 biography Philip Ziegler describes how the 'doggerel polemic Rat Week' 'excoriated' the supporters of the Edward VII and Mrs Simpson: 'Osbert realised that this diatribe, if published, might land him in a flurry of libel actions, but he could not resist having a few copies made and distributed to his closer cronies; Mrs. Greville, Lady Aberconway, Lady Cholmondeley and Philip Frere among them. They showed it to their closer friends, copies were made, word of it passed around, soon it was known to everyone who was anyone in London.' Sitwell himself has described how it spread 'with the force and urgency of an eighteenth-century ballad: little did I know that it had multiplied and taken to itself wings, that it was being declaimed in drawing-rooms and saloon-bars and the public rooms of hotels, and that strangers were handing garbled versions of it to one another, later to be read aloud in crowded omnibuses or over the subterranean roar of the tube-trains. No contemporary work of which I am cognisant ever obtained a similar immediate popular response.' When the editor of the magazine 'Cavalcade' published an expurgated version, Sitwell sued for breach of copyright. After some litigation the magazine settled out of court for £500. Mimeograph typescript. 3pp, 4to. Fifty-six irregular lines of rhymed verse, in six stanzas. Paginated. On three loose leaves. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded twice. Underlined at top right of first page: 'Private.' Considering the mimeographed nature of the document, the typewriting style, the watermark, and not least the word 'Private', there is every indication that the present item is one of the 'few copies' Sitwell had made. Begins: 'Where are the friends of yesterday | That fawned on Him, | That flattered Her? | Where are the friends of yesterday, | Submitting to His every whim, | Offering praise of Her as myrrh | to Him?' Individuals whose names were suppressed in the 'Cavalcade' version are 'sweet Maid Mendl', 'Colefax - in her iron cage / of curls' and John McMullen. There are also references to 'Balmoral's Coburg Towers', 'dear Fort Belvedere' and 'the Ritz Bar'. Published (Penguin) 1986 (described by dealteers as "First Edition").…

Mimeographed typescript. Thin, white paper (25.5 x 20.2cm), pp. 3, titled "RAT WEEK by Osbert Sitwell" and comprising 56 lines of mimeographed black type in eight stanzas, printed on one-side only, final page detached, rusty staple to top left corners, rust echo to bottom of pages, toned, a few fox spots, two-folds, some creasing at central fold. Else, clean. Very good An unusual, mimeographed copy of the unexpurgated version of Osbert Sitwell's "doggerel polemic Rat Week," his satirical poem about the abdication of King Edward VIII, which denounced "the [once] gay, courageous pirate crew" of the monarch's (apparent) friends; he named Lady Mendl, Lady Colefax, and the fashion editor Johnny McMullen, who Sitwell considered treacherous sycophants. Sitwell knew that publication would likely lead to libel action, "but he could not resist having a few copies made and distributed to his closer cronies; Mrs Greville, Lady Aberconway, Lady Cholmondley and Philip Frere among them. They showed it to their closer friends, copies were made, word of it passed around, soon it was known to everyone who was anyone in London." (Ziegler, 1999). Retrospectively (and with some glee, it seems), Sitwell likened the spread and popularity of the poem to "an eighteenth-century ballad" and claimed: "little did I know that it had multiplied and taken to itself wings, that it was being declaimed in drawing-rooms and saloon-bars and the public rooms of hotels, and that strangers were handing garbled versions of it to one another, later to be read aloud in crowded omnibuses or over the subterranean roar of the tube-trains." (Sitwell, 1986). It received further attention when the editor of the weekly magazine Cavalcade published an expurgated version of 'Rat Week' the following year; Sitwell took legal action, demanding damages for breach of copyright, an apology, and the withdrawal of all unsold copies of the issue. The magazine eventually settled out of court for £500. A likely contemporary, but "garbled version" (at least compared with the version published in Sitwell's 1986 account of the debacle, Rat week: An essay on the abdication: it differs in stanza number, capitalisation, use of commas and semicolons, and includes an extra word to line 2 of the penultimate verse), with no indication of the agent of reproduction, and twice identifies Sitwell as its author (at its head and foot). Osbert Sitwell (1986) Rat week: An essay on the abdication (London: Michael Joseph); Philip Ziegler (1999) Osbert Sitwell: A biography (London: Pimlico).…