Maximilian Charlotte Mexico by Egon Caesar Count Corti Catherine (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Second Printing. Second Printing. Exlibrary marks. Sound bindings and hinges. Pages tanned, clean. Cloth over boards is shelfworn with bumped corners, darkened spines, label at lower spine on each, and several discolored areas on front of volume 1. ; Emperor and Empress of Mexico, 1864-1867, ; Ex-Library; 9.5" tall; 976 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket. Second Printing. Two large 8vo volumes; in the publisher's gray cloth with titling and decoration in light blue to the spines, with dustjackets; the two volumes are through paginated;xix, [2], 3-406; x, 407-967 including the Appendix and Index; there are no marks in either book; an attractive set.~~The headline in the New York Times when the book came out in 1928: "Maximilian Was the Catspaw of European Ambitions; Count Corti Unravels the Sordid Intrigue which Led to his Fatal Mexican Adventure."~~The headlines in the New York Times are rather different today. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust jacket.