Windsor Tapestry by Compton Mackenzie (66 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Printing. Fading to spine. Minor fading and rubbing to covers. Bumped corner. Owner name.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 584 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Very good for year, hardcover. Very clean, bright and tight. Fading to cover and spine. Some foxing to page edges. A heavy volume which may incur extra charges for overseas posting. No dustjacket, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Slight foxing to opening and end pages. 584.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable Jacket. First Edition. The copyright page has 'First Published July 1938'. No additional printings are indicated. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Spine faded, gift inscription in ink, Very Good. No Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Spine faded, bookplate, previous owner's signature in ink, Very Good. No Dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprinted July 1938. Good condition book fair condition DJ not price clipped. DJ is chipped at top of spine approx 1/4" x 1", small chip near the same area, right hand corner chipped approx 1.5" x 1", small chip top back, a tiny chip botom right hand side. 584 pages browning good and clean with clear print. Minor foxing on edge of pages. On page 95 there is a hole near the margin (not a worm hole) a mishap from previous owner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Half-inch deep chipping to jacket at top of spine.

Condition: Fair. 1938. Reprinted. 584 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Moderate liquid staining to fore edges textblock. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is darkened. Visible wear and water marks to boards. Boards are bowed.

Condition: Good. 1938. Reprinted. 584 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Very light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Subtle cracking to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall, as well as to joints. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ex-Library,

Cloth. Condition: Generally Good. No Jacket. For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. This book is in very good condition. The pages are generally in good condition. Boards are generally clean. Binding is tight. Buying more than one book will save on postage costs. We have split our books into 70 + categories. Size: 6" - 9.25" Tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. For extra pictures of the more valuable books, please press the 'Ask Bookseller A Question' button. This book is in really good condition. pages are excellent. cover is also very good. Size: 6" - 9" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Worn. No Jacket. Reprint. Being a study of the Life, Heritage and Abdication of H. R. H. The Duke of Windsor, K.G.

Condition: Good. 1952. Reprint. 591 pages. Blue & cream jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 584pp, fair copy blue cloth spine, very slightly spotted but complete tight copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Being a Study of the Life, Heritage and Abdication of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor. Illustrated. 2nd imp. London (Chatto & Windus) 1952. About fine.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fair - Worn. First. The Heritage, Life, and Abdication of H. R. H. The Duke of Windsor. K.G.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair-good. Reprinted. 584 pages.

Condition: Good. 1938. Hardcover. Clean copy in original cloth covers with gilt title to spine. Covers well worn and with some markings to boards. No dust wrapper. Minor wear to binding but remains a good reading copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

The Windsor Tapestry by Compton Mackenzie. Published by Rich & Cowan Ltd., London, 1938. Early same-year reprint. Original blue cloth with original dust jacket. A study of the life, heritage and abdication of H.R.H. The Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII). Condition: Clean and sound copy with light age wear. Dust jacket present with some rubbing and edge wear. Pages clean with mild occasional foxing. Binding firm. An attractive pre-war royal history title concerning the abdication crisis. Published July 1938; reprinted July 1938.

Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 584 Pages. 24th September 1938 written on front free endpaper. Blue cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to spine. Some wear to top & Bottom of spine (see photo). Heavy book (over 1 Kilo) so postage will be a bit extra Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Fair. 1938. 3rd Printing. 591 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining to rear board.

Linen Covered Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Biography of King Edward VIII, set against the backdrop of world events, which aroused controversy at the time of its publication in 1938 as the Duke's solicitors issued a statement that he would not approve the contents of any biography. 584pp. Some bumping to spine and corners, left hinge starting to pull and former owner's name to pastedown, otherwise good ready copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Very good with lightly faded spine, light soiling, an ink notation on the front endpaper, lacking the dustwrapper.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and foxed dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Some foxing to the edges of text and marginally to preliminary and final leaves. Remains a tight, strong and well-preserved copy overall. Physical description; ix, 584 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects; Windsor, Edward, Duke of (1894-1972). Great Britain -- History -- Edward VIII, 1936. Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. Princes -- Great Britain -- Biography. 3 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 584pp. Neat bookplate of Joseph Halle Schaffner on front pastedown, one small patch of sunning on the spine, final few leaves irregularly creased at the corner (likely a binder's error), else near fine in a dustwrapper that would be near fine with some toning and light edgewear save for a triangular chip at the head of the spine. Still a nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. x, 584pp. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Signed by Compton Mackenzie on the half title page. 8vo. Cloth is a little worn and marked, lightly pushed at ends of a lightly sunned spine. Scuff at base of front hinge and some faint and occasional spotting on first and last few leaves else internally neat, clean and tight. A near contemporary account and analysis of Edward VIII, later the Duke of Windsor, and the abdication crisis of 1936.