Housekeepers Diary : Charles and Diana Before the Breakup by Wendy Berry - 1995

Barricade Books Inc, 1996. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Barricade Books Inc.; New York, 1996. Hardcover. Third Printing. A Near Fine, light tan boards and green buckram spine with silver lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bumped bottom spine edge, trace handling marks, in a Near Fine, trace handling/scuff marks to panels, mild edge/corner wear, neatly clipped front flap, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 186pp., color illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

New York: Barricade Books, Inc., 1995. This book was effectively banned in Britain, after (then) Prince Charles (now King Charles III) obtained an injunction preventing its publication. The author had worked for years for the Royal Family whose employees are prevented by law from writing about their experiences. An American publisher accepted Berry's memoir about Charles and Diana's troubled marriage and the book was published in the United States. Prince Charles obtained an additional injunction preventing Berry from profiting from the book, and Berry basically spent five years on the run outside the United Kingdom and earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from the book. An explanatory page in the book details the publisher's process for going ahead with publication despite the legal issues. The original dust jacket for the book - no jacket is included with this book - actually stated "Banned in Britain." 4th printing 8vo size hardcover with gilt titles on green cloth… Read More