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King's Counsellor: Abdication and War - The Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles
by Hart-davis, Duff
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0297851551
- ISBN 13
- 9780297851554
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Long awaited diaries of "Tommy" Lascelles, now published by permission of Her Majesty the Queen." He was the principle private secretary of King George VI, also trying for 8 years to make Prince Edward fit to be King and giving up the task as hopeless and resigning. Unique picture of the Royal Family during World War II. Illustrated with a few B&W photos. Black cloth cover with bright Gilt lettering on spine. 9 1/2" Tall, 900g. xvii (17) preliminary pages, Main text 462 pages. First Edition, First impression. This copy comes come with 2 relevant press cuttings (literary review etc). A post it note about them is lightly attached to endpaper, easily removed. Previous owner's lightly penciled inscription on ffep. No other inscriptions. Corner crease on one page. Jacket has very slight edge wear. Unclipped, original price £25. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019084
- Title
- King's Counsellor: Abdication and War - The Diaries of Sir Alan Lascelles
- Author
- Hart-davis, Duff
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0297851551
- ISBN 13
- 9780297851554
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MILITARY/WORLD WAR II/ROYALTY/EDWARD VIII/MILITARY
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About Cornish Books
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