HARDBACK, ?BIOGRAPHY,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1980* Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson.* Binding and cover condition: Dark green cloth, gilt title to spine. Very slight bumps, no rubs, minor shelf wear to top and bottom edges & to head & tail of spine. Slight spine lean. VG* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper, gilt titles & decoration to face and to spine. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, but shows no shelf price. Some shelf wear to top edges and to head of spine. Slight fade to spine. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Owners signature dated 1980 to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning. VG+.* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 219 pp. text. vi pp., index at rear.* Description: At a dinner party in Paris in the 1960?s a ?truth game? was being played. One of the guests was the Duke of Windsor, who when asked what he would wish for if he had one wish, turned to the Duchess and answered ?You.? Diana Mosley found this intriguing and telling: the starting point for her quest for an understanding of the Duchess of Windsor. She knew them both well during their long sojourn in France, and strove to get the inside story for this perceptive biography of Wallis. Her text is complemented by a remarkable series of pictures assembled by Jack Le Vien, the film producer, who worked so closely with the Windsors on the highly acclaimed film, ?A King?s Story.?* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st/1st with some slight faults in a VG protected dust jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1011
Title: Duchess of Windsor, (Copy 2).
Author: Mosley, Diana
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG+/VG/VG
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
ISBN 10: 028398628X
ISBN 13: 9780283986284
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
Place of Publication: London UK 224
Date Published: 1980-06-26

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