Biography - French Royalty And Nobility from Goldring Books

London: The Harvill Press, 1948. Gold title on cream cloth boards which have age toning but no wear. Internally there is a small name and date to front endpaper, age toning to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has small losses, tears and chipping. xxix + 354 pages. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Edited… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2006. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. xxviii + 388 pages. 64 illustrations. Genealogical charts to endpapers. Antonia Fraser explores the rich dynamic that existed between Louis XIV and the many fascinating women who ornamented his personal life. This includes not only Louis's mistresses, principally… Read more about this item

London: Peter Owen, 1995. A Fine unmarked copy with gold title on green boards with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 256 pages. 7 illustrations. The life and tragic death of Marie Antoinette have over the centuries assumed almost mythical proportions. During her lifetime she was the 'Austrian whore', accused of every imaginable sexual and political crime, and… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Ljus Förlag, 1946. A little fading to front and a few minor marks to lower edge else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy. A Very Good + well kept copy considering its age. 399 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Prince de Bénévente, known since the turn of the 19th century simply by the name… Read more about this item

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1992. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. xxxiii + 340 pages. 6 illustrations. Translated by Deke Dusinberre. Foreword by Joseph Epstein. Sebastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort (1740-1794) whom Nietzsche called 'the wittiest of all moralists', is now known for little more than brilliant… Read more about this item

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1983. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xvii + 356 pages. 30 illustrations. First edition, first printing. This witty biography, much of which is based on previously unaccessible materials, is the first life of the Marquis de Lafayette that gives equal treatment to his American and French experiences.… Read more about this item

London: The Rubicon Press, 1987. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A new, vivid portrait of the celebrated Hortense Mancini, born in Italy, one of the most beautiful and fascinating personalities of the later 17th century. She was the favourite niece of Louis XIV's great minister, Cardinal Giulio Mazarin, and as a child the… Read more about this item

London: Thames and Hudson, 1977. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy which has a little light foxing to top edge. Translated from the French by Stanley Baron. 199 pages and 43 illustrations. The book is based on unpublished documents in France and Italy and not only provides new information on the formative years of the cardinal-minister but also… Read more about this item

New York: Roy Publishers, 1956. Gilt motif to front and gilt title to spine on red cloth boards which are very clean, unmarked with no wear. Internally there is an indentation mark left by a paper clip to front endpaper else very clean and unmarked. Dustjacket is chipped but complete G+. Not dated but probably 1956 as the British… Read more about this item

London: The Grolier Society, 1904. SCARCE EDITION DE LUXE LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES. Green cloth boards with paper title label which have age dulling to label else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a decorative bookplate of Partridges and monogram to front endpaper, age darkening to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Fore and lower… Read more about this item

London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1939. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which have fading to spine and to boards. Internally there is age darkening to endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. Translated by F. M. Atkinson. 349 pages. Portrait of the Empress to frontispiece and 8 other portraits. A1B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1884. Full title - The Very Joyous, Pleasant and Refreshing History of the Feats, Exploits, Triumphs and Achievements of the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach the Gentle Lord De Bayard. Based on the original memoirs of Bayard by his secretary under the modest designation of "le loyal serviteur" who, although not mentioned, was probably… Read more about this item

London: G.P. Puttnam's Sons Translated by Ethel Colburn Mayne. Not dated but circa 1920's. Photogravure portrait of Madame De Pompadour from a plumbago drawing by Greuze to frontispiece tissue protected. Gilt crest to front with gilt title to spine on blue/grey cloth boards. A light mark to front, light fading to spine and a touch of wear to spine head… Read more about this item

London: George Harrap, 1931. Blue title and decoration on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked but with spine detached but present. Internally very clean and unmarked. 399 pages. 108 illustrations plus illustrated chapter headings and end of chapters. Translated by Roger Abingdon. A most beautifully illustrated and erudite work but a volume let down by the detached… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1928. Gilt title to spine and blind embossed title to front on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with some bumping to corners. Internally there is a small set of initials to front endpaper, bookseller's labels to front pastedown and foxing to endpapers else clean and unmarked. 24 illustrations, 234 pages and publisher's catalogue. Overall A… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1965. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked. Internally clean and unmarked. 287 pages. Portrait of Caroline De Berry to frontispiece and 20 other illustrations. Covers Caroline De Berry, Marie D'Agoult, Eve Hanska and Marie Baskirtseff. Dust jacket chipped but complete. 14. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1908. Portrait of Marie Madeleine Pioche De La Vergne, Comtesse De La Fayette after a portrait by Ferdinand to frontispiece and 19 other illustrations. Gilt titles to covers and spine on green cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with just a touch of wear to spine head and tail.Internally there is some age darkening of endpapers, light… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, 1897. Gilt titles to front and spine with bevelled boards on blue cloth which have some light marks to back, a small nick to base of spine. Internally there is some staining to to top margins of a few pages else clean, tight and unmarked. New edition printed from American plates at the Aberdeen University Press. iv… Read more about this item

London: Smith , Elder, 1906. Photogravure portrait of Louis XIV to frontispiece tissue protected and 2 other portraits. Gilt titles to front and spine on salmon pink cloth boards. Slight nick of quarter inch to spine with a touch of light wear to spine head and tail and some fading. Internally there is some foxing to endpapers and frontispiece edges… Read more about this item

London: Cassell, 1971. Gold title on brown boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has wear to edges and is price clipped. xx + 329 pages. More usually spelt Lenclos. Among her lovers were the Great Conde and the Duc de Larochefoucauld. A1E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo -… Read more about this item