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This is the original program from the 1976 Trooping the Colour, the annual celebration of Queen Elizabeth's official birthday. I don't know if everyone got this program; this one was given to those sitting in the House of Lords section. These images are scans. It is in mint condition, except for a tiny splash of tea on the lower left corner

This is a stated First American Edition of SMITHSONIAN MUSIC: THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL HISTORY, published in 2013. Through text and a massive number of images, it shows how music has evolved with human society, accompanying our leisure, religious rituals, and popular festivities. It begins with pre-history and before musical notation, when melodies were memorized or improvised and goes through historical… Read more about this item

This is an unopened copy of the Luxury Edition of Marie Antoinette, created by Edita Lausanne and published by Viking in 1971. It covers her entire life and contains masses of images, black and white and color, plus maps and letters, many of which are pull-outs. It is on very high-quality paper. It's an expensive book. It is still in the publisher's… Read more about this item

This is a first edition (1966) of I, The King, a best-selling work of non-fiction by the American writer Frances Parkinson Keyes (1885-1970). It tells the story of the Philip IV of Spain (1605-1665), an accomplished and talented man who gave us the Golden Age of Spanish culture--and then was blamed for the decline of Spain. His story is told… Read more about this item

This is a stated first US edition of Baron Philippe: The Very Candid Autobiography of Baron Philippe de Rothschild. Rothschild (1902-1988) co-wrote the book with his companion, the British writer and theater director Joan Littlewood (1914-2002) Philippe, Baron de Rothschild was a member of the Rothschild banking dynasty who became a Grand Prix race-car driver, a screenwriter and playwright,… Read more about this item

Vanity Fair, September 2012 Cover: Jessica Chastain See Table of Contents Scans Raf Simons Azzedine Alaia Stella McCartney Ralph Lauren Giorgio Armani Hedi Slimane Karl Rove John Fairchild 358 Pages The magazine hasn't been read, but there's a little bit of damage to the bottom right of each page from page 269 to the back.

Vanity Fair, January 2003 See Table of Contents scans 142 Pages Unread--Pristine Condition

Vanity Fair, November 2012 Cover: Daniel Craig See Table of Contents Scans 204 Pages The magazine is in near-mint condition. There's a little bit of creasing to the lower portion of pages 191-204.

Time Magazine, Sept 97 Prince Diana Commemorative Issue Mother Theresa See Table of Contents Scan Some wear, good condition

To mark the occasion of her 100th birthday in 2000, Toronto's Dundurn Press published this illustrated biography of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. It is an album-sized (8 1/2" x 11") commemorative keepsake, soft-cover. The text and 120 photographs are complemented by time bars, lists of her official tours, associations the Queen Mother was patron of, places… Read more about this item

Saturday Night was an excellent magazine that published from 1887 to 2005. It is now difficult to find a copy of it anywhere. February 1993: - Marriage Advice for Prince Charles & Princess Diana - How the Banks Withdrew from the Reichmanns - The Return of Choir Boy-Financier-Criminal Norman LeBlanc - Bret Hart & His Wrestling Family - John Irving Goes to a Macabre… Read more about this item

Vanity Fair May 2011 Cover: Rob Lowe See Table of Contents Scans 220 Pages Excellent condition. Minor wear.

Vanity Fair October 2004 Cover: Jude Law See Table of Contents Scans 370 Pages Excellent condition. Minor wear.

Vanity Fair April 2011 Cover: Robert Pattinson See Table of Contents Scans 200 Pages Unread, pristine

Born in the tumult of WWI amidst intense anti-German feeling, the House of Windsor has since rooted itself deep in the history and fabric of its nation. This is a directory, researched and written by royal biographer Kenneth Rose (1924 – 2014) of every member of the family, up to 1985, including the ones you've never heard of and many members… Read more about this item

This is a first printing of The Virgin Queen. Elizabeth I: Genius of the Golden Age. It was written in 1991 by the brilliant British 'pearl of biographers' Christopher Hibbert (1924-2008). The Elizabethan Age was an era of larger-than-life characters, mostly men. But dominating them all-through guile and directness, through procrastination and force of will, through intelligence and instinct, through a… Read more about this item

Vanity Fair, December 2010 Cover: Cher is Back See Table of Contents Scans 280 Pages Excellent condition: Very Minor Wear

February 1981 Cover: Lisa Ryall by Patrick Demarchelier 162 pages See Table of Contents Scan Inside: Snowdon Portraits: Lady Diana Spencer, Camilla Younger, Countess of Halifax et al Nancy Reagan Interview Decorator Tom Parr. Women & Alcoholism Arabella Boxer, Pamela Harlech Condition Note: On the top right corner of the front cover, there is a tiny drop of white-out that has dried. It will come off with a little glass… Read more about this item