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Arthur Barker, 1978 The story of the Battenberg / Mountbatten family. 163 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs throughout. Genealogical table. Previous owners signature o… More...

Arthur Barker, 1978 The story of the Battenberg / Mountbatten family. 163 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs throughout. Genealogical table. Previous owners signature on blank front endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy in near fine d/w. . Hard Cover. NF/NF., Arthur Barker, 1978, 4, London England: Michael O'Mara. Fine. 2009. First Edition. Decorative Illustrated Boards. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall Duodecimo 9781843173786 Hardcover Hardcover. First Edition. Battenburg Britain. Fray Bentos Pie and Smash, with Arctic Roll for afters....It might sound like a nutritionist's nightmare now but millions of us happily gew up eating meals like that in the 1960s and 1970s and the new convenience foods were a godsend to busy mums who'd had quite enough of rolling pastry, peeling potatoes and baking cakes. Even in the health-conscious new millennium, many of those childhood favourites are still with us. Feisty survivors on the supermarket shelves, they're the familiar comfort foods we know and love - our family history on a plate. From Bisto to Battenberg cake; Angel Delight to Fish Fingers - with a dash of spice and a soupcon of sauce, journalists Nigel Cassidy and Philippa Lamb serve up the often eccentric stories behind the foods a generation still secretly adores, and the colourful mustard, custard and syrup barons who invented them. Illustrated. Illustrated laminated boards. 128 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) ., Michael O'Mara, 2009, 5, Dutton. Good in Good dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0525160388 . 424 pages. DJ in protective plastic, good binding, nameplate on inside, endpaper has pencilled notations adding a few names and dates on the family tree. Illustrated with photos. Prince Louis of Battenberg (the first Mountbatten) ; ; ., Dutton, 1975, 2.5, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2007. An As New copy in and As New Dustjacket which is not price clipped. xi + 302 pages. 32 illustrations. Family charts of the Children of Queen Victoria, House of Erbach--Schonberg, House of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Grand Ducal House of Hesse-Darmstadt. The youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was a daughter, Beatrice, 'the last princess'. She hardly knew her father, who died when she was only four. But his shadow, and that of her mother's titanic grief, coloured the remainder of Beatrice's long life. When the Prince died, Queen Victoria turned to Beatrice for comfort and distraction. In time she came to rely on Beatrice absolutely, while also demanding her complete submission. Queen Victoria regarded Beatrice as both her companion and secretary, entrusting her to edit and bowdlerise the many volumes of her journal after her death - charge that occupied Beatrice for over 30 years. Despite her mother's determination to prevent her from so much as thinking of love, her guard eventually and at twent-eight Beatrice was allowed to marry handsome Henry of Battenberg. Like her mother Beatrice was a carrier of haemophilia. One of her three sons was a haemophiliac, and her daughter, Victoria Eugenie, in marrying Alfonso XIII of Spain transmitted the gene to the Spanish royal family with catastrophic results. L. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2007, 5, UK: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1990. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. For almost four decades Prince Philip has been the rock, the key foundation stone upon which Queen Elizabeth II has built her new House ofWindsor. He has been there, two paces behind and always in her shadow, a man apparently without power and with no recognized constitutional role. Yet he has become the most controversial member of the Royal family since - for different reasons - the Duke ofWindsor, and has done arguably more than any other royal this century to re-shape the face of British monarchy. He is an enigmatic character whose life has evolved around quite violent contrasts and contradictions, many of which emanate from his unsettled and impoverished early life. Born in 1921 to Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg, he was thrust into a nomadic existence when his family was banished from Greece, the country of his birth, where his father faced the threat of a firing squad. Handed around among relatives while Prince Andrew became a minor playboy on the French riviera and Princess Alice spent years in and out of nursing homes, Philip discovered the strong guiding force of his maternal uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten behind him. Determined to see a Battenberg married to the future Queen of England, Mountbatten played cupid in the budding romance between his nephew and Princess Elizabeth. Not even the Nazi ' affiliations of some close members of Philip's family would be allowed to stand in his way. : Mountbatten achieved his ambition but it was his nephew who paid the price. He was pushed into ' the limelight yet was denied any specific role. Prince Philip vented his frustrations in many ways, including a boisterous programme of relaxing activities with his newly acquired collection of boats, planes, cars and horses. Conversely, he was also determined to do much more than live the life of the idle rich. Espousing various causes, such as industrial reform and the Worldwide Fund for Nature, he has never had any problem in making his views known. Indeed, he has been hectoring : the nation with his outspoken, often rude and intolerant remarks since the day he moved into Buckingham Palace and these alone will ensure him a place in the history books. But ultimately, he will be remembered for his role in re-shaping the monarchy. Although constitutionally he does not exist, in private he has been the power behind the Throne and exerted total control over his family, Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1990, 3, London: Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1980. Third Impression 1981. Hardcover. Burgundy Boards with Gilt Lettering on Spine. Original, Very Good Condition/good, Protective covered. Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900 - 1979) was a British nobleman, statesman, and military officer. Born and known until 1917 as Prince Louis of Battenberg, then named Lord Louis Mountbatten until 1946, and then named Viscount Mountbatten of Burma until 1947. In August 1979, Mountbatten was assassinated by a bomb planted aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Richard Alexander Hough (1922 - 1999) was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history. He also wrote under the nom de plume Bruce Carter and wrote over 90 books in his career. 290pp. DJ not clipped, family tree illustrates end papers, no inscriptions, clean internally. [see image scan of actual book], Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1980, 2.75, New York, NY: Random House, 1965 Random House, New York. 1965. Hardcover. BOMC Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for former owner bookplate on FFFP. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Very Good +; light edge bumping at head, tail, and tips. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering and British flag on the spine and Mountbatten seal on the front board. Family Tree map present. 501 pp 8vo. Of German origin, the Mountbattens are the most important family in Great Britain, not because of their relationship to the Royal Family, whom they far outshine, but because by brains, energy, glamour, and determination they have made themselves so; Prince Louis, Lord Louis, and Prince Philip. A clean very presentable copy., Random House, 1965, 4, London: Guild Publishing, 1985. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Blue Boards with Gilt Lettering on Spine. Original, Good Condition/good, Protective covered. Also published 1985 by Collins. Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900 - 1979) was a British nobleman, statesman, and military officer. Born and known until 1917 as Prince Louis of Battenberg, then named Lord Louis Mountbatten until 1946, and then named Viscount Mountbatten of Burma until 1947. In August 1979, Mountbatten was assassinated by a bomb planted aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Philip Sandeman Ziegler CVO FRSL (1929 - ) is a British biographer and historian. In 1967 he resigned from the Foreign Service, and joined the publishers Collins. Originally intending to be a novelist, he began a career as biographer with his life of Talleyrand's lover, the Duchess of Dino. He was editor in chief at Collins from 1979 to 1980. He was chosen as official biographer of Edward VIII, for which he was appointed CVO. He has written in various journals and newspapers including The Spectator, The Listener, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and History Today. 786pp. DJ not clipped, no inscriptions, family tree illustrated on end papers, pages beginning to brown otherwise clean internally. [see image scan of actual book], Guild Publishing, 1985, 2.5, London : Lyric Books Limited , 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 160 p., illus., pedigrees, index (pale blue cloth, blue illus. dw., 12""). Notes; index. Contents; Victorian prelude -- Edwardian era -- Imperial Germany -- Habsburg twilight -- Tsar and revolution -- Revolutions and kings -- Spanish succession -- Royal high society -- All for love -- Ladies of Orange and Nassau -- Kings at war -- Greek dynasty -- Democratic monarchs -- H.M. Queen Elizabeth II -- Where are they now? Subjects; Austria -General:Peerage/Royalty. Belgium - General:Peerage/Royalty. Bulgaria - General:Peerage/Royalty. Denmark - General:Peerage/Royalty. Europe - General:Peerage/Royalty. Germany - General:Peerage/Royalty. Greece - General:Peerage/Royalty. Italy - General:Peerage/Royalty. Luxembourg - General:Peerage/Royalty. Netherlands - General:Peerage/Royalty. Norway - General:Peerage/Royalty. Romania - General:Peerage/Royalty. Russia - General:Peerage/Royalty. Spain - General:Peerage/Royalty. Sweden - General:Peerage/Royalty. United Kingdom - General:Peerage/Royalty. Yugoslavia - Genral:Peerage/Royalty. Austria. Battenberg (dynasty). Belgium. Bourbon (dynasty). Bulgaria. Denmark. Europe. Germany. Greece. Habsburg (dynasty). Hanover (dynasty). Hohenzollern (dynasty). Italy. Luxembourg. Mountbatten (dynasty). Netherlands. Norway. Romania. Romanov (Dynasty). Russia. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (dynasty). Schleswig-Holstein (dynasty). Spain. Sweden. Windsor (dynasty). Yugoslavia. Royal houses. Royal descent, Families of. Queens. Kings and rulers. Royal houses. Europe Kings and rulers. Europe Queens. Europe Kings and rulers. Europe., London : Lyric Books Limited, 1979, 0<

ISBN: 9780711100053

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