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London: Arcadia Press / Garnstone Press. VG: in very good condition in red and gilt cloth slipcase. Tooled gilt with crown insignia to front covers and gauffered edges. Watered silk end-papers. Rubbing and marking to slipcase and covers. Aeg. 1973. Limited Edition [3/55]. Royal blue hardback morrocco leather covers with tooled gilt embellishments. 330mm x 250mm (13" x 10"). xix, 1086pp; vii, 394pp + plates. Colour frontispiece + 47 b/w plates. Signed 'Mountbatten of Burma A F' on title of volume I. Bound by Zaehnsdorf of London for the Arcadia Press - a handsome set. Limited Edition No. 3 of 55 copies (numbers 51-55 of these not for public sale). Traces all the descendents of King George III of Great Britain & Ireland. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .
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The Book of Kings A Royal Genealogy. In Three Volumes: Royal Houses, The Royal Families, Plates and Indexes. Signed copy Hardcover - 1973
by McNaughton, Arnold [comp.]; Mountbatten of Burma, Earl [foreword]
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- Title The Book of Kings A Royal Genealogy. In Three Volumes: Royal Houses, The Royal Families, Plates and Indexes. Signed copy
- Author McNaughton, Arnold [comp.]; Mountbatten of Burma, Earl [foreword]
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Limited Edition
- Publisher Arcadia Press / Garnstone Press, London
- Date 1973
- ISBN 9780902745032
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The Book of Kings A Royal Genealogy. In Three Volumes: Royal Houses, The Royal Families, Plates and Indexes. Signed copy
by McNaughton, Arnold [comp.]; Mountbatten of Burma, Earl [foreword.]
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The Book Of Kings. A Royal Genealogy; Compiled by Arnold McNaughton. Foreword by The Earl Mountbatten Of Burma
by McNaughton, Arnold [Lord Mountbatten of Burma]
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- Deluxe Limited Edition
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London: The Arcadia Press, 1973. Deluxe Limited Edition. Full leather. Near fine. Deluxe Limited Edition of The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, signed by Louis Mountbatten, Earl Mountbatten of Burma.. Small folio, [three volumes], xix, [1], 511pp [Vol. I]; [512]-1086pp [Vol. II]; 394pp [Vol. III]. Complete with 24 monochrome plates in Volume III. In publisher's royal blue morocco covers, gilt titles on spines, raised bands, gilt decorations on covers. Light toning to spines. Silk endpapers, decorative gilt turn-ins. All edges gilt. Publisher's red cloth slipcase, lined in velvet, royal crown stamped in gilt on sides. Bound by Zaehnsdorf of London for the publishers. This limited edition of 55 copies, of which 50 were offered for sale, was signed by Lord Mountbatten in Volume I. This is number 30 of 55. An incredibly attractive binding and presentation. This book contains detailed descriptions of the family trees of western European nobility. The Earl Mountbatten of Burma was a British naval…
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