By John Pearson
London   Michael Joseph
9.5" by 6.5" [8]. ix, [6], 4-307pp
The first edition of this biographical history for the Royal House of Windsor, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper and signed by the author to the half-title page.
By John Pearson

1986 The Ultimate Family: The Making of the Royal House of Windsor

London   Michael Joseph
9.5" by 6.5" [8]. ix, [6], 4-307pp
The first edition of this biographical history for the Royal House of Windsor, presented in the original unclipped dust wrapper and signed by the author to the half-title page.
£80.00
: 0.75kgs / : 820D19

What Our Customers Say...

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed, With Dustwrapper

First Edition, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. 

With an ink inscription to the half-title page which reads 'Deborah, with much love from the old author, ever, John. March 86'. 

Illustrated with a family tree of the Royal House of Windsor to the paste downs and endpapers as well as twenty-four pages of photographs throughout the text.

This is a wonderful biographical account of the Windsor family, which focuses particularly on the 'making of their royal house'. 

Contents fall under three headings, those being 'Foundations', 'Decline', and 'Revival', with chapters such as 'Queen Mary and the Sacred Kingship', 'The Snowdon Factor', and 'A Megastar is Made'. 

Written by John Pearson (1930-2021) an English novelist and biographer. He wrote a range of biographies on figures such as Ian Fleming, the Sitwells, as well as the Kray twins. 

Collated, complete.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minimal bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper is also excellent, with minimal edge wear to the wraps and a few marks to the front of wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Ink inscription to the half-title page.

Very Good Indeed

Delivery & payment

We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details