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Edwina Mountbatten.
de MORGAN, Janet
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London: HarperCollins,, 1991. First edition, first impression, handsomely bound. One of Britain's richest women when she married Mountbatten in 1922, Edwina became a tireless advocate for Europe's wounded and displaced during the Second World war, and with her husband's appointment as last viceroy of India, formed a passionate love affair with Nehru. Morgan's biography draws on hundreds of letters between Nehru and Edwina. Octavo (225 x 151 mm). Contemporary grey half morocco by Maltbys of Oxford, twin red morocco labels, gilt in compartments, grey cloth sides, light blue endpapers, top edge gilt; original dust jacket bound at rear. With 8 monochrome plates. Bookplate of Greek shipping executive Michael Matantos to front pastedown. A fine copy.
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- Peter Harrington
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- Edwina Mountbatten.
- Autor
- MORGAN, Janet
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- Usado
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- London: HarperCollins,
- Fecha de publicación
- 1991
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Peter Harrington
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Sobre Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
