BICKNELL, ANNA L.

The Story of Marie Antoinette

London, Fisher Unwin. 1897, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Portrait of Marie Antoinette to frontispiece and 27 other illustrations. Very decorative gilt designs and titles to front, back and to spine on tan cloth boards which are very bright with some wear to spine side and head and tail. Internally there is a neat inscription to front endpaper dated Christmas 1897, a booksellers small label to pastedown, age darkened endpapers with fore and lower edges uncut. An excellent detailed biography by the American Victorian biographer. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS A1C. Good TEG/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000091

Catalogue: French Revolution

Keywords: French Revolution

BUCKLEY, ERIC REDE

The Prisoner of Vincennes - the Early Life of Mirabeau; Spendthrift, Profligate and Prisoner

London, H. F. & G. Witherby. 1930, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black title to spine on green cloth boards which have a few minor marks and some wear to head of spine. Internally there is a small neat signature to front endpaper and some light foxing to closed edges and early and later pages. Portrait of Mirabeau to frontispiece and 2 other portraits. A Good + copy. A fascinating biography of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau - the French writer, orator and statesman. C3C. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000028

Catalogue: French Revolution

Keywords: French Revolution, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau

CHAMIER, J. DANIEL

The Dubious Tale of the Diamond Necklace

London, Edward Arnold. 1939, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title to spine on blue cloth boards which have fading to spine with small mark to front and a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Internally there is a neat signature to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Good + copy. 294 pages. Exact representation of the necklace and 7 portraits. The author is the pseudonym of Barbara Chamier. A fascinating account of the necklace mystery. 4. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000092

Catalogue: French Revolution

Keywords: French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, the Diamond Necklace, Jeanne de Lamotte, Louis de Rohan,

ADAMS, CHRISTINE AND CENSER, JACK R. AND GRAHAM, LISA JANE

Visions and Revisions of Eighteenth-Century France

Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania State University Press. 1997. (ISBN: 027101637X). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good + clean and unmarked copy which has a crease to front and back covers. viii + 214 pages. The book brings together 8 essays that offer innovative strategies for studying society and culture in 18th century France. Divided into 3 sections, the chapters map out current research paths in social, cultural and political history, and demonstrate a marked interest in the lives of ordinary French people of the time. Together, the essays show the many ways that the Old Regime and the Revolutionary Era were linked despite the dramatic events of 1789. 24. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008450

Catalogue: French Revolution

Keywords: French Revolution, Social History, Political History, Ancien Regime, 18th Century France 027101637x

FITTON, MARY

The Faithful Servant - Jeanne Louise Henriette Campan

London, Oldbourne. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Silver title on light blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean and unmarked. Portrait of Madame Campan to frontispiece from a pastel by J. Boze 1786. 254 pages. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket has some wear and is price clipped. Jeanne Louise Genet, Madame Campan was first chamberwoman and a faithful defender of Marie Antoinette. B2C. Very Good/Good.