9780333100479 - Misfortunate Margravine von Wilhelmina, Margravine Of Bayreuth (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Boards are clean. Content is clean with light toning. Good DJ with some edge wear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. Cloth with a hint of foxing to foredge; in price-clipped jacket with publishers with publishers imprint label upside down at foot of spine. Plate illustrations in black & white reproducing period portraits, scenes. Forward by Pamela Hansford Johnson.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

1st.ed. . Dust jacket a little yellowed. The early memoirs of Wilhelmina, Margravine of Bayreuth, sister of Frederick the Great. Edited with an introduction by Norman Rosenthal and a foreword by Pamela Hansford Johnson. B&W illustrations Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Includes dust jacket. Small tear on front of dust jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Nearly Fine first printing of the first edition with little rubbing to the edges in a price-clipped and scuffed Near Fine dust-jacket; is a book about the early life of Wilhelmina, the last Margravine of Bayreuth. The Margravine was born on December 21, 1837, to Margrave Friedrich of Bayreuth and his second wife, Princess Therese of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was the youngest of five children. In 1853, when she was only thirteen, her father died and her mother became the Margravine. The Margravine and her mother had a difficult relationship and the Margravine was often left to her own devices. In 1866, her mother remarried, this time to Duke Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The Margravine was not happy with the new marriage and she frequently clashed with her stepfather. In 1871, the Margravine married Count Friedrich von Wartenberg, a man she had met while travelling in Italy. The Margravine and Count Friedrich had two children; 8vo; 320 pages.