ROYALTIES OF THE WORLD. BEING A SERIES OF PORTRAITS IN COLOUR OF REIGNING FAMILIES OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD, WITH MONOGRAPHS BY RUDOLF DE CORDOVA
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1901. Early Edition. Quarto; 96 pages; VG-; three-quarters dark purple bonded leather binding over pebbled cloth boards with gilt titling to front cover and spine and gilt tooling to all faces; some shelfwear to covers, including scuffs, rubbing, chips, slightly exposed boards, and a four-inch split from the head at the front hinge bisecting the spine below the title; textblock clean with red speckling on all edges; inscribed with an illustration reading "To Lucy From Charlie 5 Nov. 1901" on pre-title; full color plates from photographs throughout; one item of ephemera loose within, a pamphlet titled "Reply of His Majesty the King to an Address from the School, July 1, 1911.", shelved above case 4. More