Description
Deluxe limited edition of A King’s Story by H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor.
Octavo, xvi, 440pp. Bound by in full green morocco by Zaehnsdorf, Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London and John P. Gray. Title in gilt on spine, five raised bands, royal coat of arms stamped in gilt on front cover, gilt-ruled turn-ins. Gilt top leaf with uncut edges. Complete with frontispiece and 22 full-page illustrations. Housed in publisher’s marbled cardboard slipcase, touch of shelf wear, solid binding. From a limited edition of 250 signed copies and 20 lettered copies, this being number 19.
An exceptionally rare example, with only two known copies in the full green morocco leather.
This is the British limited edition of the memoirs of Edward, the Duke of Windsor. They were bound in teal, green and crimson morocco by Zaehnsdorf, Sangorski & Sutcliffe and John P. Gray. The signed limited editions were published by Cassell and Company of London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons of New York and Garzanti of Italy, with the smallest limitation belonging to the Italian edition (50 copies).
