Description
Collector’s limited edition of Private Lives of Kaiser William II and His Consort by Henry W. Fischer, published in 1909.
Octavo, [three volumes], xix, [3], 241pp; v, [3], 243-503, [6]; vi, [2] 505-558, [6], 191pp, [5]. Three quarter red morocco, marbled paper covered boards with gilt trim. Title in gilt on spine, embellished with four raised bands, decorative compartments. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece portrait with notated tissue cover in each volume. Solid text blocks, bumped corners, light rubbing to marbled boards, a near fine set. Previous ownership inscription and stamp to front flyleaf of each volume.
One of 500 collector’s edition copies, this one numbered 202. Includes Berlin Palace note paper with letterhead and a facsimile signature from the Kaiser.
This work was developed from the papers and diaries of Ursula Countess von Eppinghoven, Dame Du Palais to Her Majesty the Empress-Queen. This work was originally published by Heinemann of London in 1906.
