Private Lives of Kaiser William II And His Consort, 3v Limited Palace Ed, 1909

Description: Half brown morocco over marbled boards ruled in gilt with the spines in five compartments, spines lettered and decorated in gold; top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Title pages printed in red and black. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece of the Kaiser's private yacht, a facsimile of the Kaiser's signature on his stationery, and with five plates; volume two illustrated with a frontispiece of the Berlin Palace, and with six plates; volume three illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the Kaiser and the Kaiserin, and with five plates and a facsimile of the Kaiserin's signature on royal stationery. Number 79 out of 500 limited edition sets. From the papers and diaries of Ursula Countess von Eppinghoven, Dame Du Palais to Her Majesty the Empress-Queen. According to the publisher's note this American edition contains the entire original manuscript and additional chapters, making it a more complete edition than the Heinemann publication. The publisher calls this set the only secret history of a court ever published during the lifetime of the reigning monarch. A sharp set this work is of utmost importance to both the general reader and the student of history. The English edition was published by the London firm of William Heinemann and was confiscated throughout the Kingdom of Prussia. The English edition was expurgated and some 300 pages were omitted from the original manuscript. This American edition contains the entire original manuscript and in edition Chapters XX, XXI, XXII,XXIII, XXIV that follow, and which never before appeared in print, thus making a first complete De Luxe edition of the only secret history of a court ever published during the lifetime if the reigning monarch. 3 volumes.Outstanding binding with only very minor scuffsVery clean pages and nice tight binding, gold edge top pagesBy Henry W. Fischer, 1909

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