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Cowles, Virginia : The Rothschilds - A Family of Fortune

Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1979

ISBN 0297765388

4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Large Gilt motif to front with gilt lettering on light brown cloth. Dustjacket depicts coat of arms to front and painting of early Rothschild family to rear. Dustjacket very slightly chipped and slightly faded at edges. The definitive biography of the dynasty written with the co-operation of many Rothschilds in England and France. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.15 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 13. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good

COWLES, VIRGINIA: : The Rothschilds - A FAMILY OF FORTUNE

LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON 1973.

ISBN 0297765388.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,white background with colour pictorial family crest vignette illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with gilt,brown and black lettering,a 19thC Rothschild's familial colour painting illustrated rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - some nicks and/or closed tears to some edges and corners.Front lower corner with a 1.25" closed tear,top front corner minimally rubbed with some miniscule loss,a couple of small closed tears/nicks to top rear edges of dw/dj.Both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - otherwise pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp- cornered,publisher's original tan cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt amorial design from family crest,to front board, and bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and repeated brown+cream family members' generational,portraits' photographs and/or illustrations to the eps.A light,indeterminate liquid stain to foot of spine/backstrip spreading part way along foot of front bd's edge,with another further small circular spot liquid stain just above it.Stain concomitant to dw/dj's interior and not visible externally.UK, Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-304pp [paginated] includes 13 chapters,profusely illustrated with contemporary b/w+colour illustrations,along with b/w+colour biographical photographs,double-page genealogical family tree,notes and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title page, title page with acknowledgements to it's recto,dedication with sources of illustrations credits to it's recto,and a contents list/table with a b/w scenic, street photographic frntis to it's recto. Little did Napoleon suspect,when he invaded the principality of Hesse-Cassel in the autumn of 1806,that his action would foster the establishment of an empire which not only would grow stronger as his own waned but control the strings of Europe for over a century (and beyond that time!). The empire had been founded by Mayer Amschel Rothschild,a tall,gentle Jew from the ghetto at Frankfurt,a second-hand dealer with an interest in old coins,five talented sons and a dynastic dream.By the early 1820s his dream had become reality and his name was on its way to becoming a household word,synonymous with immense wealth,shrewdness and power.Not only were his sons - Amschel,Salomon,Nathan,Carl and James - enobled by the Austrian Emperor, but they became the eminences grises behind the major political and economic moves in Europe,which they watched and controlled from their strategically placed banks in Frankfurt,Vienna,London,Naples and Paris. They provided Wellington's army in the Iberian peninsula with gold bullion and later lent the money with which the British bought shares in the Suez Canal. Yet their greatest concern throughout the 19thC was to maintain the status quo in Europe,for it was only by keeping the peace between France,Britain,Prussia and Austria that the Rothschild banks could flourish as a whole.And though the banks eventually dwindled to three,the family went on making history,breaking social records and dealing successfully in that most precious of Rothschild commodities: sons. Bankers,members of Parliament,Zionists, collectors,patrons of the arts,builders of grandiose houses,entertainers of royalty, scientists,sportsmen,playwrights,wine-growers and eccentrics,these latter-day Medicis were never less than magnificent, whether they sat for Delacroix and Ingre, like Baron James and his beautiful wife Betty,bought their daughter a gold harp, like Nathan,drove a team of zebras down Picadilly,like Lionel Walter,made the Palestinian desert bloom,like Baron Edmond,or designed ambulances and put jam into tubes for the soldiers at the front during the First World War,like Baron Henri. Virginia Cowles' history of a brilliant and dazzling family is illustrated with thirty-two pages of colour and over 120 b/w portraits,paintings,drawings, caricatures and photographs,many of which have never been reproduced before. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight and value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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