This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...and has agreed to it.'" Great laughter, in which the ladies also joined. The deceased sovereign evidently stood badly in need of a wax candle to light up his head--more so, indeed, than even a certain uncle in Thuringia. (....) On Sunday, the 30th of September, Rottenburg came up to my room about noon, and said: "I ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...and has agreed to it.'" Great laughter, in which the ladies also joined. The deceased sovereign evidently stood badly in need of a wax candle to light up his head--more so, indeed, than even a certain uncle in Thuringia. (....) On Sunday, the 30th of September, Rottenburg came up to my room about noon, and said: "I have asked the Chief as to your going home, and he wishes you to stay at least for a few days longer, so that it may look like a visit, and not as if you had been specially summoned here for a purpose. How do you spell Commercy?" I replied: "With two 'm's' and a 'y.'" "He will probably question you about their stay there." I looked it up, and found that we had arrived at that place at 2 P.m. on the 23rd of August, 1870, and left it at noon on the 24th; that the Chief had had a conference with the King there, and that Waldersee and Alvensleben dined with us. Mentioned that to the Chief at lunch, when by the way, as on the previous day, he returned my greeting with a "Guten Morgen, Biischlein "; and when, among the other good things provided, a basin of peasoup with bacon was served up to me by the Princess's orders. This is a favourite dish of mine, as I happened to let out on Friday in the course of conversation on various delicacies. The Prince spoke of the Crown Prince's inadequate acquaintance with modern history, as shown by his reference in his Sept. 30, 1888 WILLIAM I. AND THE NEW IDEAS 207 diary to the Emperor and Empire as new ideas emanating from himself and his party. "That was the aspiration of many a German long before he was born. The Burschenschaft sang and drank to it immediately after the War of Liberation, and when I went to Gottingen those were the ideals I carried with me, and i...
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Volume 2. Being a diary kept my Moritz Busch during 25 years official and private intercourse with the great chancellor. Volume 2 of 3. Page edges uncut. Cover slightly worn, with gilt crest and library sticker on front cover. Backstrip darkened and slightly scuffed, with gilt title detail. Hardback, Ex-Library, with usual stamps markings, in good all-round condition, no dust jacket, 484pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 900grams, ISBN:
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Fair. Volume 1 only. The cover is rubbed and has tear at upper spine. Corners rolled. Pages are foxed, tanned and untrimmed. A good copy for its age. Acceptable: a readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes (in pen or highlighter) but notes cannot obscure the text. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. The book is octavo with good cloth boards with gilt illustrations, a backstrip with a small tear at the top and good binding. The text is clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Clean text; age toned; light foxing; edges worn; gilt on spine; spine splitting;
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Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Good cloth boards with gilt illustration, good backstrip with gilt lettering and good binding apart from a loose front board. The text is clean with slight foxing on the front and back pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 900grams, ISBN:
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New in New jacket. Lang: -English, Pages 540. It is the reprint edition of the original edition which was published long back (1898). The book is printed in black on high quality paper with Matt Laminated colored dust cover. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We tried to manage the best possible copy but in some cases, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or with black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Print on Demand.
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Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Re-bound by library. Octavo, blue cloth binding, gilt lettering on backstrip, shelf wear on backstrip, gilt stamping on covers, frayed pages, pages are clean, text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1050grams, ISBN:
