Item #011186 Italian Letters of A Diplomat's Wife: January-May,1880; February-April, 1904. Mary King Waddington.

Italian Letters of A Diplomat's Wife: January-May,1880; February-April, 1904

Boston and New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #011186

8vo., ix(1)324pp. Sharp First Edition of these letters from the wife of M. William Henry Waddington,(1826-1894), one time, albeit short-lived, Premier of France. Her correspondence highlights two separate residences in Rome. Bound in gilt-ruled navy cloth with titles in gilt on front board and spine. 24 illustrations including frontis portrait of Elena, Queen of Italy. Square, tight and clean throughout with no foxing and little if any toning. Some wear to spine ends and tips with a tiny bit of loss at the crown. Spine just starting to tone. Gilt quite bright. Bookplate on the front paste-down of Robert Peet Skinner, (1866-1960), the noted American diplomat, editor, and publisher who held a number of Consul General positions in the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations and published an account of his travels in Abyssinia on a trade visit with its King. An attractive collectbale copy.

Price: $65.00

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