‎VANDERCOOK John W.‎
‎Black Majesty.‎

‎Album Souvenir des Funérailles du Roi Edouard VII. Recueil de Journaux et Documents - Souvenir Album of the Funeral of King Edward VII. Collection of Newspapers and Documents : The Daily Mirror. N°2048 20 May 1910 : The Kaiser arrives - Evening Standard and St James Gazette n°26794 May 19, 1910 : Kaiser's arrival ; Official Programme of the Funeral Procession of his late Majesty King Edward VII, Friday May 20th 1910 ; ; The Sketch Double number May 11 1910. The Death of King Edward VII ; The Graphic Specla Number 2110A May 11, 1910, The Life of King Edward VII ; The Graphic. An illustrated weekly newspaper. Saturday May 14, 1910. King George V driving to St James's Palace to hold his first council ; The Sphere, n° 538, May 14, 1910 : Edward VII 1841-1910 ; The Illustrated London News double number. May 14, 1910, n° 3708 ; The Graphic. An illustrated weekly newspaper. n° 2112 Saturday May 21, 1910 : King Adward last sleep at Buckingham Palace ; Black & Whit May 21st 1910. A Nation in Mourning. In Memoriam ; The Graphic 2112A May 24 1910. Funeral of Edward VII ; The Sphere. n° 540 May 28, 1910 : Funeral Number. Edward the Peacemaker ‎

‎1 vol. in folio reliure pleine toile grise, format 42 x 33 cm, blason collé au premier plat avec devise "Dieu et mon droit", Album Souvenir des Funérailles du Roi Edouard VII. Recueil de Journaux et Documents - Souvenir Album of the Funeral of King Edward VII. Collection of Newspapers and Documents : The Daily Mirror. N°2048 20 May 1910, 16 pp. : The Kaiser arrives - Evening Standard and St James Gazette n°26794 May 19, 1910 : Kaiser's arrival, 20 pp. ; Official Programme of the Funeral Procession of his late Majesty King Edward VII, Friday May 20th 1910, 4 ff. ; ; The Sketch Double number May 11 1910. The Death of King Edward VII ; The Graphic Specla Number 2110A May 11, 1910, The Life of King Edward VII ; The Graphic. An illustrated weekly newspaper. Saturday May 14, 1910. King George V driving to St James's Palce to hold his first council ; The Sphere, n° 538, May 14, 1910 : Edward VII 1841-1910 ; The Illustrated London News double number. May 14, 1910, n° 3708 ; The Graphic. An illustrated weekly newspaper. n° 2112 Saturday May 21, 1910 : King Adward last sleep at Buckingham Palace ; Black & Whit May 21st 1910. A Nation in Mourning. In Memoriam ; The Graphic 2112A May 24 1910. Funeral of Edward VII ; The Sphere. n° 540 May 28, 1910 : Funeral Number. Edward the Peacemaker ‎

‎Bel album souvenir, recueillant de nombreux journaux et magazines de l'époque, et provenant de la bibliothèque d'Ernesta Stern (1854-1926) alias "Maria Star", écrivain fameuse pour son salon du Faubourg Saint-Honoré où elle accueillit notamment Marinetti ou Marcel Proust. Née Maria Ernesta Hierschel de Minerbi, elle épousa le banquier Louis Stern. Beautiful souvenir album, collecting many newspapers and magazines of the time, and coming from the library of Ernesta Stern (1854-1926) alias "Maria Star", famous writer for her salon in Faubourg Saint-Honoré where she notably welcomed Marinetti or Marcel Proust. Born Maria Ernesta Hierschel de Minerbi, she married the banker Louis Stern.‎

‎Crests of our Imperial Forces (colored map with crests and badges); Crests of the British Army (colored map with crests and badges); The Coronation of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (40 p., richely illustrated in black-and-white); Crests & Badges of the Regiments of Yeomanry in Daily use (colored map). Lot of 4. ‎

‎ s.d. (ca. 1950), in-8vo, original wrappers.‎