Shelfmark
CS.1364.21
Author
Uniform title
[Einsame König. English]
Title
A royal recluse : memories of Ludwig II. of Bavaria / by Werner Bertram ; translated by Margaret McDonough ; with coloured frontispiece, 20 coloured and 16 black-and-white plates.
Edition
1st.- 4th. thousand.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Munich : Martin Herpich & Son, [ca. 1936]
Physical description
271 p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 19 cm.
Note
"All the plates in this book are from original photographs taken by the publishers Martin Herpich, Munich. They can also be obtained singly"--T.p. verso.
Note
"To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of the ill-fated king: 13th June 1936. Written in deepest reverence and devotion"--P. [3].
Provenance
Ms. inscription in pencil on front flyleaf from previous owner reading: "Wilfrid Blunt. Sep. 1950".
Binding
20th century faded blue cloth binding; silver lettering and a pasted illustration of Ludwig II of Bavaria enclosed in a silver border on front board; silver lettering on spine; light brown endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Contains occasional handwritten annotations in ink and pencil in the margins and endpapers, as well as underlining on some pages.
Copy-specific note
Loosely inserted a piece of paper used as a bookmark, with the following typewritten text: "possible that he suddenly realised, at the eleventh hour, that".
Copy-specific note
Label of bookseller Heinrich Hugendubel (Salvatorplatz in München).
Subject
Subject
Bavaria (Germany) Politics and government 1777-1918.
Subject
Bavaria (Germany) History 1777-1918.
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Added entry--name
McDonough, Margaret translator.
Added entry--name
Blunt, Wilfrid, 1901 - 1987 former owner.
Added entry--name
Martin Herpich & Sohn publisher.
Added entry--name
Heinrich Hugendubel bookseller.
Added entry--place
Germany Munich.
Language code
eng ger
Identifier
B53423