1987 Crown & Camera Royal Family Photography 1842-1910 1st Edition Paperback
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Crown & Camera: The Royal Family and Photography 1842–1910, by Frances Dimond and Roger Taylor. An illustrated history of British royalty and early photography, drawn from the Royal Photograph Collection.
For collectors of royal memorabilia and historic photographs, this book deepens understanding of the people behind the formal portraits and the royal family’s role in encouraging photography.
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, it covers Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their descendants through the end of Edward VII’s reign. Photographs document family life, travels, public occasions and military subjects, alongside commentary on photographers, photographic techniques and royal collecting. Includes connections to European royalty, with photographs of the Russian imperial family.
Penguin Books, 1987. First paperback edition, published simultaneously with the Viking hardcover. Illustrated softcover. ISBN: 0140082611.
Condition
Good. Covers show surface rubbing, scratches, scattered small marks, edge wear and corner creasing. Small chip along the lower front-cover edge and sticker residue over the rear barcode. Light age toning and a small pencil notation on the introductory page. Interior pages shown are otherwise clean and well preserved. The signatures reproduced in the cover photograph and introductory statement are printed elements. Please review photographs for condition.
SKU D-3
1987 Crown & Camera Royal Family Photography 1842-1910 1st Edition Paperback
$40.50
For collectors of royal memorabilia and historic photographs, this book deepens understanding of the people behind the formal portraits and the royal family’s role in encouraging photography.
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, it covers Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their descendants through the end of Edward VII’s reign. Photographs document family life, travels, public occasions and military subjects, alongside commentary on photographers, photographic techniques and royal collecting. Includes connections to European royalty, with photographs of the Russian imperial family.
Penguin Books, 1987. First paperback edition, published simultaneously with the Viking hardcover. Illustrated softcover. ISBN: 0140082611.
Condition
Good. Covers show surface rubbing, scratches, scattered small marks, edge wear and corner creasing. Small chip along the lower front-cover edge and sticker residue over the rear barcode. Light age toning and a small pencil notation on the introductory page. Interior pages shown are otherwise clean and well preserved. The signatures reproduced in the cover photograph and introductory statement are printed elements. Please review photographs for condition.
SKU D-3