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Welcome to Philabooks|Booksellers! We specialize in The Arts; books about The New Yorker, Equestrianism, and Fashion; and works by and about John O'Hara and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. We also offer an extensive general catalogue • Philabooks@yahoo.com • Since 1999 in Centre City Philadelphia, Celebrating Our 25th Year • Richard Carreño © MMXXIV· Empowered by WritersClearinghouse • Founded by Richard Carreño and Ralph Carreño •

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3. Most orders will be mailed USPS via Media Mail at cost. Shipping for bundled orders are cheaper. Extra services, including Priority Mail, international mailing, and UPS delivery, insurance, add cost. All orders of $49.99 and more include insurance at our discretion, unless pre-paid.
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DUKE DUCHESS OF WINDSOR COLLECTION

CHECK OUT OUR ONE-OF-A-KIND WINDSOR COLLECTION!
Autobiographies
Heart Has its Reasons, The
Memoirs of the Duchess of Windsor, VG, $14.99
King's Story, A., Windsor, Duke of, VG/VG Some wrapper tears, Bookplate Wrappers in protective plastic wrap, 1951, $24.99
Windsor Revisited, Windsor, Duke of, VG/VG Some wrapper tears In plastic protective wrap, FIRST Bookplate, $39.99
_____, LN/NW Hardback Bookplate 2nd edition, $14.99

Biographies
Abdication: The First Full Account of Edward VIII's Agony and Crisis, VG, $14.99
Cards the Windsors Hold, Leeds, Stanton B., VG/VG Wrappers covered in plastic protective wrap, FIRST Bookplate, Embossed, Previous owner's sig, 1937, $29.99
Conspriracy of Crowns, De Marigny, Alfred, LN/LN Bookplate, 1990, $20.99.
Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor, Spoto, Donald, LN/LN Bookplate, 1995, $9.99
Duchess, Birmingham, Stephen, LN/LN, 1984, $19.99
Duchess of Windsor, Bloch, Michael, LN, $19.99
Duchess of Windsor. Higham. Charles, G/G Ex Libris Bookplate, 1988, $3.99.
_____, LN/LN Bookplate, 1988, $9.99
Duchess of Windsor, The, Mosley, Diana, LN/NW FIRST US edition, 1980, $14.99
Duke of Windsor's War, The, Bloch, Michael, VG/VG Inscription Bookplate, 1983, 9.99.
Edward and Mrs. Simpson, Smith, A.C., LN/VG Front wrapper tear FIRST Brit Edition 1978, $44.99
Edward VIII, Donaldson, Frances Lonsdale, LN/G Bookplate Torn wrapper Otherwise LN Rare FIRST Brit edition, 1978, $24.99.
_____, LN/LN Bookplate,1975,$9.99
Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, Maine, Basil, VG/NW 3td Brit edition circa 1937, $24.99.
Gone with the Windsors, Brody, Iles, VG, $4.99.
King Edward VIII, Bolitho, Hector, VG, $24.99.
King Edward VIII, Ziegler, Philip, LN/LN Bookplate, 1991, $9.99.
King of Fools, Parker, John, LN/VG Smudge on fron wrapper 1989, $14.99.
King Over the Water, Pye, Michael, LN/VG Wrapper frayed at spine FIRST US edition 1981, $19.99.
Last of the Duchess, Blackwood, Caroline, LN/LN FIRST Bookplate Wrappers in plastic protective wrap, 1995, $34.99.
_____, VG/NW Paper Bookplate $14.99
Long Live the King, Acland, Eric, VG/NW Bookplate FIRST Canada edition, 1936, $14.99.
Newsweek Condensed Books (Including The Windsor Story), VG, $2.99.
Operation Willi, Bloch, Michael, LN/LN Bookplate, 1986, $26.99.
Plot to Kill Wallis Simpson, The, Fisher, Graham, LN/LN Bookplate Otherwise LN, 1989, $14.99.
Royal Feud, Thornton Michael, LN/LN Bookplate FIRST, $18.99.
Secret File of the Duke of Windsor, The, Bloch, Michael, LN/LN FIRST Brit edition, 1988, $11.99.
_____, LN/LN Bookplate, 1988, $9.99.
Six Men, Cooke, Alistair, VG/VG Bookplate Includes the Duke of Windsor, $9.99
Wallis and Edward, Letters, edited by Bloch, Michael, LN/VG First, 1988, $24.99.
Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes, Lessor, James, VG/NW Hardback 1983, $14.99.
Who Killed Society, Amory, Cleveland, G/G, FIRST Weak spine, Torn wrappers, Bookplate Previous owner's sig, 1960, $4.99.
Windsor Story, The, Murphy, John Charles Vincent, LN/VG Chipped wrapper Bookplate News obit of author pasted to frontispiece, $14.99.
Windsor Style, Menkes, Suzy, LN/VG FIRST USA edition, Inscription, Bookplate, 1988, $74.99.
Windsor Tapestry, MacKenzie, Compton, VG/NW Hardcover FIRST, Bookplate, 1938,$24.99.
_____, VG/G Mottled, torn wrappers covered in plastic wrap FIRST Bookplate, $44.99.
Windsor Years, The, Kincross, Patrick Balfour, LN/NW Paper Worn fron wrapper, 1980 $14.99.
Woman He Loved, The, Martin, Ralph G., LN/LN Bookplate, 1974, $4.99.
Woman Who Would be Queen, The: A Biography, Bocca, Geoffrey, VG/VG, Bookplate, Book Club Wrappers in plastic protective wrap, $9.99.
_____, VG/NW Hardback, FIRST?, $4.99

Fiction
Dance on a Sinking Ship, Kilian, Michael, LN/VG, FIRST Bookplate, $3.99.
Famous Last Words, Findley, Timothy, LN/NW Paper Bookplate, $9.99
Gone with the Windsors, Graham, Laurie, VG/NW, Bookplate Uncorrected Proof, Some reviewer markings, $9.99.
In Secret Service, Silver, Mitch. LN/LN Bookplate, $9.99
Long Live the King, Rowe, John, FIRST, Bookplate, 1984, $4.99.
Spy Went Dancing, The, Countess of Romanones, Aline LN/VG Chipped front wrapper Bookplate, $14.99.
_____, LN/LN Ex Libris Bookplate, $7.99
Wallis, Edwards, Anne, LN/LN, 1991, $14.99.

AUTOGRAPHS

Celebrities, Artists, Politicians, Literary, Media, Etc.
Unless otherwise noted, enquire regarding price
ARTISTS, ET AL.
ALLEN, Woody (Actor, director) ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
ANDREWS, Julie (Actress) ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
AZNAVOUR, Charles (French singer)
DENEUVE, Catherine (French actress) ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
HOPE, Bob (Photograph) ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
MAWICKE, Tran (Brooks Brothers catalog cover artist)MERKIN, Richard (signed ''Richard'')
BUSINESS LEADERS
GIEVE R.J.W (Vice Chairman, Gieves & Hawkes, tailors)WESTON, Galen (Canadian businessman)
CELEBRITIES, ET AL.
BENNETT, James V. (General Manager, former Ritz Hotel, Boston)
BESSBOROUGH, Mary, Countess (Letter)
FORD, EILEEN (Ford Models, Inc., Letter: 12.8.75)
LOBB, Eric (John Lobb, London)
LOVE, Mike, Beachboys singer ***NOT FOR SATE AT THIS TIME***
MELLON, Paul (Letter, postcard)
RANDALL, Tony (Actor)
REILLY, Frank T. (Former president, Brooks Brothers)SZATHMARY, Louis (Chef)
TELLER, of Penn and Teller (Comedians)
WESTON, Galen (Letter)
EDUCATION
POLK, Bill (Groton School headmaster)
LITERARY
ACKROYD, Peter (Biographer, Author)
ALLEN, J.A. (Publisher/Two letters)
BRUCCOLI, Matthew J., (Biographer, editor)
BRYAN, J. III (Author)
DOUCET, Cordelia (editor, HorsePlay Magazine)
FUSSELL, Paul (Historian, Literary/Societal critic)
GOTTLIEB, Robert (Former editor, The New Yorker)
GREEN, Ashbel (Alfred A. Knopf editor)
HARBINSON, Robert (Two letters re Henry ''Chips'' Channon)MANN, Charles (late chief, Rare Books and Special Collections, PA State University)
McSHANE, Frank (Biographer of John O'Hara)
MEREDITH, Scott (Literary agent)
MORGAN, Ted (Author)
POWELL, Violet (Author, wife of Anthony Powell)
SPOONER, John D. (Author)
VIDAL, Gore (Author)
MEDIA
AUTH, Tony (Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Cartoon)
BRUNO, Hal (ABC News analyst)
EVANS, Harold Sir former editor, The Times, London)FENTON, Thomas T. (CBS News correspondent, London)GELB, Arthur (Former New York Times metro editor, literary biographer)
GRAHAM, Donald E. (Publisher, The Washington Post)JANEWAY, Michael, former editor, The Boston Globe
MOSELEY, Ray (Late correspondent, Chicago Tribune, London)
SAFIRE, Bill (New York Times columnist)
SALISBURY. Harrison (Late New York Times reporter, editor)SCHADLER, Jay (ABC News correspondent) ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
WEEKS, Edward, Editor, The Atlantic Monthly (Two letters)POLITICIANS, ET AL.
ANGELTON, James (Accused CIA operative/Two letters)BLANCO, Kathleen Babineaux (Louisiana Governor)CAMPBELL, Kim, Former Canada Prime Minister (Only female Canadian PM)
CHANNON, Paul (RT Hon Lord Kelvedon)
DALEY, Richard M., (fils) mayor of Chicago (Photograph)DODD, Christopher (Connecticut senator)
FORD, Betty ( Former First Lady) ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
FREUDENTHAL, Dave (Wyoming governor) ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
GEJDENSON, Sam, Former Connecticut congressman (Letters, Photographs)
HART, Gary (Former Colorado ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
NORQUIST, John O. , Milwaukee mayor (Photograph) RENDELL, Ed (Former PA governor and Philadelphia mayor, Photograph)
RILEY, Bob (Alabama governor, Photograph)
SIMPSON, Sen. (Former Wyoming senator) ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
SMITH, Rt Hon Chris, MP (Letter re homosexuality and the House of Commons)
SUDELEY, Rt Hon The Lord ('Sudeley' on House of Lords letterhead)
WEICKER, Lowell, Former Connecticut governor ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
WELD, Bill , Former Massachusetts governor, author
SCIENCE
WASHBURN, Bradford (Honorary Director, Boston Museum of Science) ***NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME***
SPORTS
THOUTSIS, Paul (Pawtucket Red Sox)
RIGBY, Cathy (gymnast and actress)WINANTS, Peter, Director (National Sporting Library)
'DEAD' NEWSPAPERS
The following are letters on the original letterhead of former newspapers. Each sample is $1.99, unless otherwise noted. Enquire re letter contents and dates.
Bulletin, Philadelphia
Chicago Daily News
Courier-Journal, Louisville
Times Evening
Sunday Bulletin, Philadelphia
Evening Star-The Sunday Star, Washington
Kansas City Star, Kansas City
TimesKnight-Ridder Newspapers, Inc., Miami
Menswear, London
Milwaukee Journal
Montreal Star
National Observer, Washington
New Yorker
New York Herald Tribune, European edition
New York Herald Tribune, New York edition
New York Post (Prior Murdoch)News American, BaltimoreSmall Business Magazine, Worcester, MA
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Washington Star-News
Wigwag, New York

We also hold numerous signed by author books.

Lord of Hosts: The Life of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon

CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING'
Lord of Hosts: The Life of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon
Author: Richard Carreño
Publisher: PhilabooksPress
ISBN: 978-1-257-37529-5Hardcover 178 pp $29.99
Publication: April 2011
Press Contact: Philabooks@yahoo.com
Website: www.LORDofHOSTSChipsChannon.webs.com

HE WAS A friend of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Fabulously rich. Married to a beautiful Guinness heiress. A Member of Parliament, an Oxford grad, a knight who owned London's most luxurious townhouse where he reigned as 'Lord of Hosts.'
Sir Henry Channon III, pre-war Britain's most eminent and outrageous pre-war politician and Society doyen, was also American-born and gay -- with lovers ranging from playwright Terrence Rattigan to the Duke of Kent, King George VI's brother.
Remembered as the irreverent 'Chips,' Channon is best known as a diarist, the proverbial 'fly on the wall.' The 'wall,' in Chips' case, being the halls of Parliament, the apartments of the rich and powerful, and his own pleasure dome at No. 5 Belgrave Square. Channon's memoirs, compiled in a single volume more than 40 years ago as Chips: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon, offer a compelling view of the tumultuous period from the 1930s through War World II. At least, for historians.
For most of the rest of us, Chips, whose preposterous adventure starts in Chicago en route to Paris, Oxford, and finally to London where he died in 1958, has just been a footnote. Quite literally. In scores of period histories. To be sure, a tantalising footnote. But a footnote, nonetheless.
It was a tale never fully fleshed out. Until now.
American author Richard Carreño takes the Chips saga to another dimension in a first-ever, full-length biography of Britain's 'last' courtier. Especially so, since Carreño's Lord of Hosts: The Life of Sir Henry 'Chips' Channon makes it plain that some of the best and most scandalous bits of Channon's life were censored from the posthumous, official diaries. The result, thanks to Carreño, is Chips' unofficial joyride, a reckoning of power, sex, drugs, and wealth -- and even skulduggery regarding the very publication of the diaries themselves.
Carreño researched Lord of Hosts, over several years, in Chicago, New York, and in Paris, as well as in Britain. Based in Philadelphia, he is a free-lance writer, academic, and bookseller. His other books include Clotheshorse: A History and Guide to Riding Apparel, also published by PhilabooksPress. The author's website is www.RichardCarreno.blogspot.com.

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