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WINDSOR, EDWARD, DUKE OF] Concerning Cotton. A Brief Account of the Amalgamated Cotton Mills Trust Limited and its component companies. [London?]: Amalgamated Mills, [1920]? Scarlet morocco extra by Zaehnsdorf, dated 1920 on the turn-in, bound for Edward VIII as Prince of Wales, with the three feathers of that office gilt in the center, gilt and morocco overall, Tudor roses in the corners, moire silk endsheets, all edges gilt. 11 x 8 1/2 inches (28 x 21 cm); unpaginated, illustrated throughout. Light wear, with the 1988 Sotheby's "Duke & Duchess of Windsor" sale bookplate. The Duke of Windsor's copy, given to him as Duke of Wales before his accession to the throne on January 20, 1936 (gifted about 1920, based on the dated binding). Sold Sotheby's New York, Feb 23, 1998, , $3,750. C From the Collection of Walter Ward Jr.