WIFE TO THE GREAT BUCKINGHAM By Hilda Lewis. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1960). First U.S. edition, first printing. "First American edition 1960" statement to the copyright page, $4.00 to the jacket's flap. A biographical and royal character-filled historical novel featuring Catherine Manners, who married ambitious and wild philanderer George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham. Well-preserved and in presentable, collectible condition. Fine, square, tight and probably unread in blue linen with embossed white titles and red decorations to the spine; in a near fine dust jacket with a very small surface rub to the lower spine end, and with tiny rubbed tears and creases to the upper spine edge. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear, removable, protective sleeve, after scanning for this entry. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!