I am a collector of Royal books worldwide

ronald biver · #1 10-15-2018, 10:33 PM

Hi, I am a collector of historical royal books worldwide, the European royal houses from the early 1800 to 1970's, I would like to share my knowledge with anybody who is interested in royal lives past & present. I have a collection of about 300 books of all royal & aristocratic families worldwide.

JR76 · #2 10-15-2018, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ronald biver

Hi, I am a collector of historical royal books worldwide, the European royal houses from the early 1800 to 1970's, I would like to share my knowledge with anybody who is interested in royal lives past & present. I have a collection of about 300 books of all royal & aristocratic families worldwide.

Welcome to the forums! If you want to share your knowledge and discuss royals you’ve come to the right place. Just jump right into the conversations and join our fun. :)

ronald biver · #3 10-16-2018, 01:19 AM

Thank you for your kind response, it give me more confidence to start straight away. Just received my latest pictorial book with beautiful old photos in german/english, the title is
"Das Furstliche Haus Hohenzollern", not cheap but worth it, it came from a Swedish royal book dealer Rosvall royal books, I have bought at least 20 photo books from Rosvall about different european royal houses through the five years period. Keep in touch.

CyrilVladisla · #4 10-16-2018, 08:15 PM

Bonjour, ronald biver! Do you have any books on the Imperial Hohenzollerns?

ronald biver · #5 10-16-2018, 09:33 PM

Hi CyrilVladisla, Just received a beautiful photo book On the Hohenzollern, it is called "Das Furstliche Haus Hohenzollern" german/english by Karen Kuel & Anette Hahnel, also a photo book of The Grand Dukes of Oldenburg by David McIntosh, Keep in touch!

Ronald

Osipi · #6 10-17-2018, 11:05 AM

I'm kind of late to the party but a warm welcome to you, Ronald Biver! With your extensive book list and knowledge of historical royal families, I'm sure you're going to be a huge asset to the various threads that discuss these people.

I'm impressed by your book list. I thought I was a huge collector of books but I realize I have a long way to go to catch up to you (which I think is a very good goal to have in life). I also want to pass on a tip. Sometimes when you're looking for a book, its hard to find them at the normal booksellers. I've found quite a few books for relatively cheap (they're used or were library books) at abebooks.com. I've even received quite a few books that have been signed by the author (although I'd have to change my name to pass it as being signed for me).

I hope you're finding The Royal Forums to be as interesting and informative as I do.

ronald biver · #7 10-17-2018, 03:34 PM

Hello there, did received your message, how many books have you got so far? Is it all about British & European royal houses or any favorite royal family? I love the Dutch royal
family & have a few historical & recent books about them, even a beautiful color book about opening of the Dutch parliament & of course my next favorites are the European houses including the minor royals & then the British & aristocratic family related to queen Victoria.Of course books of the rest of the world including a rare book about the historical Hawaiian royal family, also 3 European books signed by Arturo E Beeche, he has several books on royal families of Europe, have you heard of him? This is all about my collection of royal books and thank you for your interest of my collection, tell me next time about your book collection? Keep in touch!

Ronald

Osipi · #8 10-17-2018, 04:51 PM

Royal books that I have are mainly biographies of members of the British royal family in recent times. I'm nowhere near close to having the amount that you do when it comes to royalty related books but I do love the ones I have. If you really want an extensive biography on Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, William Shawcross has the best one available IMO. I also had to apologize to Martin, our diligent mailman, that had to tote this book around. I got the hard cover edition and this book ranks as the thickest and the heaviest book I have in my collection to date.

As far as European royalty goes, I've one book that covers a lot of the WWI era and how it affected royal houses called King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War by Catrine Clay. Very interesting book. Other than a biography of Princess Grace of Monaco, my library is lacking in European royalty books.

My main interest is in ancient civilizations and the people. How they lived, what they believed and what has passed down to us today. The further back in history I go, the more into the past before that I want to go. Its grand being an armchair time traveler.

CyrilVladisla · #9 10-17-2018, 09:08 PM

Ronald, Do you have any books on the Habsburgs of Austria?

ronald biver · #10 10-17-2018, 09:31 PM

You have quite a few of the British royals, I have also a few of the British Royal Family & the rest of the British relatives, 4 books of The Mounbatten & of their relatives a photobook of the Connaught (beautiful old photos), title is "Connaught, a royal family album" by Robert Golden and related to the British royals are also 3 photo books out: 1 Relatively Royal 2 Definitely Royal & 3 Royalty, Relatively Speaking, all by Robert Golden, absolutely glossy and of course 5 of Queen Victoria and her family and the rest are books from William of Orange and his wife Mary Stuart right through to the present Prince of Wales and his second wife Camilla, the duchess of Cornwall and of course Diana, the princess of Wales.
Also in book form and interested in ancient history such as Roman Emperors, Popes through the first pope till now, The Borgias, The Medici, The complete royal families of ancient Egypt and of course also King Farouk of Egypt etc etc etc. Keep in touch!

Ronald

ronald biver · #11 10-17-2018, 10:23 PM

hello, back again, yes I have quite a few books about the Habsburg Imperial Family, here we go: 1 The Fall of the House of Habsburg by Edward Crankshaw, 2 Twilight of the Habsburgs, the life and times of Emperor Francis Joseph by Alan Palmer, 3 Emperor Francis Joseph, life,death and the fall of the Habsburg empire by John van der Kiste, 4 Uncrowned Emperor, The lives and times of Otto von Habsburg by Gordon Brook Shepherd
5 Assassination of the Archduke by Greg King & Sue Woolmans, 6 Death by Fame, a life of empress Elizabeth, empress of Austria by Andrew Sinclair, 7 The Lonely Empress, Elizabeth of Austria by Joan Haslip, 8 Sissi by Taschen, 9 Schloss Schonbrunn by Beate Ellmere, 10 Empress Elizabeth of Austria 1837-1898 by Renate Stephan, Elizabeth, empress of Austria by Georg Kugler, 11 Franz Josef & Elizabeth by Georg Kughler.
This is part of my collection of books in the Habsburg empire, check out if you can still buy all these titles as above, keep in touch,

Ronald

CyrilVladisla · #12 10-18-2018, 07:48 PM

Ronald, It is grand that you have several books on Empress Elisabeth. She is an impressive lady to have so many books written about her.

Blog Real · #13 10-18-2018, 08:24 PM

I also collect books and magazines about royalty. I'm a fan of European royalty. There are some books that I look for and still have not found them, especially a book about the last King of Portugal.

Osipi · #14 10-18-2018, 08:35 PM

I did a bit of checking for you, Blog Real, and did find one book but the downside of it is that it is horrendously expensive. At least it is to me. The book is Dom Manuel II: The Last King of Portugal: His Life and Reign by Malcolm Howe. Here's where you can find it.

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sea...eign&kn=&isbn=

Blog Real · #15 10-18-2018, 08:49 PM

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I did a bit of checking for you, Blog Real, and did find one book but the downside of it is that it is horrendously expensive. At least it is to me. The book is Dom Manuel II: The Last King of Portugal: His Life and Reign by Malcolm Howe. Here's where you can find it.

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sea...eign&kn=&isbn=

Thank you. I know some, but I have not found them for sale yet.

ronald biver · #16 10-19-2018, 12:07 AM

Dear BlogReal,

1 Maria Pia, queen of Portugal by Sabrina Pollock
2 Tropical Versailles, Empire, Monarchy and the Portuguese royal court in Rio de
Janeiro, 1808-1821 by Kirsten Schultz
3 The Coburgs of Europe (photobook), including the Portuguese Royal family by Arturo E Beeche.

Ronald

ronald biver · #17 10-02-2019, 05:48 AM

Anybody interested in HSH princess Virginia Carolina Theresa Panerazia Galinda von und zu Furstenberg? Married at the age of 15 to HSH prince Alfonso von HOhenlohe in the "60s, it was a big princely wedding in Italy, it was the talk in princely & royal circles at that time, I just bought a beautiful black & white photo book with absolutely beautiful pictures & histories of both families. Interesting reading.Let me know if anybody is interested?

ronald biver · #18 03-30-2021, 08:58 PM

Hi everybody just a little snippet of news, anybody heard of the unusual royal book, the title is " 5000 years of Kings, Queens, Princes, Emperors & Tsars " byThomas J Craughwell
, I read the book, it is very unusual & fascinating reading. You can still buy it at Amazon.

ronald biver · #19 05-29-2022, 10:23 PM

Another book I have just finished reading about the "The Braganzas", the rise and fall of the ruling Dynasties of Portugal & Brazil 1640-1910, I didn't know much about the Braganza dynasty, I have a family tree map about the Braganzas through history until today. I collect also royal magazines including the full family trees of all nobilities & royalties of Europe (past & present), when to Lisbon (Portugal) and saw the royal palace of the Braganzas, so full of past history.

JR76 · #20 05-30-2022, 01:43 AM

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Another book I have just finished reading about the "The Braganzas", the rise and fall of the ruling Dynasties of Portugal & Brazil 1640-1910, I didn't know much about the Braganza dynasty, I have a family tree map about the Braganzas through history until today. I collect also royal magazines including the full family trees of all nobilities & royalties of Europe (past & present), when to Lisbon (Portugal) and saw the royal palace of the Braganzas, so full of past history.

Do you have the name of the writer?