MAXWELL GHISLAINE: (1961- ) British socialite known for her association with financier and convicted sex ...

MAXWELL GHISLAINE: (1961- ) British socialite known for her association with financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A rare book signed, being a hardback edition of Nineteenth Century Britain 1815-1914 by Anthony Wood, published by Longmans, London, 1969 (eighth impression). Signed ('G. Maxwell') by Ghislaine Maxwell in bold blue ink to the front free endpaper across an official Marlborough College second hand book department stamp indicating that she purchased the book for 75p on 14th July 1978. With two other similar stamps above, each signed by previous owners, 1973 & 1974. Together with seven further books individually bearing the ownership signatures or presentation inscriptions of Ghislaine's mother and six of her siblings, comprising Elisabeth Maxwell (1921-2013, French-born researcher on the Holocaust, husband of publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell; hardback edition of the British Red Cross Society Nursing Manual No.2. by Elisabeth M. Gravelius, ninth edition published by Cassell and Company Ltd., 1951, signed by Maxwell to the front free endpaper with her ownership signature and address below, also including some pencil notes in her hand to the margins of some pages), Christine Maxwell (1950- , British internet content pioneer and educator; paperback edition of An Unknown Woman - A Journey to Self-Discovery by Alice Koller, published by Bantam Books, February 1986, with a presentation inscription to the inside front cover signed by Christine Maxwell with her first name only, to her sister Anne, 'To dearest Annie, in love & admiration of your courage & your quest to reshape your own life, love, Christine' and dated Christmas 1986 in her hand), Isabel Maxwell (1950- , French-born entrepreneur and the co-founder of Magellan with her twin sister Christine; paperback edition of The Growth of the British Party System, Volume I 1640-1923 by Ivor Bulmer-Thomas, second edition published by John Baker, London, 1967, with Isabel Maxwell's ownership signature to the head of the half title page), Kevin Maxwell (1959- , British businessman who was charged with, and acquitted of, financial crimes related to the business practices of his father in the 1990s; paperback edition of Winston Churchill As I Knew Him by Violet Bonham Carter, published by Pan Books Ltd, London, bearing the youthful ownership signature of Kevin Maxwell to the half title page, with a few additional words ('If found please return') in his hand, the signature and additional words lightly struck through in green), Anne Maxwell (1949- , Daughter of Robert Maxwell; hardback edition of Hygiene for Nursing Students by Agnes E. Pavey, eighth edition published by Faber and Faber Ltd., 1961, bearing the ownership signature ('Anne Maxwell, Lower VI') of Maxwell to the front free endpaper), Michael Maxwell (1946-1967, Eldest child of Robert and Elisabeth Maxwell who fell into a coma aged 15 after being injured in a car crash and never regained consciousness; hardback edition of A Higher School Inorganic Chemistry by E. J. Holmyard, revised in collaboration with W. G. Palmer, published by J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1958, bearing the ownership signature of Maxwell to the head of the front free endpaper) and Philip Maxwell (1948- , Son of Robert and Elisabeth Maxwell; hardback edition of True Brit by Clive Irving, First Edition published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1974, with a presentation inscription to the half title page signed by Maxwell to his father, 'To Dad on your birthday, 10th June 1974, This would be hilarious if we were Frenchman, Germans or Italians - but we ain't. Love, Philip'). Two of the books are accompanied by their dustjackets. A rare grouping of signed books. Some light overall age wear, generally G, 8 Ghislaine Maxwell attended Marlborough College where she studied modern history with languages before going on to earn a degree from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1985. Provenance: From the library of Robert Maxwell (1923-1991) British media proprietor, suspected spy and fraudster.