VICTORIA Queen - Arthur HELPS ( editor ) - Clémentine d'ORLÉANS (provenance) - (copy autographed by Queen Victoria ) :
Reference : 57083
" London, Smith, Elder and Co., 1868, format in-8°, (20 cm), xv pp + (5)nn pp + 315 pp, with a steel-engraved frontispiece (view of Balmoral). Bound in full green decorated morocco, all edges gilt, gilt fillets on both covers, silk headcaps, double fillets on the turn-ins.Bound by Burn (at Kirbystreet 37-38), a small printed label on the last fly leag. Binding and book in perfect condition. This copy with the autograph ex-dono of the queen to het cousin Clémentine d'Orléans. The dedication , in Victoria's hand, reads '' Pour ma chère Clémentine, de la part de sa dévouée Cousine VR (Victoria Regina), 28 Jan: 1868. Clémentine was the daughter of the last French king: Louis-Philppe ( 1773 - 1850) ; also called ''le roi bourgeois''. . She married in 1843 the German prince Auguste deSaxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Her husband was a first cousin of prince Albert, consort of Victoria. The book was published in 1868 and already at the end of January the queen had bound copies at her disposal to be send to members of the Royay Family and intimate friends as, according the editor's note, was the original purpose to write the book. The book became immensely popular and was printed in tens of thousand copies. This copy, with the interesting ex-dono autograph belongs to the very first edition and served the purpose (being send to relatives and intimate friends) as originally intended by the queen."
Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. 1961. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 160 pages. Photo en couleur en frontispice. Illustré de quelques photos en noir et blanc hors texte. 1er plat légèrement taché. Jaquette manquante.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
A Record of the Visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French to the Queen, and of the Visit of the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince Consort to the Emperor of the French, 1855. With an Intro. by Raymond Mortimer. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
London : C. Arthur Pearson, 1897 - un volume 12,5x19cm pleine percaline imprimée et illustrée doré et au palladium, 234 pages sur papier vergé avec 8 photographies hors texte sur papier couché - texte en anglais - mention manuscrite en page de titre sinon bel exemplaire - Edition originale -
Victorian Book Club. 1972. In-8. Relié. Etat passable, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Fortes mouillures. 239 pages. Jaquette très abîmé et défraîchi, avec manque important.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Queen Victoria's happy times spent in Scotland with the Prince Consort. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
Penguin Books. 1985. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur acceptable. 374 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
'Lives & Letters'. A selection by Christopher Hibbert. Cover by Lawrence Mynott. Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
2. London . George & Manby, S.d. ( ca. 1840 ), format 34 x 24,2 cm . Lithographed cover heightened with colour + 4 leaves of copper engraved music, second page blank ( as issued). No plate number , instead the indication '' The Queen's Grand Review March'' Price 2/6. Disbound, removed from a binding. The title-scene shows Queen Victoria on horseback, with soldiers in the background, the whole surrounded by decorative border of flags, banners and flowers. (See Royal Academy of Music library , item 2003,2753.).
Bien complet des 3 séries en 9 volumes. Bon état.