1 / 8
Click To Zoom
Lot 101
(QUEEN VICTORIA) HELPS, ARTHUR, ed.
Sale 322 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Aug 6, 2014 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$400 - 600
Price Realized
$375
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
(QUEEN VICTORIA) HELPS, ARTHUR, ed. Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861. London: Smith, Elder, 1868.Folio, pictorial red cloth elaborately stamped in gilt and black. Presentation copy, inscribed by Queen Victoria to a member of the Grand Commander of the Bath order (name illegible), signed ("Victoria, RI / Balmoral, Oct. 29, 1898"), on the half-title. Additionally inscribed in a later hand by a subsequent owner. Wear and fading to boards; intermittent foxing; light dampstaining affecting right half of most leaves.
Condition Report
Contact Information
Search