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PRESENTATION COPIES FROM QUEEN VICTORIA (ROYALTY.) Martin, Theodore. The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. Portraits and maps. 6 volumes including Grey's Biography of H. R. H. The Prince Consort. 8vo, full green levant with gilt spines, borders, and doublures of red watered silk; top edges gilt, spines evenly faded to brown; cloth slipcase. Volume 1 is a fourth edition and Volumes 2-5 are all third editions. London, 1875-80; 1866
presentation copies from queen victoria to the dowager countess of hardwicke with signed inscriptions by her in each volume except Volume 2. Inserted into Volume 3, following the inscription leaf, is a 4-page A.L.S. to the Countess Hardwicke from her son, dated 30 January 1878 informing her that he has "just received from the Queen the 3rd volume of the Life of the Prince Consort for you." Inserted in Volume 4 is an A. L. S. by the secretary of Queen Victoria. 2 pages, 8vo, July 1879 to Lady Hardwicke, forwarding this volume to her at the order of the Queen. Likewise, the Biography, printed for private circulation only, is also inscribed by Queen Victoria on the flyleaf. Uniformly bound with the set but extra-illustrated with the insertion of views and portraits, and in a separate slipcase.
