The Prime Ministers of Queen Victoria

A very scarce nine volume set of these limited edition illustrated biographies of the prime ministers during the reign of Queen Victoria. A very scarce limited edition nine volume set, limited to 250 copies. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum, with red cloth boards. A set of works edited by Stuart J. Reid, providing biographical accounts of the prime ministers during the reign of Queen Victoria, by various authors. Each illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. Including: (1890) Lord Melbourne. By Henry Dunckley. No. 231/250. (1890) Lord Beaconsfield. By J.A. Froude. No. 193/250. (1891) Sir Robert Peel. By Justin McCarthy, M.P. No.204/250. (1891) The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone. By George W.E. Russell. No. 190/250. With a plate. (1892) Viscount Palmerston, K.G. By Marquis of Lorne, K.T. No. 189/250. With a plate. (1892) the Marquis of Salisbury. By H.D. Traill. No. 190/250. With a plate. (1892) The Earl of Derby. By George Saintsbury. No. 35/250. (1893) The Earl of Aberdeen. By the Hon. Sir Arthur Gordon. No. 231/150. With a folding facsimile handwriting plate. (1895) Lord John Russell. By Stuart J. Reid. No. 205/250. With a plate. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum, with cloth boards. Externally, sunning to spines, with bumping to the heads and tails. Occasional chipping to spines. Red dye often bleeding into paper vellum. Faint marks to boards. Spotting to paper vellum, most significant to the rear of ' Lord John Russell' volume, with a damp stain to endpapers. Offsetting to free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Library stamp to each volume. Very Good.…