Limited edition of 625 copies. 3 vols, printed wrappers, large 8vo, 29 cm, xiii, 103 + vi, 103 + ix, 129 pp, ills. 2,049 entries. Part 1 A-J, with a preface by G. N. Ray; Part 2 K-Z, with a preface by R. L. Wolff; Part 3 Mixed Pickles, with a preface by R. F. Metzdorf. A bookseller's catalogue of a superb collection of Victorian literature and Victoriana, rich in presentation and association copies. Items are individually priced but the collection was purchased en bloc by Brigham Young University. Many entries have valuable annotations.The first two parts cover literature, alphabetically by author, and are particularly strong in Arnold, Browning, Butler, Dickens, Hardy, Moore, Ruskin, Swinburne, Tennyson,Thackeray and Wilde. The third part covers a miscellany of subjects including Queen Victoria herself; Architecture; Art, Bibliography; Commerce; Crime; Domesticity; Juvenilia, the Military; Politics & History; Religion; Science, Sociology, Sport; Theatre; Travel; and Typography. Minor marks to spines, otherwise a Very Good set. Without the slipcase in which sets were issued.

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Victoria R.I. : a Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Original Drawings, Etc. by the lady herself and her loyal subjects, produced during her long and illustrious reign. [ 3 parts, complete set, David Magee Antiquarian Books, bookseller's catalogue, 1969-70 ].

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David Magee Antiquarian Books, San Francisco, bookseller's catalogue, 1969

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1969

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1st Edition

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