£80
Victorian Publishers' Bindings. Cameron (Julia Margaret, translator), Maclise (Daniel, RA, illustrator), & Thompson (John, engraver), Leonora, first edition thus, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847, Gothic black letter, black-ruled and 'illuminated' borders, half-title, split, some soiling, original publisher's decorative cloth binding over bevelled boards, 4to; Tallis's History and Description of the Crystal Palace, division I only, first edition, The London Printing and Publishing Company, n.d. [1851], steel-engraved plates and letterpress leaves, original publisher's pictorial blue and gilt cloth, all edges gilt, 4to; [&] The Ladies' Companion and Monthly Magazine. Volume the Third, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1851, black-ruled double-column, 6 hand-coloured lithograph plates, b/w in-text illustrations, original publisher's papered pictorial boards, some wear and splitting, 4to, (3)
Provenance: 3rd: James Darnill, Richmond, Surrey; contemporary book label to recto pastedown. All three: from the library of Robin de Beaumont (1926-2023), bibliophile, President of The Private Libraries Association and benefactor to The British Museum; his book labels and/or loosely-inserted and other pencil bibliographic notes.
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