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Early SIGNED Edition of this biography of Prince Albert's early life commissioned by Queen Victoria.
Octavo, presentation copy from Queen Victoria inscribed "to Albert Van de Weyer in recollection of his dear Godfather, from Victoria R. I., Balmoral, Oct 1868," engraved frontispiece, publisher's cloth binding, with the gilt monogram V & A. Marbled slipcase, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, inner dentelles, all edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Prince Albert at the age of four with tissue guard present. In near fine condition with some light rubbing and wear.
Queen Victoria asked her uncle, King Leopold of Belgium, to share his memories, for this official biography of Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, compiled by Queen Victoria's private secretary Charles Grey, son of the former prime minister Grey.

Signed with gift inscription by Thomas Alva Edison, "the Wizard of Menlo Park". Early edition of Edison's only authorized biography.
Two volumes in publisher's red cloth with the spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Edison's autographed dedication with signature reads- "To the father of our esteemed artist Albert Spalding / ThosAEdison." Small mounted photo portrait of Spalding present on the inside cover of the first volume.
Albert Spalding (1888-1953) was a famous American violinist and composer, a longtime friend and collaborator of Edison. Thomas Edison declared Spalding's tone to be more pure than any other living violinist and signed him to a twenty year recording contract with Edison Records.

(12), 149, (11)pp., 20 coloured aquatints within ruled grey and pink wash-tinted frames. 4to. Modern blue cloth, 3/4 morocco. Splendid dark blue fitted clamshell box (cloth).Abbey Travel 435; Tooley 185
Charles D'Oyly (1781-1845) was born in the very wealthy family of an East India Company resident named John D'Oyly, serving at the court of the Nawab of Bengal, and pursued his artistic interests in parallel to a career in administration. He is considered as one of the many talented contemporary amateur artists in British India. The current work stems out of his compilation of different scenes of British life in India, in particular, that of wealthy Europeans among native servants and entertainers, providing "an important window into Anglo-Indian social relations of the time" (UC Santa Barbara Library, online). Thomas Williamson is best remembered as the author of Oriental Field Sports (1807-8).