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QUEEN VICTORIA. Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands, London: Smith, Elder and Co., [?1863]. 8°, 4 engraved plates, 11 mounted photographs (occasional spotting), original dark blue cloth gilt (outer joints splitting, edges rubbed), t.e.g. ?LIMITED EDITION TO 65 COPIES. PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed, signed and dated on front free endpaper 'To The Dean of Westminster, This simple history of a bright and happy past is given by Victoria R.I., Windsor Castle December 17 1865', with later 19th-century inscription confirming provenance on the following leaf.
QUEEN VICTORIA. Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands, London: Smith, Elder and Co., [?1863]. 8°, 4 engraved plates, 11 mounted photographs (occasional spotting), original dark blue cloth gilt (outer joints splitting, edges rubbed), t.e.g. ?LIMITED EDITION TO 65 COPIES. PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed, signed and dated on front free endpaper 'To The Dean of Westminster, This simple history of a bright and happy past is given by Victoria R.I., Windsor Castle December 17 1865', with later 19th-century inscription confirming provenance on the following leaf.

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QUEEN VICTORIA. Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands, London: Smith, Elder and Co., [?1863]. 8°, 4 engraved plates, 11 mounted photographs (occasional spotting), original dark blue cloth gilt (outer joints splitting, edges rubbed), t.e.g. ?LIMITED EDITION TO 65 COPIES. PRESENTATION COPY. Inscribed, signed and dated on front free endpaper 'To The Dean of Westminster, This simple history of a bright and happy past is given by Victoria R.I., Windsor Castle December 17 1865', with later 19th-century inscription confirming provenance on the following leaf.

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This copy was inscribed by the Queen and presented to Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815-1881), Dean of Westminster from 1864.

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