308 [STEWARTON]. The Secret History of the Court and Cabinet of St. Cloud. London: John Murray, 1806. 3 volumes, 8vo (167 x 100 mm). Tan calf gilt by George Baer of the Cuneo Press, Inc., all edges gilt, cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION of Stewarton’s insights into the inner life of Napoleon’s court, ministers, and generals. $200-300 308
309 STRACHEY, Lytton (1880-1932). Elizabeth and Essex. A Tragic History. London: Chatto & Windus, 1928. 8vo. Frontispiece and 5 plates. Half blue morocco gilt, top edge gilt (spine sunned). FIRST EDITION, second printing of Strachey’s significant biography on Queen Elizabeth I. $100-200 309
310 SURTEES, Robert Smith (1803-1864). [SPORTING NOVELS]. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. -Ask Mamma. -”Plain or Ringlets?” -Mr. Romford’s Hounds. -Hawbuck Grange. -Handley Cross. London: Bradbury, Agnew [ca 1880]. 6 volumes, 8vo (217 x 142 mm). Illustrated with numerous hand-colored steel-engraved plates and in-text woodcut illustrations by John Leech, H.K. Browne and W. T. Maud. Uniformly bound in red morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in two, the rest with central hat, fox, hound, horseshoe or riding crop tools gilt, top edges gilt (some minor wear to spine and spine ends, some light soiling and rubbing). 310
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311 TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord (1809-1892). The Works of Alfred Tennyson. London: Strahan & Co.; Henry S. King & Co., 1872-1873, 1877. 7 volumes, 8vo (198 x 133 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume one. Green crushed levant gilt by Fazakerley, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt (spines sunned). Provenance: Sir Andrew Barclay Walker (armorial bookplate); William Hall Baron Wavertree (armorial bookplate).
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Collected edition of Tennyson’s works finely bound by Fazakerley. $300-500
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