This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/27/2026
Signed book: Windsor: A Description of the Castle, Park, Town and Neighbourhood. London: Seeley & Co., 1886.
Hardcover, 10.5 x 14, 91 pages. Signed and inscribed on a free end page in ink to her son-in-law, "To dear Lorne, from
his affectionate Mama, V. R. I., Christmas 1885." An ownership inscription in pencil on the first free end page notes,
"Bought at Sotheby's sale Feb 23, 1948 of the Duke of Kent's books. Lot 172." Autographic condition: fine, with light
foxing and staining to the beginning pages, including the signed page; interior pages are generally clean. Book
condition: VG/None, with edgewear to boards and corners. The recipient, John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Marquess
of Lorne, was the husband of Victoria's daughter Princess Louise; he served as the governor general of Canada from
1878 to 1883. A significant association copy.