Two signed books within a five-volume set: The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Vols. I-V, by Sir Theodore Martin. Mixed editions. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1875-1880. Hardcovers bound in original brown cloth, 6 x 9, totaling 2,655 pages. Signed and inscribed inside the first volume in ink, "To the Hon: Mary Pitt, from VR&I—Windsor Castle, Jan: 17, 1877," and similarly signed and inscribed inside the third volume in ink, "To the Hon: Mary Pitt, from VR&I, Windsor Castle, Christmas 1877." Autographic condition: fine, with mild soiling to signed pages. Book conditions: overall VG, with minor foxing to textblocks and light general wear.
The set comprises mixed editions, as usual: the inscribed Vol. I is a fourth edition; Vol. II is a third edition; the inscribed Vol. III is a first edition; Vol. IV is a first edition; and Vol. V is a third edition. Each is housed in a handsome custom-made quarter burgundy morocco clamshell box, gilt lettered on spine.
