A Handsomely Bound Set of the The Private Diary of Richard, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

Richard, Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. THE PRIVATE DIARY OF RICHARD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, K.G. London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 1862. (3) volumes (complete). First edition. Handsomely rebound in half dark blue calf over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-tooled spine with raised bands and gilt-lettered red and green morocco labels, all edges marbled, with marbled and fresh endpapers. Small octavo; xiv, [1]-320; viii, [1]-322; viii, [1]-300pp. First volume with portrait frontispiece with tissue guard.

Each 7 5/8 x 5 in.

A Private High Point, North Carolina Collection

Bookplate of William C. Stuart.

Sturdy boards with light shelf wear and rubbing to extremities; hinge cracking (largely superficial); interiors with occasional foxing and light wear such as indentations and pencil notations, generally very clean; thin border of damp staining along edges of frontispiece; a very good set.