WINDSOR CASTLE AN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY. Collected and Written By Command of Their Majesties Queen Victoria King Edward VII. & King George V. Part 1 Limited Edition 901 of 1050. by W. H. St. John Hope - 1913

London: Offices of Country Life, 1913. 136/1050. Hardcover. Good- (heavy shelfwear to covers with much of vellum spine missing, boards are heavily dinged, pages are lightly age toned mainly along edges but are otherwise clean and clear). Two volumes bound in 3/4 white vellum and light blue paper boards, gilt spine lettering. Each volume has a color frontispiece, illustrations and CXXII plates, some color and some double), 639 pp of text. Paged continuously. Frontispiece of pt. II included in the numbered plates (no. L). "This edition is limited to one thousand and fifty copies." This is number 136. Includes bibliographies.

Country Life, 1913. 1st edition.. Hardback. Faux vellum over blue cloth, VG. 2 volumes, xx+372pp, x+373-639pp, grand total of 122 b/w plates, 87 text figs & plans & 8 huge floorplans in a separate portfolio, index, copy 112 of an edition of 1050 copies, expertly rebound to match the original cream vellum & blue paper boards preserving the original endpapers & bookplates of the Royal United Service Institution, top edge gilt & others untrimmed, internally fine, the portfolio water damaged to the cloth, but with the 8 floorplans un damaged save for a slight red stain to 1 plan. A monumental & complete history of Windsor Castle, superbly illustrated in Country Life's inimitable style. Sir William Henry St John Hope [ 1854 - 1919 ] worked on the book for 20 years after being asked to write the work by Queen Victoria.

Country Life. Very Good. 1913. Hardcover. Volume 1 xx+ 373pp, volume 2 x + 373-639pp, separate portfolio containing 8 folding coloured plans, all covers faded to some extent, especially spines and cover edges. Portfolio covers faded and stained. Limited edition of 1050 [unnumbered] deckle edges pages, frotis and 122plates and 87 text illustrations, All present as listed. Very heavy set which will require extra postage, please enquire for quote; Large quarto .

London: Country Life, 1913. 3 volumes, red cloth, top edge gilt, faded on the spines, number 939 from an edition of 1050, inscribed to a previous owner, complete with the third portfolio volume of 8 folded plans. Hardcover. Good. Small Folio.

Country Life. Used - Very Good. 1913. Folio, cloth, 639 pp. in two volumes, illustrated. Some fading and discolouration to spines and board edges; corners moderately bumped. Binding strong, internally quite nice. Does not separately bound portfolio of plans.. (Subject: Medieval, Architecture & Sculpture.)

London: Country Life. Used - Very Good. 1913. Quarter cloth over cloth covered boards, folio. [xx] 639 pp. 122 plates, color frontispiece; 8 folding color plans in separate volume, t.e.g. Some minor spotting discoloration to cloth covering spines, but hardly noticable. Minor creasing to cloth and tail of spine due to massive weight of volumes, and at top from shelf-wear. Overall, very sound. Unnumbered of 1050.. (Subject: Medieval, Architecture & Sculpture.)