[Drop-head title:] The demon chain: A Legend of the Swedish Counts of Piper.
[London].
[s.n.], [1853].
170-172pp.
[Bound with: [Drop-head title:] Pinocchi. [London], [s.n.], [1856]. 438-442pp.
8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Baron Napier to FEP, nine press- cuttings, dated 1883-1891, relating to Napier's involvement in the restoration of Edinburgh castle.
With three A.L.S. loosely inserted:
- The first, on Windsor Castle stationery, dated 30th April, 1874 in the hand of Horatia Stafford, requesting the presence of Lord Napier and his wife Anne 'Nina' Napier (1824-1911) at a banquet to be held by Queen Victoria in honour of the Empress of Russia.
- The second, in Nina's hand, responding to the invitation.
- The third, addressed to Lady Napier and dated Odessa 21st June, 1873, seemingly in the hand of missionary and Indian scholar James Long (1814-1887), recounting his recent journeys in Russia and Crimea.
[Bound with: [Drop-head title:] Pinocchi. [London], [s.n.], [1856]. 438-442pp.
8vo. Handsomely bound in contemporary red half-morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Baron Napier to FEP, nine press- cuttings, dated 1883-1891, relating to Napier's involvement in the restoration of Edinburgh castle.
With three A.L.S. loosely inserted:
- The first, on Windsor Castle stationery, dated 30th April, 1874 in the hand of Horatia Stafford, requesting the presence of Lord Napier and his wife Anne 'Nina' Napier (1824-1911) at a banquet to be held by Queen Victoria in honour of the Empress of Russia.
- The second, in Nina's hand, responding to the invitation.
- The third, addressed to Lady Napier and dated Odessa 21st June, 1873, seemingly in the hand of missionary and Indian scholar James Long (1814-1887), recounting his recent journeys in Russia and Crimea.
Two articles extracted from Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, one a poem inspired by the Swedish legend of a demonic antique chain, the other a review of Lord Grantley's verse collection Pinocchi (London, 1856), here attributed to Francis Napier, tenth Lord Napier of Merchistoun and first Baron Ettrick (1819-1898).
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 31080
