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Palgrave: The Treasury of Sacred Song. Oxford 1892. 8vo. Inscribed by Lavina Talbot and Edward Ruffer. Bound in leather, all edges gilt. + Sitwell: English Eccentrics. London 1960. Later ed. paperback. 8vo. Inscribed by the author. + One vol. (3)

The Treasury of Sacred Song was owned by Princess Alix of Albany, granddaughter of Queen Victoria who became Princess Alexander of Teck in 1906. The book was a gift inscribed in 1906 by women’s rights campaigner Lavina Talbot and Edward Ruffer.

Provenance: Editor and journalist Howard Knowles.

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Books and manuscripts, 22 June 2021

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