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QUEEN VICTORIA] German hymns and sacred songs selected by her Majesty the Queen from the collection of her Late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent; with an English translation. . London: printed by H. Harrison, 1861. First edition, with a full-page inscription on the front blank, by Queen Victoria to Lady Charlotte Locker, and with Frederick Locker-Lampson's later gift inscription to his second wife Jane. Full dark-green morocco by Rivière, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, the rear with the original title from the front cover. 9 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches (24.5 x 21 cm); [8], 75 pp. Light wear, with the bookplate of Frederick Locker-Lampson. Produced for the funeral of the Duchess of Kent; Together with Almanach de Gotha pour l'année 1837. Gotha: Perthes, 1837. Inscribed "To the Queen/from her [illegible]/July 6. 1857." Publisher's red cloth gilt with the armorial crest of Ferdinand I of Austria. 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (11 x 7.5 cm); vi, [48], 290, 92, [2] pp., with engraved portraits. Light wear; Panoramic coronation procession [of Queen Victoria] from drawings taken on the spot. London: E. Elliot, [1837]. Later smooth calf red calf, lettered "With the Author's Compliments," with a presentation to the Prince of Wales dated 1895. 3 1/2 inches x approximately 72 inches; folding panorama, hand-colored. Light binding wear, some creasing from misfolding; Celebration of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee 1887. [London]: [Harrison and Sons, printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1887]. Full red crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, upper cover with the title above, three gilt rules, spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 12 1/2 x 8 inches (31.5 x 20 cm); 187 pp. And Celebration of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee 1897. [London]: [Harrison and Sons, printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, 1897]. Full red crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, upper cover with the title above, three gilt rules, spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 12 1/2 x 8 inches (31.5 x 20 cm); 150 pp. About fine, a very attractive binding to match the previous. Five interesting items pertaining to the life and reign of Queen Victoria. The last two items are the programs of the respective Jubilee celebrations, presumably published for Palace use, attractively bound. C