This beautiful collection of the Lives of The Queens of Scotland and English Princesses was published by William Blackwood and Sons in the 1850's. The books are finely bound in full calf leather, with gilt decoration to the boards and all edges gilt. There are gilt inner dentelles and the spines feature five raised bands and gilt tooling.
The books are in very good condition and have obviously been well looked after. Sadly there are two which are missing a large part of their leather labels. The boards show scuffing, with occasional chips and peeling to the leather.
Inside, two volumes have name plates and the pages show general age toning and occasional foxing. There is more noticeable tanning to the title pages and frontispieces - some of the tissue guards are missing.
The books will be hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and ribbon.
I use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubble wrap is oxo-degradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).