LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS BY QUEEN VICTORIA 1868 FIRST EDITION

[QUEEN VICTORIA; HELPS, ARTHUR (editor)]. Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861. To Which are Prefixed and Added Extracts from the Same Journal Giving an Account of Earlier Visits in Scotland, and Tours in England and Ireland, and Yachting Excursions. Published by Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1868.

First edition. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (20.5cm x 14cm x 3cm); pp. xv, [5], 315. English text; bound in half morocco gilt; marbled boards, page edges and endpapers; engraved frontispiece of Balmoral and a further similar engraving at p.158; some illustrations in the text. Condition: GOOD to VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure with the joints and hinges intact, some light rubbing to extremities. Foxing to frontis and title-page, the remaining contents largely fresh and clean. Nice armorial bookplate to front pastedown.

Notes: A lovely first edition of Queen Victoria's celebrated journals describing her Highland holidays at Balmoral in Aberdeenshire. The first illustrated edition of this collection of Queen Victoria's diary entries descriptive of her Highland holidays at Balmoral in Aberdeenshire, frequented by the royal family since 1848. An idyllic portrayal of family life telling of mountain adventures, boating, and outdoor activities. Featuring also accounts of travels in Scotland, England and Ireland and yachting excursions. Illustrated with a frontispiece and a further engraved plate. Edited by Arthur Helps. This book gave the public and unprecedented insight into the private life of their monarch, and was an immediate success.