Beckford (William) Italy; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, with 1p. Autograph letter from Beckford written in the third person to Messrs. Molteno and Graves of 20 Pall Mall dated from Bath 30 July 1834 regarding a fine art purchase “Mr. Beckford is perfectly satisfied with Mr. Molteno’s and Mr. Graves’s explanations and reconciled by the extreme beauty of the Campagnolas to the price” and hoping that they received payment of £50, bound in with envelope at beginning of vol.1, bookplate of Charles Robin Holloway, later half dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, by Roger de Coverly & Sons, spines gilt, t.e.g., very slightly rubbed at edges, preserved in modern blue morocco-backed cloth drop-backed box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt in compartments with similar motifs, [Chapman 8.i], 1834; Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha, first edition, 24pp. publisher's catalogue dated April 1835 bound in at beginning, half-title, engraved portrait, occasional light spotting, H.Bradley Martin's copy with his small bookplate, original boards, paper label to spine, uncut, a little rubbed and scuffed, preserved in modern grey morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, beige label, 1835, 8vo (3)