An Eclectic Sammelband of Nine Publications Bound for Zoe Thomson With Many of Them Inscribed to Her.

London: Various Publishers, 1851-87. Zoe Thomson was the daughter of James Henry & Rhalou Skene. Her father was an author, traveller and British Consul at Aleppo from March 1855 to 1880. He published one book; "Anadol: the Last Home of the Faithful and The Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk, Comprising Travel in the Regions of the Lower Danube in 1850 and 1851." She married William Thomson in 1855, the same year he became a provost at Oxford. William Thompson had a variety of interests aside from theology. He was made fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society. He also wrote a very popular Outline of the Laws of Thought (1842). In December 1861 he became Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, and within a year he was elevated to Archbishop of York. First editions. Nine publications in one octavo volume. At the beginning there is a typed general title “Pamphlets Presented by Their Authors to Zoe Thomson". Modern half calf with gilt spine lettering and decoration. They are listed below;William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron PLUNKET (1828 – 1897)]. “Te Deum Laudamus ! “ [Nov. 26th, 1883], [1-]2-3[-4]pp., inscribed “Mrs. Thompson [sic.] / from the Author / Nov 17/87”.[Henry J. L. GRAHAM]. The Corsican Brothers: a melodramatic mixture of music and murder. By H.J.L.G. London: Gilbert & Rivington … Printed for the benefit of the Bournemouth Home for Invalid ladies, [no date]. [1-]4-19[-20]pp. Printed in black and red, inscribed “To Mrs. Thomson from Henry J.L. Graham …. Septr. 1881”.Abraham HAYWARD (1801-1884). … Lady Palmerston. A Biographical Sketch. Reprinted, by Permission, from the “Times” of September 15, 1869. [N.p.: ‘not for sale’], June 1872. Pp. [1-]6-21[-24]. Title in red and black, half-title, inscribed “Mrs Thompson [sic.] with the Writer’s Comps. A.H.”Form of Prayer to be used at the laying of the corner stone of St. Matthias' church ... by Mrs. Thomson, on ... July 30th, 1878. Sheffield: [n.d.]. 8pp. Not inscribed.[H. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS]. Nineveh, the best Newdigate for years, therefore not to be recited in the Theatre, Oxford, July 3, 1851. Oxford: printed by J. Vincent, 1851. 12mo. Pp. [1-]6-12. Original wrappers.[George Douglas Campbell, Duke of ARGYLL (1823-1900)]. [“Iona”] [No place but London: no date but 1870]. Pp. [1-]138 + 3 blanks at the end. 2 wood-engraved illustrations/plates, one mounted, the other (with two images on it) folded and inserted. Inscribed “To Mrs Thomson From the Author Sept 1870 By the Duke of Argyll”. Text seems to be complete (an early pre-publication proof and a different setting to the published work which was laid out over 141 pages [see the copy presented to Queen Victoria in December 1870]). But the collation starts at B1, so missing title and prelims. as well as some plates. Stitched. Duke of Argyll's description of the island of Iona, it's topography and some of its customs.Lord PLUNKET. ‘If it be thou’. [N.p: n.d]. 1p. Not inscribed.[Lord ROSSLYN]. In Memory of the Dona Mercedes de Bourbon, Queen of Spain, Consort of Alphonso XII. Married January 23rd, 1878. Died June 26th, 1878. Aged 18 years. [a sequence of four sonnets.] [London: Harrison & Sons, undated but 1878?]. Octavo. 6 black-edged leaves, at the foot of the final sonnet is Rosslyn’s facsimile signature, the title inscribed in ink “Mrs Thomson The Palace Bishopthorpe 1880 from a very old friend The Author”Lord PLUNKET. Church of Ireland Training College. The Teacher’s Watchword. “Pro Christo discere ac docere” … Plunket, Dublin. July 26th 1887. 1p. Not inscribed.