La Reine’s regal return
When the French literature section of the great Bradley Martin library was sold in 1989 (at Sotheby’s Monaco), an 1845 first of 'La Reine Margot' by Alexandre Dumas père was offered as part of a job lot of three of his works that sold for FFr11,500 (£1100).
Bound as six octavo volumes in half red morocco gilt (above), it was offered again last month in a…