Scott's Poetical Works by Scott, Sir Walter - nd

Liverpool: Thomas Yardley, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. this copy has a sill solid binding with clean but foxed pages....red leather covers with rubs the their edges....

London: MacMillan, 1923. (UK) Later Printing slightly flexible brown leather with gold titles, gold spine decorations, all edges gilt, xliv, 559pp, ribbon marker. This appears to be the complete poetical works in one attractive volume with a biography and critical memoir by Francis Turner Palgave. This edition first appeared in 1866. No markings, a bit of rubbing to the edges, with rubbing and a small chip to head of spine; the old titles are bright and the leather is clean, VG; no Dj, probably as issued. (1.8 JM HOQ 100/2. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Edinburgh: William Nimmo . Very Good/No DJ. Small 8vo thick No date cica 1900. Edina edition. Green cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine and upper cover. Gilt to top edge. No ownership inscription. Very light foxing mainly to page tips. Tissue guarded portraiture frontispeice of Walter Scot. 800 pages clean and tight. .

1884 leather bound poetical works of Sir Walter Scott. Published in London, England.

Sir Walter Scott - Scott's Poetical Works; Illustrated - Chandos Poets edition

Hardback, no publisher information or title pages but believed to be 1868 (similar copy exists in the British Museum and can be viewed online), illustrated with 12 plates (opposite pages 34, 96, 148, 190, 225, 298, 334, 377, 443, 478, 499 and 533), original illustrations engraved by the Dalziel brothers; probably published by Frederick Warne & Co., London (again, going by British Museum copy) and printed by Savill Edwards and Co., 640 pages, no preliminaries.

Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 5/8" by 5 3/4" by 2". Dark green cloth binding, bevelled boards, faded red and gilt detail tooling and stamping to front board, faded gilt lettering to spine, rear board embossed. Binding very scuffed, worn and marked. Clear signs of shelf-wear, bumped and torn corners. Tearing to head and tail of spine, considerable fading where it reads 'Chandos Poets' at tail. Binding very strained in places, some cracks to textblock, some slackness.… Read More

Red grained leather binding with raised banding, gilt squared decoration and gilt title on the spine. Both boards have gilt edging and gilt decorative design. All edges gilt. A very impressive and well bound book
Overview: Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSAScot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, Old Mortality, The Heart of Mid-Lothian and The Bride of Lammermoor, and the narrative poems The Lady of the Lake and Marmion. He had a major impact on European and American literature. As an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, he combined writing and editing with daily work as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire. He was prominent in Edinburgh's Tory establishment, active in the Highland Society, long a president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820–1832), and a vice president of the… Read More

498 and 500 Broadway, New York: Sheldon and Company. Full Leather. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. No copyright, (1863-77???) but believed to be First American edition compliment of William Nimmo's /Edinburgh Edition? Includes "The Life of Sir Walter Scott" by Alexander Leighton. Fair++/No dust jacket; sturdy full drk. brown leather of tooled intricate design & beveled edging, gilt scrolled "Scott" signature at top center, gilt star pattern of 7, at bottom center, inlaid olive green pebbled strip in center of beveled frame, raised banded spinestrip with gilt title and tooled flower patterns on each box, all leave edges polished gilt, choc. brn.ribboned bookmark chocolate brown endpapers, two blank leaves have moderate foxing, cracked hinges, light smudingl but text basically clean & clear, is tissue guarded frontis portrait of Scott w/fascimilie signature, extra engraved title page, 10 WONDERFULLY illustrated full page engravings by Keely Halswelle,… Read More

Hardcover. Eleven of 12 volumes; Vol. III is lacking. 16mo. One half maroon leather with dark green buckram boards, with gilt rules. Gilt titles at maroon spines with 5 raised gilt ruled bands. Spines are rubbed at edges and ends; leather corners also gently rubbed. Internally, title pages and frontispieces toned, o/w very good. Marbled end papers and top edges gilt.

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co. , 1821. Ten (10) volumes. Full early 20th century diced blue calf leather binding with gilt line border on covers. Spines have four flat raisedbands with gilt designs on the bands. All volumes have two maroon leather labels with the series titled in gilt on the top label. The bottom label has volume number and major poem(s) in gilt letters. Blind stamped design in other compartments. All edges of covers have rolled design in leather. Grey endsheets with heraldic bookplate behind front cover. Titles pages each have vinette. Title pages notably foxed, sporadic foxing elsewhere with most other pages & plates generally clean and unfoxed. These volumes are in EXCELLENT condition and would make an excellent gift for the Sir Walter Scott aficionado. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author… Read More