ANNALS OF A PUBLISHING HOUSE. WILLIAM BLACKWOODk AND HIS SONS, THEIR MAGAZINE AND FRIENDS by Mrs. Oliphant. (Vol. 3: John Blackwood by his Daughter, Mrs. Gerald Porter). [3 Volumes, Mixed Set] by Oliphant, Margaret - Mary Porter - 1898

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1897, 1898. 3 volume mixed set. Volumes 1 & 2, limited edition of 150 copies on handmade paper, published 1897, quarto, in dust jackets, navy-blue buckram with gilt device to covers and gilt spine lettering, top edges gilt, others deckled.. Vol. 1: pp. 522, engraved frontispiece portrait; Vol. 2: pp. 514, engraved frontispiece portrait plus two other engraved portraits. Vol. 3: unopened, ordinary edition, octavo, navy blue cloth with identical gilt device on cover and gilt spine lettering, pp. 435, engraved frontispice portrait, illustrated. Lacks dust jacket. Covers lightly rubbed and scuffed, else nice, clean set. Includes a purchase invoice addressed to Mr. Neill, Bodleian Library, Oxford and dated 22nd March 1971.. Limited First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus.. Quarto.