Lot 272
Bindings
English and Scottish literature and history, 19th century
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 253 to 285
Description
Pugh, Edwin. The Charles Dickens Originals. Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1912. 8vo, original vellum lettered in gilt;
Burns, Robert. The Works. Edinburgh: for James Robertson, 1819. 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf by J. B. Dunlop of Edinburgh, ownership inscription torn from upper margin of volume 1 title-page;
[Smollett, Tobias]. The Adventures of Roderick Random. Edinburgh: Alex. Lawrie and Co., 1804. 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary marbled sheep;
[Jacobite interest] Logan, George. A Treatise on Government; shewing that the Right of the Kings of Scotland to the Crown was not Strictly and Absolutely Hereditary. Edinburgh: sold by the booksellers, 1746. First edition, 8vo, 19th-century half calf, damp-staining, title-page stained and with small hole partially obscuring author's name, bookplate of Baillie of Culter Allers and cancelled Edinburgh University Library plate to front pastedown [ESTC T87669];
Goodwin, John. The Divine Authority of the Scriptures Asserted. London: for Henry Overton, 1648. 4to, 18th-century tan calf, bookplate of George Ross, advocate, closely trimmed at foot, incomplete (lacking portrait) [ESTC R12779];
Wivell, Abraham. An Inquiry into the History, Authenticity, and Characteristics of the Shakespeare Portraits. London: by the author, 1827. 8vo, contemporary red half morocco, engraved plates, ex library with ink-stamps, labels to endpapers;
Ruskin, John. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Orpington: George Allen, 1887. 4to, contemporary gilt vellum by W. J. Mansell, bevelled boards, plates, Eton leaving inscription to initial blank, bookplates;
Dalrymple, Sir David. Annals of Scotland. Edinburgh: Balfour & Smellie, 1776. 4to, contemporary boards, cloth backstrip, edges uncut, old library plate and ink-stamp to front pastedown and title-page respectively;
and 15 others similar, the lot not fully collated and sold as a collection of bindings (30)