Lot 245
Ornithology, Literature, Scotland and other subjects, 34 books
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Bewick, Thomas A History of British Birds. Newcastle, 1826. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary pink half calf, faded, some spotting; Hogarth, William - Thomas Clerk The Works of William Hogarth. London: R. Scholey, 1810. 2 volumes, 8vo, brown straight grained morocco, joints split, one upper board detached; Scott, Sir Walter Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Edinburgh, 1806. 3 volumes, third edition, 8vo, half-titles, contemporary green half morocco, rubbed; MacKenzie, Peter Reminiscences of Glasgow. Glasgow: John Tweed, 1865. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary pink half-calf, rubbed and faded; Eyre-Todd, George, editor Ancient Scottish Ballads. London: Bayley & Ferguson, [n.d.]. 4to., number 46 of 150 copies, original cloth; Burton, Isabel Arabian Nights. London, 1886. 6 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, soiled, foxed; Buchanan, George The History of Scotland. Glasgow, 1827. 4 volumes, 8vo; and 13 others, sold not subject to return (34)