Lot 166
Scott, Sir Walter
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Rob Roy. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1818. 3 volumes, 8vo, half-titles in volumes 1 and 3 only; [Idem] The abbot. Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst..., 1820. 3 volumes, first edition, 8vo, half-titles, original boards; [Idem] Kenilworth... Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1821. 3 volumes, first edition, 8vo, half-titles; [Idem] The fortunes of Nigel. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1822. 3 volumes, first edition, 8vo, half-titles, publisher's 6 page catalogue bound into volume 3; [Idem] Miscellaneous poems. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820. First edition of this collection, 8vo, half-title; and 27 others; all in original blue publisher's boards with paper labels to spines; [Idem] The lady of the lake. Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Co., 1810. 4to, portrait, half-title, modern half calf, bookplate to paste-down endpaper, some slight spotting, lacks engraved title-page and plates; [Idem] Border antiquities... London: Longman, Hurst..., 1814-17. 2 volumes, 4to, 2 engraved title-pages, 92 engraved plates, contemporary morocco gilt with oak leaf pattern border, bookplates to paste-down endpapers, some spotting, spines faded and rubbed; [Idem] The vision of Don Roderick... Edinburgh: James Ballantyne, 1811. First edition, 4to, with publisher's catalogue leaf bound in at rear, modern half calf, bookplate, a little soiling and darkening to some pages; [Idem] The lord of the isles... Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1815. 4to, modern half calf, bookplate to paste-down endpaper, some very occasional, slight spotting; and over 150 other volumes of Scott, many first editions, sold not subject to return (quantity)