Historical, Legendary and Romantic Tales

Scott (Sir Walter).  Selected and arranged by William T. Dobson Portrait frontispiece, plates Bickers & Son,  1889 First Edition of this selection    Full contemporary black morocco, sides with triple fillet and elaborate floral and leafy decoration gilt, upper cover with armorial crest gilt “Pietas parentum”, spine in compartments with raised bands elaborately gilt and lettered in gilt, inner dentelles and all edges gilt Upper joint with some wear and cracked at head, a little wear elsewhere, but a nice copy; inscribed on the front free end-paper to Mr Hammond by the Duke of Marlborough and dated 1897   

Price: £200