Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. [Large Paper Edition; Complete Ten Volume Set] by Lockhart, John Gibson - 1901

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1809. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo. 330 pages. A small book measuring 5 7/8 inches tall by 3 3/4 inches wide. Hardcover bound in original full leather. The binding is rubbed and bumped but sound. Hinges are just a little rubbed but sound and secure. Complete with flyleaves; no owner's inscriptions. Some spotting to the endpapers. The text is toned. A decent copy.

London: Published at the Offices of "Country Life, 1913. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. 344, 15 pages. Hardcover bound in white quarter cloth with grey cloth covered boards. The binding is quite worn and stained but sound. Old glass rings and stains on the front cover, especially at the fore edge. The white cloth spine is foxed and the spine is toned and the spine gilt a bit dulled. A sound copy with secure hinges. Text is clean. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos. Signed on the back side of the frontis by William Lanier Hunt. William Lanier Hunt (1906-1996) was the "Dean of Southern Horticulture." He donated land along the Morgan Creek in southern Orange County, NC to the North Carolina Botanical Garden and is now known as the Hunt Arboretum.

London: Methuen & Co., 1904. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 272, 40 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in green cloth with titles in gilt. Moderate wear to the binding. The front and rear covers have pale spotting, and the spine is toned. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Top edge gilt. Endpapers foxed. Text is toned but generally clean with a bit of foxing near the photographic plates. Complete with the folding map at the rear. The map has some brief tears at the edges of the folds. Quite scarce.

Mataro (Spain): Establecimiento Tipografico de Feliciano Horta, 1888. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 404, [1] pages. Hardcover bound in full leather that with the design of tree calf. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. An ex-library copy with a removed label from the spine, and a removed bookplate from the front pastedown. A sound copy with secure hinges and supple leather. Fore edge is foxed, and some foxing to the half title. Text is in Spanish. A rough translation of the title is, "Historical Notes on the Province of Entre Ríos in the Argentine Republic.

London: Wells, Gardner, Warton, 1895. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Gordon Browne; W. H. Groome. Quarto. 310 pages. Scarce Limited Edition (#127 / 150 Copies) SIGNED by the author and by both artists. Hardcover in bluish-green cloth with cover designs in dark blue and lettering in gilt. The binding is rubbed and bumped. The spine is toned and has some scuff marks; the spine ends are a bit chipped. An attractive bookplate on front pastedown reads "Leonard James Shrubsall." Endpapers are foxed. There is a pencilled notation on the rear flyleaf. Text is toned, has foxing throughout.

Greensboro, N.C.: The Guilford Battle Ground Company, 1902. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 19 pages. Soft cover bound in brown textured wrappers. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. The top corner of the front cover and text block is a little bumped. There is a spot of soiling and some dull creasing on the rear cover, but overall a sound, clean copy. Housed in a removable plastic sleeve with a board backing. Scarce.

Paris: F. Bechet and A. Egron, 1817. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. xxx, 403, [2]; 394, [2] pages. Hardcovers bound in dark green half leather with marbled paper-covered boards. The bindings show some wear but are quite sound with sturdy hinges. The rear hinge on Volume 1 is scuffed with the untreated leather exposed. There is a white scuff mark on the front cover of Volume 1 at the bottom left corner. Bindings tight. Marbled endpapers. The text is a little toned and has some occasional foxing, but overall the text appears clean. Half title to Volume 1 appears to be a little loose. SIGNED Bechet (one of the publishers) on the verso of the title page to authenticate this edition as not being a pirated edition. Text is in French. A translation of the title into English is, "The Colonies and the Present Revolution of America.

London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1870. First Edition First Printing . Leather Bound. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mos. 326; 310 pages, indexed. Hardcovers bound in 3/4 red calf with raised bands and red marbled paper-covered board. All edges marbled. Raised bands on the spines, which have red and green leather labels. Elaborate gilt rules and tooling on the spines. The bindings show light to moderate rubbing and wear. A sound set, although there is a slight crack in the gutter between pages 62 and 63. Each volume has a tipped-in photo as a frontis. Text is a little toned and has some occasional pencil markings in the margins. An attractive set.

New York and Philadelphia: Published for the Author by Boericke & Tafel, 1877. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 132 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in brown and black cloth. The binding shows some wear and rubbing about the edges. Binding is sound with secure inner hinges; spine is sunned. Text is a little toned but is generally clean. Contains a couple of illustrations. We don't know if this would qualify as a Homeopathic work, but the publisher Boericke & Tafel largely published books of Homeopathy and alternative medicines

Italy: N.p., 1873. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong Quarto measuring just about 9 inches long by 6 1/2 inches tall. The binding is a white hardcover made to look like vellum (but is likely treated paper-covered boards) and has cover designs and lettering embossed in gilt. All edges red. Some of the thick pages are a bit wavy about the edges. The binding is soiled and bumped but is sound. There is some cracking to the front and rear hinges near the headcap. The front cover is stamped "ROMA" There is not date in the volume, but the images appear to be late 19th century. Image #46 is dated (printed along with the image in the margin) 1873. Although the front cover states "Roma", the images appear to be mostly from Pisa, Naples and Pompeii and contains some scenery as well as a number of images of art from museums. Although several images are noted to be from Pisa, there is NO IMAGE OF THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA. There are 11 unused… Read More