FIRST EDITION. VERY HANDSOMELY REBOUND IN HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER BLUE CLOTH RAISED BANDS GILT TITLES ON RED LEATHER WITHIN THE SPINE NEW END PAPERS TISSUE GUARDS OVER PLATES. FRONTESPIECE ENGRAVINGS AND PICTURES OF ARMORIAL SHIELDS.
FIRST (AMERICAN) EDITION. VERY GOOD IN SLIGHTLY WORN PROTECTED DUSTWRAPPER. WITH 220 PLATES IN PHOTOGRAVURE 18 SKETCHES IN THE TEXT 2 FOLDING PANORAMAS AND ONE MAP IN THE REAR POCKET. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
SMALL OCTAVO ORIGINAL BROWN BOARDS GILT DESIGN TO FRONT BOARD 320 PAGES PLUS 16 PAGE CATALOGUE OF THE WORK OF WALTER SCOTT. THE BOARDS ARE WORN 2 FOLDING MAPS PRESENT BUT ONE IS INSERTED LOOSELY AND IS REPARIED. FRONT HINGE CRACKED CONTENTS CLEAN. SEVERAL STAMPS OF THE ‘CENTRAL BIBLIOTHEK DES D & OE. ALPENVEREINES.’ A GOOD COPY ONLY OF THIS SCARCE WORK.
THE PLAYERS’ SHAKESPEARE FACSIMILE OF THE FOLIO OF 1623. LIMITED TO 450 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 131. PRINTED AT THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS. LARGE QUARTO RAG PAPER COLOUR PLATES AND LINE DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT. ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN EX-LIBRARY COPY IT HAS BEEN RECENTLY REBOUND IN QUARTER RED LEATHER OVER RED CLOTH WITH NEW ENDPAPERS AND RAISED BANDS MAKING A VERY ATTRACTIVE BINDING. INTERNALLY CLEAN AND TIGHT. OCCASIONAL SMALL UNOBTRUSIVE STAMPS. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED.
NEW EDITION OCTAVO NO DATE [1801] 399 PAGES PLUS AN APPENDIX OF 72 PAGES. FOLDING MAP FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER. WEAR TO THE BOARDS WITH SPLIT BETWEEN BOTTOM OF SPINE AND FRONT BOARDS. INTERNALLY CLEAN. VERY GOOD.