Author: SCOTT, SIR WALTER
Title: Walter Scott's Works with a General Introduction by Sir Walter Besant, Most Unusually and Elaborately Illustrated (11 Volumes, Only, of 33)
Description: London: Merrill & Baker, N.D.. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Eleven volumes (Edition des Amateurs). Limited edition of 250 sets (of which these are part of No. 31). nd (c. 1890). Half morocco over calf boards, spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt floral tooling in remainder, gilt borders on covers, t.e.g, fore-edges deckle, marbled endpapers. Extra-illustrated edition with colored frontispieces in each volume with numerous engraved plates. The volumes include: Quentin Durward; The Talisman; Woodstock; The Antiquary; The Fair Maid of Perth; Redgauntlet; Count Robert of Paris; The Betrothed; The Chrolicles of the Canongate: The Highland Widow; The Two Drovers; My Aunt Margaret's Mirror; The Tapestried Chamber; The Monastery; The Black Dwarf; A Legend of Montrose; and The Abbot. Several boards detached but present, covers rubbed and worn, text blocks tight, and square, unmarked, and clean, many pages unopened. A heavy set - additional shipping will apply. FAIR. Color and B&W Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fair with no dust jacket .

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