SCOTT WALTER Sir The Lady of the Lake 1869 [i e 1870] Publis

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SCOTT, WALTER, Sir. The Lady of the Lake. 11 mounted albumen photographs of Scottish scenery; wood-engraved text illustrations after Birket Foster and John Gilbert. Half-title; additional title dated 1870. 8vo, publisher's novelty binding of laminated pictorial wooden boards with portrait of the title character on front cover, gilt-blocked navy morocco back with red morocco lettering pieces, cover corners chipped; contents clean. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1869 [i. e., 1870]

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Author's Edition, "with all his introductions, various readings, and the editor's notes" (title page). According to a small legend at the top of the front cover, the wooden boards are "Oak from Underground Dungeon of Stirling Castle--Age Unknown." with--Temple. The Christian Year. Illustrated. 8vo, similar publisher's binding of laminated wood covers elaborately gilt with decorative borders surrounding a central panel containing the title, gilt-decorated spine, rubbed at ends; all edges trimmed and gilt. London: Charles Griffin and Co., circa 1870 Westall's Illustrations to the Works of Walter Scott. Includes The Lady of the Lake. 3 volumes. London: Sharpe, 1809-11.