[FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS]: SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). Ballads and Lyrical Pieces. Edinburgh: for John Ballantyne and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812.
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[FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS]: SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). Ballads and Lyrical Pieces. Edinburgh: for John Ballantyne and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812.
8vo (216 x 125 mm). Contemporary blue morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing FORE-EDGE PAINTING of a manor house and its holdings. Minor chipping to front cover and spine. Provenance: Charles Sorase Dickins (armorial bookplates). Fourth edition.
-- [Uniformly bound with:] SCOTT. Rokeby. Edinburgh: for John Ballantyne and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. Contemporary blue morocco gilt, edges gilt concealing FORE-EDGE PAINTING of a castle overlooking a loch (some light rubbing to extremities). Provenance: Charles Sorase Dickins (armorial bookplates). Fourth edition.
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