Edinburgh [&] London: William Blackwood and Sons [&] Thomas Cadell, 1839. A Partly Satirical, and Very Amusing, Study of a Humble Scottish Character First Edition Illustrated by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. [MOIR, David Macbeth]. The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith. Written by Himself. A new edition revised..... More
Edinburgh [&] London: William Blackwood [&] T. Cadell, 1831. "My dear little friends! if you'll listen to me, I'll tell you a story as true as can be…" With three fine etched plates by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. [SOUTHEY, Caroline Bowles]. The Cat's Tail: Being the History of Childe..... More
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & T. Cadell, 1836. A Humorous Group of Tales With Eight Full-Page Etched Plates by George Cruikshank Handsomely Bound by Rivière & Son CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator, [WHITE, James]. The Adventures of Sir Frizzle Pumpkin; Nights at Mess; and other Tales. With illustrations by George Cruikshank..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, 1814. With Two Superb Fore-Edge Paintings by the "Dover Painter" FORE-EDGE PAINTING. [The "DOVER PAINTER"], artist. PALEY, William. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy. The Twenty-First Edition. Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, 1814. With two superb fore-edge paintings executed ca. 1930 by the "Dover..... More
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820. A Fine Early Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Painting of Glentilt, Perthshire, FORE-EDGE PAINTING. SCOTT, Walter. Miscellaneous Poems. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820. With a fine early twentieth century fore-edge painting of Glentilt, Perthshire, showing a stag with large antlers, standing between two cascading streams. In the background a...... More
Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne, 1809. A Very Fine Contemporary Fore-Edge Painting possibly by the Taylor & Hessey Artist FORE-EDGE PAINTING. THOMSON, James. The Seasons. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne, 1809. With a very fine contemporary fore-edge painting of 'Westminster Abbey from the River Thames' possibly by the Taylor &..... More
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1811. "Day set on Norham's castled steep. And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep… " Bound by Taylor & Hessey and with a Fine Fore-Edge Painting by the "Double-Line Painter" [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [TAYLOR & HESSEY, binder]. [DOUBLE-LINE PAINTER, artist]. SCOTT, Sir Walter. Marmion: A Tale..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Arch. Constable and Co., 1822. Two Fine Early-to-Mid Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Paintings Depicting Two Scottish Castles [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. SCOTT, Sir Walter. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. [The Lady of the Lake [&] The Bridal of Triermain [&] Harold the Dauntless]. Edinburgh: Printed for Arch..... More
Edinburgh and London: Constable and Co.,and Hurst, Chace and Co., 1828. A Fine Cosway-Style Binding Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Twenty-One Plates [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN RIVIÈRE, binders. BURNS, Robert. LOCKHART, J.G. Life of Robert Burns. Edinburgh: Constable and Co., and London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1828. First edition. Octavo (8..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for the author and sold by William Creech, 1787. "Should old acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind Should old acquaintance be forgot And days of auld lang syne" First Edinburgh Edition, First Issue of Robert Burns "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" A Stunning Cosway-Style Jeweled..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1886. The Sonnets of over eighty Sonneteers… Handsomely bound by Root & Son of London ROOT & SON, binders. MAIN, David M. editor. Three Hundred English Sonnets. Chosen and Edited with a few notes by David M. Main. New Edition. Edinburgh and London..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. George Eliot's First Full-Length Novel and her Earliest Popular Success ELIOT, George. Adam Bede. In Three Volumes. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1859. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 181 x 114 mm.). [iii-viii], 325..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First Edition, In the Original Cloth Binding ELIOT, George. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1861. First edition. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 197 x 122 mm.). [6], 364 pp. plus 16 pp. publisher’s advertisements, [4,unnumbered ads..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1826. The Escape of Charles ll SCOTT, Sir Walter. Woodstock; or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-One. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1826. First edition. Three small octavo volumes. iii-xvi, 315, (i, blank); iii-iv, 332; iii-iv..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. Domestic Realism, Pathos, and Humor George Eliot’s First Works of Fiction ELIOT, George. Scenes of Clerical Life. In Two Volumes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1858. First edition in book form of George Eliot’s first works of fiction. Two octavo volumes (7 3/8 x...... More
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