LY O N & T U R N B U L L Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Photographs
197 FC485/37 Scott, Sir Walter Waverley novels. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1849. 8vo, 48 volumes, engraved titles, frontispieces, contemporary half calf, previous owner’s bookplate to paste-down endpaper, some slight rubbing, occasional damp staining; Ramsay, Allan The gentle shepherd. Edinburgh: printed for William Martin, W. Creech, A. Constable & Co., 1808. 4to., 2 volumes, portrait, folding map, 12 plates, contemporary half calf, some darkening and spotting, rubbing to spines and boards (50) £150-250 198 FD681/5 Scott, Sir Walter Waverley novels. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1871. Centenary edition, 8vo, 25 volumes, red half morocco gilt, portrait, frontispieces, engraved title vignettes, occasional light spotting, some rubbing, fading and soiling to boards and spines (25) £300-400 199 FD681/8 Scott, Sir Walter Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. Third edition, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary tree calf with gilt Greek-key border, some slight darkening and foxing, spines and corners a little bumped, joints slightly weak; [Idem] Poetical works. Edinburgh: A. Constable and Co., 1822. 12mo, 8 volumes, portrait, contemporary purple morocco gilt, g.e., some foxing and darkening to title pages, portrait and blanks, spines and covers slightly rubbed and faded; Percy, Thomas Reliques of ancient English poetry. Edinburgh: James Nichol, 1858. 8vo, 3 volumes, 19th century binding with embossed Gothic Revival patterning, inscription to first blank in volume 1, binding and initial pages slightly spotted, binding a little rubbed in places; Motley, John Lothrop The rise of the Dutch Republic... London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. [ca.1860?] 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary calf with gilt tooled spines and embossed gilt coat of arms to upper covers, bookplates and small stamps from previous owners, spines and covers a little rubbed and soiled with joints beginning to split slightly, endpapers and titles a little foxed; [Idem] History of the United Netherlands. London: John Murray, 1875. 8vo, 4 volumes, 4 portraits, folding map, contemporary blue calf, gilt tooled spines, spines a little faded, small central tear to map; Colletta, General Pietro History of the Kingdom of Naples, 17341825... Edinburgh: T. Constable and Co., 1858. 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary blue calf, gilt tooled spine, some rubbing and fading to spines and boards, endpapers slightly foxed, gift inscription in first volume; and 3 others (26) £250-300 200 FE291/26 Scott, Sir Walter Waverley novels. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1871. 8vo, 25 volumes, engraved plates, half calf with gilt tooled spines, spines faded (25) £200-300
201 FE662/2 Shetland - James Grant Interest Grant, James Thoughts on the origin and descent of the Gael... Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1814. 8vo, signatures of James Grant and John Grant on slip of paper pasted opposite title page, bookplate of Francis James Grant and small signature of John Grant to first free-endpaper, contemporary blue half calf, spine and corners a little rubbed, upper joint slightly split; [Idem] Biographical sketches of famous inventors and manufacturers. London: Cassells... 1881. 8vo, pages removed from original work and pasted into this notebook, manuscript title page and index, nameplate of C. and F. Grant, some pages possibly lacking, a couple stained, notebook cover and spine rubbed; Edmondston, Thomas An etymological glossary of the Shetland & Orkney dialect. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1866. 8vo, inscribed to F.J.[?] Grant from the author, original cloth gilt with traditional Shetland or Orcadian motifs to covers, bookplate of Francis James Grant; Edmondston, Eliza Sketches and tales of the Shetland Islands. Edinburgh: Sutherland & Knox, 1856. 8vo, map, orange cloth, bookplate of Francis J. Grant; Edmondston, Thomas The young Shetlander... Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1868. 8vo, inscribed to a Grant child from his father, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, spiled, some spotting, hinges weak; [Grant, James] Novels. London: Routeledge, [n.d.]. Aide-de-camp edition, 8vo, 14 volumes, red cloth gilt, bookplates of Francis James Grant, spines a little faded; [Idem] Novels. London: Routeledge, 1859-1887. 8vo, 8 volumes, bookplates of Francis James Grant; And 3 other books with bookplates of Francis James Grant (30) £200-300 202 FD391/17 Spenser, Edmund The faerie queene... London: Matthew Lownes, 1609. Folio in sixes, engraved title and vignettes, 2 parts in one volume, 19th century calf, a few small holes and neat repairs to pages with only a small number of letters lost, lacks A letter of the Authors and A Vision upon this Conceit of the Faery Queene sections following colophon page, title repaired, occasional slight spotting and dust-soiling, some foxing to endpapers, binding rubbed [STC (2nd edition) / 23083] £1,200-1,400 203 FC269/101 Swift, Jonathan Works. London: C. Bathurst, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1754-1755. 8vo, 12 volumes, contemporary calf, bookplates of Lord Gretton, rubbed, spines peeling, some dampstaining; Morell, Sir Charles The tales of the genii... London: J. Wilkie, 1766. Third edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, engraved frontispieces, 12 engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt tooled spines, bookplates of Lord Gretton, some foxing, spines and covers a little rubbed and faded, a couple of small marginal holes with loss of a couple of page numbers; Dryden, John Miscellaneous works... London: J. and R. Tonson, 1760. 8vo, 4 volumes, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, bookplates of Lord Gretton, rubbed, endpapers darkened, occasional foxing; Sold not subject to return (18) Provenance: Property of the Trustees of Lord Gretton £120-180
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