The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart from Abbotsford and Milton Lockhart Mss. and Other Original Sources (In Two Volumes)
London / New York: John C. Nimmo / Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Vol. I pp. xxiv, 146, [4] (blank); frontis. portrait with tissue guard, seven plates with tissue guards (3 color, of which 1 double-page); Vol. II pp. [iv](blank), xii, 446, [4](blank); seven plates (2 color), index. Original red half cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, coat of arms stamped in gilt on the covers, top edge gilt, dark red endpapers, red bookmark ribbons. Bookplate of J. G. Hodgson. Reproduction of "The Literary Executor" portrait mounted on ffep. Edges rubbed, corners bumped, hinges starting, a few light pencil annotations, Vol. II bookmark ribbon detached but present. Very Good-. Item #6449
The editor, novelist, biographer of Robert Burns, and the author of the Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart 1837 - 1839. A handsome, presentable set.
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