Walter Scott's Romane by Walter Scott - 1876

16º. (12 x 8 cm)
12 volumes [out of 13]. Original green publisher's cloth; titles and volume number in gold on spine; black endpapers with a small label from G.G. Walmsley Liverpool. All volumes in very good condition; clean and bright texts; the cover of volume II is a bit stiff and slightly twisted. In a custom green half-box.
A beautiful collection that includes the 37 works, poems, and sonnets of Shakespeare.
Contents:
Volume I: "The Tempest," "Two Gentlemen of Verona," "Comedy of Errors," 233 pp.
Volume II: "The Merry Wives of Windsor," "Measure for Measure," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," 275 pp.
Volume III: "Much Ado About Nothing," "Twelfth Night: or What You Will," "Love's Labour's Lost," 285 pp.
Volume IV: "As You Like It," "The Merchant of Venice," "A Winter's Tale," 306 pp.
Volume V: "Taming of The Shrew," "All's Well That Ends Well," "King John," 299 pp.
Volume VI: "King Richard II," "King Henry IV Part 1 and 2," 328 pp.
Volume VII: "King Henry V," "King Henry VI Part 1 and 2," 337 pp.… Read More

1881. Fine. 14 20 3. Red cloth binding with gilt title on the spine. Gilt sidesaddle rider on the front board.


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First Edition. A very scarce and sought after book. 8″x5″, 275 pages + index. Learning Park Riding, Horses, and Hunting with hints on costume and numerous anecdotes. The frontis illustration is a photograph of the author in her habit. There are sidesaddle related adverts at the front and back of the book, it is illustrated with engravings.
                                                      
Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue, also known as Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert, was born in 1843 and lived until 12 January 1940. She came from an upper-middle class family and she was famous for her horse riding, poetry and journalism projects. She was a journalist and wrote… Read More