D S Meldrum Ed (3 results)
More imagesPublished by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1896
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Two works by John Galt, the Provost and the Last of the Lairds, in two uniformly bound volumes. A two volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings with blind stamping to the front boards and spines. Top edges gilt. Ink inscriptions to the front free end papers. Illustrated with two pl…ates to each volume by John Wallace. Collated, complete. The Provost was first published in 1822. The Last of the Lairds was first published in 1895. with notes and a glossary to the rear of Volume I. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally very smart, with only light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for offsetting to the end papers. Very Good Indeed. John Wallace (illustrator). book.
THE WORKS OF JOHN GALT (10 volumes)
Meldrum, D.S. & William Roughead (ed), Illustrated by Brock, C.E.
Published by John Grant, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1936
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Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Wyatt Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 10 Volumes in very good condition. Each volume is illustrated by C. E. Brock. Most have the Introduction by S.R. Crockett, except where noted. A few pages are still uncut. Vol.1-221 pages. Annals of the Parish with a Memoir of the Author by D.Storrar Meldrum. Vol.2-302 pages, Annals of the Paris…h and The Ayrshire Legatees. Vol.3-374 pages, Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk. Vol.4-394 pages, second part of Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk. Vol.5-336 pages, The Entail: or the Lairds of Grippy. Vol.6-320 pages, second part of The Entail: or the Lairds of Grippy. Vol.7-326 pages, Ringan Gilhaize: or The Covenanters; Introduction by William Roughead. Vol.8-348 pages, second part of Ringan Gilhaize: or The Covenanters; Introduction by William Roughead. Vol.9-298 pages, The Last of the Lairds. Vol.10-288 pages, The Provost. Dark red/burgundy cloth, gilt titles on spine; pages are clean and white, no writing; some corners bumped. Beige DJ; spine slightly sunned. VG+. Brock, C.E. (illustrator). Book.
More imagesPublished by John Grant, Edinburgh, 1936
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A pleasing copiously illustrated collection of works by the renowned Scottish novelist John Galt, complete in ten volumes. John Galt was a renowned Scottish novelist and essayist, admired for his depiction of country life and for his notable use of local Scots dialect in order to create vivid…and subtle social landscapes. This set is copiously illustrated throughout by the renowned English line artistâ and book illustrator, Charles Edmund Brock. Brock was a prolific illustrator in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, producingworks for such renowned authors as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. This set contains the following works: 'Annals of the Parish' in two volumes. 'Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk' in two volumes. 'The Entail: or the Lairds of Grippy', in two volumes. 'Ringan Gilhaize: or The Covenanters', in two volumes. 'The Last of the Lairds'. 'The Provost'. 'Annals of the Parish' features a fascinating memoir of John Galt by the renowned editor David Storrar Meldrum, and an introduction by the Scottish novelist Samuel Rutherford Crockett. Collated, complete with: Nine black and white plates to 'Annals of the Parish' volume I, and nine black and white plates to volume II. Four plates to 'Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk' volume I, and four plates to volume II. Four plates to 'The Entail: or the Lairds of Grippy' volume I, and four plates to volume II. Four plates to 'Ringan Gilhaize: or The Covenanters' volume I, and four plates to volume II. Four plates to 'The Last of the Lairds'. Four plates to 'The Provost'. This set is lacking the original dustwrappers. In the publisher's original uniform cloth binding, with gilt title to spines. Externally excellent, with slight bumping to extremities and head and tail of spines. Prior owner's ink inscription to front pastedown of each volume. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages very slightly age toned to extremities, but very bright and clean throughout. Small mark to upper fore edge of page 20 'The Last of the Lairds' and offset to facing text, not affecting text. Very Good Indeed. C. E. Brook (illustrator). book.
