Whyte melville

1890 · 620M16 — London: Ward Lock & Co. c1890. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". John Charlton; Stanley L. Wood; Samuel Edmund Waller. A four volume set of works by the notable Scottish novelist and poet George John Whyte-Melville. Containing the following works: 'Songs and Verses and The True Cross' 'Riding Recollections' 'Contraband or A Losing Hazard' 'Market Harborough and Inside the Bar' Featuring a bookplate of a 'Samuel Leslie Williams' to the front pastedown of 'Market Harborough'. In a uniform quarter polished calf binding with cloth boards and attractive marbled endpapers. Collated presumed complete with illustrations by John Charlton Stanley L. Wood and Samuel Edmund Waller. All volumes are undated dated using Copac. In a uniform quarter polished calf binding with cloth boards. Externally slightly faded and rubbed to spines resulting in loss of leather to tail of 'Riding Recollections'. Very slightly rubbed to extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean slightly age toned to edges with scattered spotting to textblock. Occasional scattered spotting to the fore edge of the odd page. Light scattered spotting to first and last few pages. Spotting from title page to to page 8 'Market Harborough'. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown 'Market Harborough'. Very Good Ward, Lock & Co. hardcover