The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Published Edinburgh:
Robert Cadell, 1851. Hardback, octavo format, no dustjacket. Contemporary
binding of full green leather with gilt lettering, decoration and five raised
bands to spine, gilt stamped decoration to covers. All page edges gilt. Ribbon
bookmark. Tissue guarded portrait frontispiece. Engraved vignette title page. Illustrated
with steel engravings. Gift inscription in ink to front free endpaper, some browning
to verso of plates with some overshadowing, otherwise the book is in very good
condition in good condition covers, with split to upper hinge and upper cover
partly loose.