Fore-Edge painting.- Edinburgh.- Aytoun (William Edmondstoune) The

Fore-Edge painting.- Edinburgh.- Aytoun (William Edmondstoune) The Ballads of Scotland, 2 vol., half-titles, heavy foxing to endpapers and titles, occasional throughout, hinges on vol. 2 starting to crack, near-contemporary morocco, spines worn and discoloured, joints and extremities rubbed, g.e., fore-edge paintings beneath the gilt of Edinburgh from the Union Canal (1) and Edinburgh from the Calton Hills (2), 1852; Bothwell, a Poem in Six Parts, light foxing, blind-stamp to first free endpaper of Victor A. Harris, rear hinge starting to crack, contemporary morocco, rubbed, upper cover detached, losses to top of the spine, splitting from rear board at the top, g.e., fore-edge painting beneath the gilt of the castle from the grass market, Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 8vo, 1858 (3).

Estimate:$401.15

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