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Lot 256
Two Antique Sets of Books With Scottish Themes
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: Grant, James. Old and New Edinburgh: Its History, its People, and its Places (Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., n.d.), mid-19th century, three volumes, 4to (10-1/2 in.), three-quarter leather over black cloth, spines with gilt and raised bands; numerous engravings; plus...The National Burns (Glasgow: William Mackenzie, n.d.), circa 1880s, Rev. George Gilfillan, ed., two volumes, 4to (10-1/4 in.), three-quarter leather over maroon boards, gilt to spine, marbled edges; engravings interspersed throughout the text, which consists of songs, correspondence, and, of course, poems by Robert Burns.

Chipping and wear to boards; moderate losses to the title plates on the Edinburgh spines; tightly bound, generally clean text with some foxing to first and last pages of each book; overall good condition.