THE POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT 1926 FINE SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE BINDING

[SCOTT, SIR WALTER]. The Poetical Works. London: Oxford University Press, 1926.

Hardcover. Leather-bound. First edition thus. Octavo (190 x 130 mm.), pp. [viii], 981. English text in double columns printed on india paper. Exquisitely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe (signed on the front endleaf with an ink pallet) in polished calf, the covers with a gilt border composed of two fillets with corner-pieces and an inner floral roll. The spine divided into six panels with gilt compartments, lettered in the second on a brown morocco label, the others floral tooled with sprigs and dotted lines, the edges of the boards and turn-ins similarly ruled and tooled, striking marbled endpapers, all page edges gilt, portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. An introduction and notes by J. Logie Robertson. Condition: NEAR FINE. Very minor shelf wear, else a fine example of a wonderful binding. Without previous ownership markings.