Set Reminder2022-02-26 12:00:002022-02-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-21955 Our first book sale of the year features an array of items not seen on the market in over a century. Among the Americana lots crossing the block is one of the rarest and important Revolutionary War narratives, being Ethan Allen’s account of his captivity in British prisons printed in 1779.
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[BINDINGS]. SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771?1832). Waverley Novels. London and Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1892?1894 [but actually 1904]. 25 volumes, 8vo. Numerous plates including frontispieces, title vignettes. Contemporary half burgundy morocco over marbled boards, 4 compartments with 3 raised bands gilt, large compartment with central oval medallion onlaid with green morocco and surrounded by geometric ornaments gilt, top edges gilt. DRYBURGH EDITION. A fine set in a handsome binding.