This beautiful early Victorian edition of The Poetical Works of Walter Scott was published by Adam and Charles Black in 1857. The book is bound in full Morocco with blind stamped decoration to the boards and spine. All edges are gilt, with stunning gauffered detailing. Gauffering describes the act of applying a patterned decoration to the text block edges of a book.
The book is in very good condition, with just some wear and loss to the surface of the leather in places (corners and board edges). The spine is sunned, with some wear and minor loss to the surface of the leather. The leather shows some minor marks and there is some dulling to the top edge of the text block.
Inside, the endpapers are marbled and there are some pencilled annotations on the verso of the FFEP. There are no inscriptions but the pages show age toning throughout, with sporadic foxing and occasional minor marking. Some of the tissue guards are creased, with small chips to the edges.
Dimensions approximately 19.4cm x 13cm x 4.6cm.
The book will arrive hand wrapped in patterned wallpaper and ribbon.
I use a range of eco friendly, 100% recyclable jiffy bags and boxes, and whenever possible I use brown paper tape. The green bubble wrap is oxo-degradable and the clear bubble wrap is 100% recyclable. I also reuse boxes when I feel it's appropriate (if the boxes are sturdy enough).