Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1952. Octavo; Volume 1 only; G; Hardcover; Spine, red with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with red leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards, mild wear to spine caps, hinges, and corners, rubbing to paper; Text block has gilt edges, small star label on front flyleaf, else clean and tight; Contains 3 title pages: 1st is engraved with title “The Prose works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.”, publisher A. & C. Black, Edinburgh; 2nd title page with title “The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Biographical Memoirs, Essays, Letters, with Notes”, publisher Robert Cadell, Edinburgh : Houlston & Stoneman, London, 1850; 3rd title page with title “The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., Containing Biographical Memoirs, Essays, Letters, with Notes” publisher Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1852; Table of contents reveals this to be the first of the 3 volume edition; 852 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w plates). More