Scott, Walter ( by the author of "Waverley", Tales of the Crusaders", &c.): Woodstock; or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-One. , Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green London 1826.

In three volumes. 18.5 by 10.5 cms. The first edition, second issue. 18.5 by 10.5 cms. Vol. I. xvi+315 pp. Vol. II. 332 pp. Vol. III. 315 pp. In a contemporary polished calf binding, with a six panelled spine with raised bands, red original spine labels with gilt lettering, highly decorative gilt decorated panels of a central thistle surrounded by four panels of oak leaves and acorns, the boards have double gilt edge lining and blindstamping with a small central gilt coronet over a boar, board edges are gilt stamped. Marbled foreedges and matching endpapers. Some edgewear and scuffing to spine joints of vols I and II. Internally tight, and bright, but occasional pages have a margin corner torn off, no text loss of course. The contemporary binding has been carried out to create a matching, but not uniform, binding for the first owner's collection of Scott. We have several other Scott first editions in this binding. The crest to the boards, boar passant, Gules bristled or charged on the body with three annulets d'or, was that of Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon 3rd Earl of Clare, 1795-1864. He was MP for Co. Limerick 1818-1841 and Lord Lieutenant of the county from 1831. The family home was Mountshannon at Castleconnell, where he had a good reputation as landlord.The line became extinct on his death, his son having died at the charge of the Light Brigade, Balaclava (Book ref. 13100)  £195.00

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