De Foe [Defoe], Daniel. Life of Colonel Jack. John Ballantyne & Co, Edinburgh, 1810.

Price: US$25.48 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: Hardbacks. 16mo. A two volume set being volumes sixth and seventh of the novels of Daniel De Foe. Leather bound, showing some wear and lacking spines. Marbled edges. Internally very good. Bookplates. Volume Sixth, pp.xii,259. Volume Seventh, pp.vii,251.

Seller: Blacket Books, PBFA, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

DEFOE (Daniel).. The Novels.. printed by James Ballantyne and Co, for John Ballantyne and Co. and Brown and Crombie; and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme in London, Edinburgh, 1810.

Price: US$955.53 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Woodcut vignette on part titles of vols. 1-3 and woodcut plates. First Scott edition. 12 volumes. Small 8vo. [185 x 108 x 290 mm]. [2]ff, iv. xxxiii, 287 pp; [2]ff, iv, 330 pp; [2]ff, iv, 329pp; xxi, [iii], 211, [3] pp; vii, [i], 242, [2] pp; [iv], [ix]-xii, [v]-[viii], 259 pp; vii, [i], 251 pp; viii, 272 pp; vii, [i], 251 pp; [2]ff, 255, [1] pp; [2]ff, 217pp; [2]ff, 288pp. Bound in the original light brown paper covered boards, the spines with printed paper labels, plain endleaves, uncut and largely unopened edges. (Vol.12 rebacked to match, headcaps chipped, a few joints cracked, labels rubbed and minor stains). Edited by Sir Walter Scott and comprising The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (vols. 1-3), Memoirs of a Cavalier (4-5), Life of Colonel Jack (6-7), The Adventures of Captain Singleton (8-9), A New Voyage Round the World (10-11) and History of the Plague in London, in 1665 (12). They remain largely unopened, though the preliminary leaves of vol.1 have been slit, with a short tear at head of pp.3-6. There is a little damp-staining to the boards and endleaves in vol.9. Vol.12 has been expertly and almost imperceptibly rebacked. The woodcuts are animated and it is a fine set.

Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom