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[Scott, Sir Walter.] TALES OF MY LANDLORD. EDINBURGH: FOR WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND (LONDON:) JOHN MURRAY 1816 12mo, first edition, 4 volumes, publisher's presentation copy, each volume inscribed to Maria Edgeworth on the title page or opposite ("Maria Edgeworth from | Mr. Murray Feb. 1816" etc), further inscription in another hand on front endpaper of volume 2 ("Miss Edgeworth | with | Mr. Murray's Compts"), further pencil notes recording later gift to Lucy Jane Robinson (Maria Edgeworth's half-sister), without half-title in volume 3, armorial bookplates of Romney Robinson, red speckled edges, contemporary half calf; together with 27 further volumes from the "Tales of My Landlord" series, namely: the second edition, 4 volumes, spines chipped; second series, 1818, volumes 2-4 only, some spines split ; third edition of same, 1818, 4 volumes, ownership initials of Lucy Jane Robinson, spines torn; third series, 1819, first edition, presentation inscription on front endpaper of volume 1 ("Lovell Edgeworth | to Maria Edgeworth"), Maria's name then crossed through in pencil with note below "given to Lucy [Jane Robinson]"; another copy of the same, 4 volumes; Fourth and last series, 1832, 4 volumes, volume 1 with pencil signature on title "Maria Edgeworth"; another copy of the same, 4 volumes; various contemporary or nineteenth-century half calf bindings; some volumes with the armorial bookplates of Thomas Frankland Lewis; some bindings worn or rubbed, some foxing and staining; 12mo (31)