Art Nouveau

London and Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1892. 25 volume set, 8 1/4 inches. A very smart set of the Dryburgh Edition of the Waverley novels in a half morocco binding in the Art Nouveau style. With two gilt raised bands framing the title and superb floral gilt tooling. Gilt top edges. Slight variation in the colour of the spines, but still a very good looking set of this well illustrated edition of Sir Walter Scott's great series of novels.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1907. Full morocco, 6 inches tall. An exquisite binding with beautifully gilt tooled floral calf onlays in the Art Nouveau style to the spine and upper board. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Portrait. Christina Georgina Rossetti was an English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember", as well as the words of the carol "In the Bleak Midwinter".

Privately Printed For Subscribers Only, 1897. 5 volume set, 9 inches tall. A beautiful half morocco binding in the Art Nouveau style by Zaehnsdorf with one raised band, the titles in a floral cartouche above and a superb floral design below. Gilt top edges. The corners are slightly bumped and the cloth boards a little rubbed and marked. This comprehensive and extraordinary collection of songs and ballads popular before 1800 is privately printed for subscribers to allow some bawdy and explicit material to be included. A superb set finely printed on handmade paper.