Five (5) Single Fore-Edge Painted Literary Books, Shakespeare, Rogers, Tennyson, Sir Walter Scott, Milton. 1st item: The Plays of William Shakespeare, Accurately Printed From the Text of the Corrected Copies, Left by the Late George Stevens, Esq. and Edmund Malone, Esq., with Glossary, 1826. Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London, and Archibald Constable, and Company, Edinburgh, by J. and R. Childs, Bungay. 16mo, 791 gilt edged pages with a watercolor single fore-edge painting of Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace, title page with steel engraved vignette, rebound in tooled red leather with gilt borders and gilt lettering to spine with four raised hubs. Ink inscription dated June 25, 1829, inside of front cover. 6 3/4" H x 4 3/8" W x 1 1/2" D. 2nd item: Italy, A Poem by Samuel Rogers, 1830. Printed for T. Cadell, Jennings and Chaplin, and E. Moxon, London, by Thomas Davidson, London. Octavo, 284 gilt edges pages with a watercolor single fore-edge painting of Rome, rebound in tooled dark red Morocco leather with gilt decorations to covers and gilt lettering to spine, green end papers. Ex libris bookplate, inside of front cover, ink inscriptions, front end paper and title page. 8 1/4" H x 5 3/4" W x 1 1/2" D. 3rd item: Poems. By Alfred Tennyson. In Two Volumes, Vol. I, Fourth Edition, 1846. Published by Edward Moxon, London. 16mo, 235 gilt edges pages with a watercolor single fore-edge painting of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, rebound in tooled brown Morocco leather with gilt decorations to covers and gilt lettering to spine, five raised hubs. Ex libris bookplate, inside of front cover, ink inscription dated May 1848, front end paper. 6 7/8" H x 4 1/2" W x 1 3/8" D. 4th item: The Lord of the Isles by Sir Walter Scott, Bart., illustrated by Birket Foster and John Gilbert, 1857. Published by Adam and Charles Black, London. Octavo, 367 gilt edges pages with a watercolor single fore-edge painting of a view of Edinburgh from the Firth of Forth, engraved frontispiece with tissue paper guard, title page, and numerous illustrations, rebound in pebbled red leather with blind stamps to covers and gilt lettering to spine, five raised hubs. Ink inscription dated November 4, 1863, front end paper. 8 3/8" H x 5 3/4" W x 1 5/8" D. 5th item: The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton. With Life, circa 1870. Published by Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh. 16mo, 491 gilt edges pages with a watercolor single fore-edge painting of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, viewed from the terrace of Somerset House, steel engraved frontispiece with tissue paper guard, half title page, and six (6) plates, rebound in tooled green Morocco leather with gilt decorations to covers and gilt lettering to spine, five raised hubs, thin magenta ribbon bookmark. 6 3/4" H x 4 1/2" W x 1 3/8" D. Early/late 19th century. Note: All books in this lot are included on letters and a receipts from Charles Sessler, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, circa 1983-1984, available to the winning bidder. CONDITION: 1st item: Fore-edge painting in overall excellent condition. Pages in overall good condition with light toning, foxing spots, areas of dampstaining. Rebound boards in overall good condition with hinge wear, corners bumped. Ink inscription dated June 25, 1829, to inside of front cover, retail pencil inscriptions, to front and back end papers. Title page with steel engraved vignette appears to be from another book. 2nd item: Fore-edge painting in overall excellent condition. Pages in overall good condition with toning, foxing spots, areas of dampstaining. Rebound boards in overall good condition, corners bumped. Ex libris bookplate, inside of front cover, ink inscriptions, front end paper and title page, retail pencil inscriptions, front end paper. 3rd item: Fore-edge painting in overall excellent condition. Pages in overall good condition with toning, foxing spots, 7/8 area of loss, front end paper. Rebound boards in overall good condition with hinge wear, corners bumped. Ex libris bookplate, inside of front cover, ink inscription dated May 1848, front end paper. 4th item: Fore-edge painting in overall excellent condition. Pages in overall good condition with toning, foxing spots. Rebound boards in overall good condition, corners bumped. Ink inscription dated November 4, 1863 and retail pencil inscriptions, front end paper. 5th item: Fore-edge painting in overall excellent condition. Pages in overall good condition with toning. Rebound boards in overall good condition, corners bumped. Retail pencil inscriptions, front end paper, ink inscriptions on title page and page 3.