Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Walter Scott to an unnamed correspondent asking him to "accept Lady Scott's best thanks and mine for the ... haunch of venison which will enable me ... God willing to show Lord Gifford the Vice Chancellor and my excellent friend the Lord Chief Baron ... our miraculous produce. Lady Scott desires me to say how very sensible she is of your kind attendance, which enables her to face ... Beings of such distinction who, being eminent judges of everything else be must...

Scope and Contents Autograph Letter Signed by Walter Scott to an unnamed correspondent saying that he "is a good deal alarmed by Anne threatening to come to town. I think you can favour me with an answer to Clarkson whose letter I delivered when I came to town. I would prevent her coming even yet by going early off tomorrow morning ... ", 1 side 4to., Atholl Crescent, Edinburgh, no date."Anne" refers here to Scott's unmarried daughter Anne Scott (1803-1833) who lived with him at Abbotsford until...

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Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Rodger, saying that he "can by no means think of running the risque of proceeding against Henderson without a jury so one must be summoned. Any day is the same for me excepting about the 28 .... to the 3 September when I am called away by business ... ", 1 side 8vo., with direction on conjugate leaf, Abbotsford, Saturday, no date.

Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Sir Walter Scott to Robert Smith Esq., St Paul’s Churchyard, from Edinburgh, dated 5 January 1800.This is a long letter to Smith in St Paul’s Churchyard, primarily concerning the recovery of a debt, but also with family news and remarks of a general nature. Smith has evidently asked Scott to assist in the repayment of a debt, and Scott, in his role as sheriff-depute of the county of Selkirk, agrees to assist. He tells Smith, "I shall be extremely...

Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Sir Walter Scott to his friend the antiquarian Cuthbert Sharp in Bishopwearmouth, Durham. From Abbotsford, dated 10th May [no year, but probably 1830].In the letter, Scott thanks Sharp for sending him some material relating to Lord William Howard (1563-1640), known as "Bauld Will Howard": "I am honoured with your letter and packet and am much flattered by your polite note". He praises Sharp for rescuing Howard "from...

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Autograph letter signed in full to Walter Scott's friend James Ballantyne, on the subject of world affairs. Also includes an engraving entitled 'The Author of Waverley', depicting Walter Scott and his dog.

Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed in full "Walter Scott" to his publisher James Ballantyne, saying that he has "the pleasure to assure you I am well, quite well. I have walked in spite of weather for two hours every day this week to my ... refreshment. I feel no more of my disease ... You will get little more copy till I come in on Monday because I must do something to help Lockhart at his start..." (John Gibson Lockhart, 1794-1854, Biographer and Critic, Editor of the Quarterly Review 1825-1853), and...

Scope and Contents One autograph letter signed by Walter Scott to R. Rushworth, with the original wax seal. Transcription: " I am honoured with the proposal to inscribe to ... uour picturesque scenery of Scotland to which I can have only one objection that I have not the privilege of being likely to benefit the book as it is the natural acknowledgement of such a favour. I live strictly retired and am obliged to see few people and thus am entirely out of the circle where literary undertakings are spoken of... ....

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Four hand-coloured illustrations illustrating characters from Walter Scott's novels, probably taken from Heath's Waverley gallery of the principal female characters in Sir Walter Scott's romances. The characters represented are: Lady Ashton (The Bride of Lammermoor); Rebecca (Rebecca's Hymn); Julia (Guy Mannering); and Margaret Ramsay (Fortunes of Nigel). One other unidentified.

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Autograph letter from Walter Scott to an unnamed correspondent, with the signature removed. Also includes a small black-and-white photocopy of a portrait of Walter Scott.