Fairy & Folktales

and other tales
Edinburgh, for William Blackwood and John Murray, 1818.

First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Half-titles. 20th century full green calf with elaborate gilt and blind-tooling including radiating gilt foliate designs to covers, spines with onlaid leather title labels.

A historical novel from the pen of "The Ettrick Shepherd," set during the Covenanter unrest in 17th-century Scotland, interwoven with folklore involving a house "brownie" spirit.