SCOTT, WALTER, SIR. 3 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED

Autograph letter signed ("Walter Scott"), 1 1/2 pages (7 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.; 185 x 223 mm) on paper, single sheet of mourning paper folded. 30 November, [1827], ; repair to fold. To his friend, William Silk, surgeon and accoucher, in which he describes his return to Edinburgh despite “rough seas & coarse weather”, expresses his distress at the death of Colonel Huxley, who was married to Scott’s niece and discusses financial matters  Autograph letter signed ("Walter Scott"), 1 page (5 x 8 in.; 128 x 203 mm) on paper, no date, Abbotsford, Melrose; some foxing. To a friend, enquiring if he has encountered the early Scottish poem “Rauf Corlzear”, and offering to acquire it for him and giving a reference for a Mr Buchan who wishes advancement in the Post Office in Edinburgh Autograph letter signed ("Walter Scott"), 1 page (7 x 9 in.; 178 x mm) on paper, 14 Spet[ember], Abbotsford, Melrose; some toning, minor split to fold. To Auguste de Fauconpret, inviting him to dinner at Abbotsford