The North British Review & The London Quarterly Review, 1847 - 1848 American Editions - : With References to Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and other works from his "Christmas Books"

Here are two bound "American Edition" volumes of "THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW" and "THE LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW." Each volume contains 4 bound quarterly issues. Both volumes were published in 1848 by Leonard Scott & Co. in New York. Three-quarter leather bindings with raised bands and gilt lettering on the spines, marbled covers, marbled end papers and marbling on all page edges. The content of both volumes is mostly (if not entirely) non-fiction. The following 2 volumes are included:

NORTH BRITISH REVIEW, Volume VIII - contains the following 4 quarterly issues: November 1847, February 1848, May 1848, August 1848. Here are a few examples of the contents:
* Criticism's Christmas Carol (with references to Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" and other works from his "Christmas Books")
* Ghosts and Ghost-Seers
* The Art of Angling
* The Future
* The Microscope
* The Abuses of Jury Trials
* Sir J.C. Ross' Antarctic Voyage of Discovery
* Female Characters of Goethe and Shakespeare
* Sir John Herschel's Astronomical Observations
* The French Revolution of 1848
* Tennyson's Poems - The Princess
* Two Summers in Norway
* Foster's Life of Goldsmith
* Army Reform - Limited Enlistment

LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW, Volume LXXXII - contains the following 4 quarterly issues: December 1847, March 1848, June 1848, September 1848. Here are a few examples of the contents:
* Antiquarian Club Books
* Female Penitentiaries
* Military Education
* Broderip's Zoological Recreations
* Lodging-Houses
* The Friends of the African
* Music
* Pentonville Prisoners
* Accumulations of Capital
* Eastlake on the History of Painting
* Tennyson's Princess: A Medley
* Our Military Establishment
* French Revolution - February, 1848
* Head and Stirling on Spanish Art
* Modern Chemistry
* On the State of Religion in France
* Revolutions in Italy
* Political Prospects of France and England
* Ireland

Condition:
Both volumes are tightly bound with no cracks and no loose pages. Occasional foxing to the pages; heavier in some areas (including the end papers). No writing found. Pages 315 to 324 at the back of the London Quarterly volume have a light stain at the top inch of the pages; the top 1" of the following 4 pages have torn away (affecting approximately the top 4 lines of text of each page). Three of the outer cover edges have a small ding/chip to the board; light shelf wear to the bottom edges of the boards. Five pages at the beginning of the London Quarterly volume have a small tear at the outer edge. Light stain at the outer edge of the first few pages of the London Quarterly volume that gradually disappears.