Guy Mannering, or the Astrologer
by SCOTT, Sir Walter
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1886.. 8vo, (iv), 447, (1) pp. Frontispiece and title vignette, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate with a note of the Prize for which this volume was given below. Contemporary full calf, a.e.g., gilt spine and borders, Harrow School arms to upper cover, slight sunning of spine otherwise fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19542
- Title
- Guy Mannering, or the Astrologer
- Author
- SCOTT, Sir Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black
- Date Published
- 1886.
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
Bow Windows Bookshop
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...