Old Mortality.
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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About This Item
London.: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press., 1912. xxiv, 443pp, with 21 illustrations. Original soft purple full leather binding, gilt spine decoartion, clean & bright.. Reprint.. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Old Mortality is a novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the period 1679-89 in south west Scotland. It forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1816. Old Mortality is considered one of Scott's best novels. It was originally titled The Tale of Old Mortality, but is generally shortened in most references.
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- Bookseller
- N. G. Lawrie Books. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40577
- Title
- Old Mortality.
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Publisher
- Henry Frowde Oxford University Press.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Sir Walter Scott Novel.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- 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...