Boston: Samuel H. Parker, 1839. Parker's edition. Leather. Very Good. Parker's edition, 1839. A Very Good copy. 8vo., vii, 271; 274 pp., illustrated with engraved frontispieces. Bound in period half calf and marbled paper over boards. All text block edges speckled. Light shelf wear. The spine was at one point dry, and has been treated with some kind of resin, in the distant past. Title lettering on the spine is faded and rubbed away. End papers foxing, but text is very clean text. Tight. Still, a Very Good copy. Volume 23 & 24 of the publisher's series, The Waverley Novels.

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Bookseller: Frey Fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 24626
Title: THE PIRATE (2 volumes, bound in 1)
Author: ((Scott, Walter) The Author
Format/Binding: Leather
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Parker's edition
Publisher: Samuel H. Parker
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1839
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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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...
Marbled Paper: Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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....