The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott [25 volumes, complete].
by SCOTT, SIR WALTER
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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GRASS VALLEY, California, United States
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About This Item
N.Y.: The Scott Society no date (c1905). Very Good. 1905. Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Limited edition of 750 copies privately printed for members of the Scott Society. 25 volumes; 8vo; half red morocco, marbled red paper over boards; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; top edges gilt; marbled pastedowns & endpapers, with strong, cloth hinges. Frontis illustration in each volume with tissue guards; each volume with numerous plate illustrations. Moderate rubbing to tops and bottoms of spines; occasional rubbing to edges with one leading edge rubbed through to board; most front corner tips with some bumping and rubbing, a few tips just rubbed through to board. [v. 1.] Waverley; [v. 2.] Guy Mannerling; [v. 3.] The Antiquary;[v. 4.] Rob Roy; [v. 5.] Old mortality; [v. 6.] Black Dwarf. A Legend of Montrose; [v. 7] The Heart of MidLothian; [v. 8] The Bride of Lammermoor; [v. 9] Ivanhoe; [v. 10] The Monastery: [v. 11] The Abbot; [v. 12] Kenilworth; [v. 13] The Pirate; [v. 14] The Fortunes of Nigel' [v. 15] Peveril of the Peak; [v.16] Quentin Durward; v.17] St. Ronan's Well; [v.18] Red Gauntlet; [v.19] The Betrothed. The Highland Widow; [v.20] The Talisman; [v.21] Woodstock' [v.22] The Fair Maid of Perth ; [v.23] Anne of Geierstein; [v.24] Count Robert of Paris; [v.25] The Surgeon's Daughter. Castle dangerous .
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Details
- Bookseller
- G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8947
- Title
- The Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott [25 volumes, complete].
- Author
- SCOTT, SIR WALTER
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Edition De Luxe
- Publisher
- The Scott Society no date (c1905)
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- SCOTTISH, LITERATURE, SCOTLAND, SETS, BINDINGS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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About the Seller
G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA
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GRASS VALLEY, California
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