Search Results: novels and romances of the author by scott sir walter

Archibald Constable, 1824. Hardcover. Good. . Vol. I and II ONLY. Leather spines faded, general shelf/age wear. Foxing throughout, still readable. Bindings sturdy.

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Edinburgh, Scotland: Archibald Constable & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket; No marks, clean tight binding, owners name on . fep; half leather with marbled paper cover, leather is rubbed and split, . hinges tight; end sheets is brittle and aged; foxing; marbled page edges;. 1822. First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. A great ole book of poems from the many volumes of this author including those from Ivanhoe; All serious buyers are welcomed to make a reasonable BEST OFFER; Member of FL ABA. ; 345 pages .

London: Archibald Constable & Co.; Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1822. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4" . None . Scarce collection of Sir Walter Scott's poetry from his Waverley novels in a full calf binding. First edition of this work. Collected poems by the celebrated hand of Sir Walter Scott, extracted from his famous series of novels known as 'Waverley Novels.' A charming pocket sized volume, with half title and engraved title page. Rebound in full calf with gilt tooling to back strip and extremities of boards, renewed marbled endpapers and marbled edges. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, light cracking to front joint, holding firm, minor rubbing to spine ad extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good

London: Henry Washbourne, 1835. No edition stated (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 14cm), c. 70pp. 26 engraved portrait plates (of 32; lacks 6 plates). Recently rebound in quarter brown calf, grey boards, gilt titling to the spine. There is some spotting and browning of the contents, and some offsetting from the plates to the facing text pages; overall, this book is in good condition. Please note that six of the 32 plates are not present.

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A collection of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott as featured in his Waverley novels, from the library of Margaret Verney. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish novelist and poet. Scott remains a celebrated figure in Scottish literary history, and the landscape of Scotland features heavily in his works. He was also a political figure, prominent within the Tory establishment, and served as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for twelve years, between 1820 and 1832. He was a member of Clan Scott, a prominent Scottish clan.This work compiles together the poetry written by Scott featured in the author's novels, tales and romances.Belonged to Margaret Maria Verney (1844-1930), a Welsh educationist known for campaigning for the education of girls in the United Kingdom; she also penned the 'Memoirs of the Verney Family during the Seventeenth Century' and contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography.… Read More

1824. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper. Half leather on marbled boards and edges Previous owners Bookplate on front pastedown endpaper of each volume Author, title & volume no. and title in gilt on spines - clear and bright / some tears to spine edges - foxing especially to prelim and endpapers - ow clean tight bright 7 volume set

Edinburgh; London: Archibald Constable and Co; Hurst, Robinson & Co, 1822. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7" by 4". Not Stated. A first edition of the collected poems that Scott included in his novels, a nice volume of Scott's mottos, with an engraved title. The first edition, second issue, with 'Waverley' spelt correctly to the title.Illustrated with an engraved title.A collection of the poetry Scott included in his own novels. Scott began his career as a poet before writing novels, but continued to produce poetry, interspersing his prose with original verse. These mostly took the form of mottos which precede chapters.Six pages of adverts to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Spine is a little faded. Minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Very small crack to the head of the rear joint. Lacking the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some… Read More

1822. The Third Edition. 25 Volumes. Edinburgh, Printed for Archibald Constable, 1822. Octavo (14 cm x 21,5 cm). c. 12000 pages including 25 Vignettes of Historical Illustration in steel-engravings on each titlepage by W. Archibald after Alexander Nasmyth. Hardcover . Original, very decorative half - leather with gilt lettering on spine and original spine-labels. All Volumes from the library of a "Robert Barker", with his Exlibris. Minor signs of wear only. All Volumes with some slight foxing and very few with a faded dampstain but all Volumes also firm and in very good or even better condition with some minor signs of wear only. Excellent paper and typography. A wonderful reading experience of classics like Ivanhoe. The 12 Volumes of "Novels and Tales" include: I - Waverley / II - Guy Mannering / III - Guy Mannering / IV - The Antiquary / V - Rob Roy / VI - Rob Roy / VII - Tales of My Landlord - Collected and Reported by Jedediah Cleishbotham - Schoolmaster and Parish-Clerk of Gandercleugh,… Read More