Search Results: the fortunes of nigel count by sir walter scott

Aldine Book Company Boston. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Hardcover Yellowed pages.

spotting, rubbing to the covers and spine, hinges starting

New York: John B. Alden, Publisher Ex-Library. Very Good -. Hardcover. Caxton Edition. Gilt decorated, blind-stamped dark brown binding has minor wear, light marks on back cover. This Caxton Edition of Scott's "Waverley Novels" is nicely illustrated. This volume in this edition is undated, however others in the Caxton Edition are dated in the late 1800s. Contains two of the novels..

Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske, & Company Leather and marbled boards are rubbed with edgewear. Pages are browning and becoming brittle. Text is clean with no markings. No date given, ca. late 1800's. . Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Aldine Book Publishing Co., 1833. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

DeWolfe, Fiske and Co, nd (c. 1880). Hardcover, 3/4 Leather. Good. in x in x in. No DJ. Full page engravings. No marks in book. Browning of page margins. Intact binding. Light wear of Hardcovers.

1880. 1880 Scott, Sir Walter THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL and COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske and Co, nd (ca1880) 467pp, index, black and white illustration; 395pp, index, black and white illustrations 8vo Half-leather over marbled paper boards, raised bands, leather spine labels, gilt decorations on spine, edges of textblock marbled Interior front hinge tender, paper tanned due to age, near fine attractive leatherbound hardcover with only minor shelf-rubbing on covers.

Thomas Y. Crowell and Co. , n.d.. Hardcover Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Fair to Good Hardcover with no DJ. Moderate shelfwear and soiling to covers. Significant tearing on spine. Textblock mildly soiled. Inside cover stamped. Inside covers and endpapers mildly soiled. Ridge on inside cover. A few pages lightly soiled. Otherwise, pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

Boston: Dewolfe, Fiske & Company. N.D.. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Minor rubbing to boards. No date. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: The Hovendon Co. Ex library book,circa 1962 stamped on back by library, cover dark plum, well rubbed and faded on the spine, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed with small rips and dents, inside tanned, fpep library stamp and inked letters, flep library stamps and price in pencil, rpep is foxed rlep stamped, 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time!. Hard Cover. Poor/No Jacket.

LONDON: THE GRESHAM PUBLISHING COMPANY LTD. REPRINT . Decorated Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Gordon Browne. ND, circa 1900. The Holyrood edition. An attractive set in bluey green cloth with gilt motif to boards, and gilt spines. A little rubbed, with occasional nicks to tops of spines. Some foxing to prelims and edges, but not bad. Colour illustrations by Browne to frontis, and mono drawings within. Set stretches 106cm along shelf, 21cm tall, 14cm across boards. Really rather nice. This set comprises 1. Waverley; 2. Guy Mannering; 3. The Antiquary; 4. Rob Roy; 5. Old Mortality; 6. A Legend of Montrose. The Black Dwarf; 7. The Heart of Midlothian; 8. The Bride of Lammermoor; 9. Ivanhoe; 10. The Monastery; 11. The Abbot; 12. Kenilworth; 13. The Pirate; 14. The Fortunes of Nigel; 15. Peveril of the Peak; 16. Quentin Durward; 17. St. Ronan's Well; 18. Redgauntlet; 19. The Betrothed. The Highland widow; 20. The Talisman; 21. Woodstock; 22. The Fair Maid of Perth; 23. Anne of Geierstein ; 24. Count… Read More

Edinburgh: Adam And Charles Black, 1879 An All But Pristine Set, Half Tan Leather On Water Marked Boards 5 Raised Banded Spine With Red Portion With Gilt 'Waverley Novels' And Vol Number In Second Band And Books Titles On 4Th Blue Band In Gilt. Gilt Decor Between Other Gilt Bands. Text Blocks Are All Watermarked Pattern Same As The Boards. The Books Feel Unopened, And All Bindings Are Very Tight. Very Little Wear To Any Volume Though Vol 6 And 10 Have An Illustration Loose On Each But Both Present In The Book. It Appears As Though This Was A Binding Fault Since The Page Is Not Proud In The Pages. A Beautiful Set Of The Waverley Novels In 12 Beautiful Volumes.

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates / Caxton Press of Sherman & Co, 1885. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 1880s edition, 22 of 23 volumes (lacks Guy Mannering). Spines slightly faded, corners lightly rubbed, edges lightly soiled, ink name and date on front flyleaf of each volume. 1885 Half-Leather. Dark brown cloth, gilt titles and rules, brown endpapers. Engraved frontispieces. Includes advertisement and general preface to the Abbotsford edition, introduction to the Boston Sterling edition, and preface to the third edition. Titles include: Waverley or 'Tis Sixty Years Since; The Antiquary; Black Dwarf / Old Mortality; Rob Roy; Heart of Mid-Lothian [Midlothian]; Bride of Lammermoor / A Legend of Montrose; Ivanhoe; The Monastery; The Abbot: Being a Sequel to The Monastery; Kenilworth; The Pirate; The Fortunes of Nigel; Peveril of the Peak; Quentin Durward; St. Ronan's Well; Redgauntlet: A Tale of the Eighteenth Century; The Betrothed: A Tale of the Crusaders / The Talisman: A Tale of the… Read More

, an attractively bound collection of the illustrated Waverley Novels, several are undated but all date from circa.1880, they each contain several plates and have vignettes throughout, half red calf leather and marbled paper with matching marbled block edges

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1871. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". Various. A leather bound set of Walter Scott's popular historical novels. A leather bound set of Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. The illustrated centenary edition of Scott's historical novels set in the medieval era, and the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The author's fascination with moments of transition is evident in this twenty five volume set, and the novels demonstrate his belief that very different societies move through the same stages as they develop. For nearly a century after their publication, the lawyer's novels continued to be read all across Europe. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of volume I, 'Captain J. Hardy Welsby, The Grange, Southport'. Welsby has also inscribed his name in ink to the front free endpaper, dated 1882. Welsby co-founded Hesketh golf club in Southport. There is another ink inscription to the top edge of the same page by 'Emma Herring', beneath which Coela Harrison and… Read More

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1879.. 12mo. Very Good, Half Leather On Marbled Boards & End Papers, Pages Top Edge Gilt, with some edge & minor shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle; William Whitman's bookplate inside cover. Illustrated with Steel & Wood Engravings. Each volume between 350-500 pages. Vols 12, 25 & 46 have detached boards. Vols 24 & 28 have small tears on end papers. Vols 38 & 48: head of spine chipped with portion missing. Vol. 26: head of spine repaired, corners rubbed, rebound Half Leather On Green Cloth, Mixed Marbled End Papers. Vol. 27: boards loose, corners rubbed, rebound Half Leather On Green Cloth, Mixed Marbled End Papers.

London: Merrill & Baker, 1900. One of only 26 lettered and registered copies, of which this is letter "C. Most unusually and elaborately illustrated with hand-colored plates. 33 vols. 8vo. Bound in full green morocco, spines decorated with gilt and morocco inlay thistles, matching gilt floral patterns with inlaid purple morocco thistles on front and back covers, yellow morocco doublures with green morocco onlay borders and center pieces featuring an onlaid purple morocco thistle flower, yellow morocco endpapers, t.e.g., other edges uncut. Spines faded to brown, some minor rubbing to joints and extremities, else almost fine. One of only 26 lettered and registered copies, of which this is letter "C" Most unusually and elaborately illustrated with hand-colored plates. 33 vols. 8vo. ONE OF 26 COPIES.