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The Abbot, Volumes 1 & 2 in One Book
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. Volume 1: 327 pages with notes and glossary; Volume 2: 335 pages with notes and glossary. Bound in one volume. A sequel to The Monastery and set in the time of Mary, Queen of Scots, as part of of Tales fromBenedictine Sources. Blue cloth binding with a paper label with black titles on spine. One of a set of 15 volumes we have in stock. Some scuffing of cover with spotting, paper label tanned, corners and spine ends bumped, some light edge wear to cover, glue stains on end papers, interior pages bright and clean, page edges speckled with stain on page edges, binding tight.
Average size, measures 5 1/2 x 8 inches.
Average size, measures 5 1/2 x 8 inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00371
- Title
- The Abbot, Volumes 1 & 2 in One Book
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- fiction. Scotland, historical, literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Scraps of American History
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About the Seller
Scraps of American History
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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