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The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions (2 volume set)
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814, 1814. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes (complete). Quarto. Vol I cxxvii, [1], 92 pp; Vol II [4], pp 93- 209, [1], [2] Plate Index, ci Index, [1], [11] General Index, [1]. 94 engraved plates plus 2 engraved title pages by Greig, as called for. Book Condition: Good. Full bottle green polished calf with four raised bands, gilt titles to spine; heavy gilt foliate border to boards surrounding blind border, gilt decoration to compartments; gilt dentelles, aeg. Mottled brown endpapers. Wear to corners and spine tips; Vol I split approx 1/2-an-inch to spine next to lower joint. Scattered foxing, mainly to margins and prelims and frontis & title page Vol I. Small damp-stain to lower corner prelims and up to p 101 Vol II, and worm damage up to p 128 (minor, and very slight from p 93 onwards). Armorial bookplate of George Cunningham to each pastedown. No annotation or inscriptions. Classic account of the history of the Borders told through descriptions of its remaining architectural landmarks, including castles, monasteries and ancient churches.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5069
- Title
- The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions (2 volume set)
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814
- Date Published
- 1814
- Keywords
- Local History
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
Biblio member since 2019
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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- Plate
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- Quarto
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- Bookplate
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Calf
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