The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
by Sir Walter Scott; J.M.W. Turner (Illus)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
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Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1885. Leather. Good+. J.M.W. Turner. Maroon hard leather boards with decorative gilt border on front, school motif of a lion on front board and 5 raised bands with gilt decorative spine and titles. Some rubbing to leather edges and a little missing to outer leather at top and bottom of spine. Gilt page edges. Prev owner's prize plate on front paste down awarded from St Colum's Edinburgh. Some foxing to outer pages and occasionally within but a very attractive copy.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Tree
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001680632
- Title
- The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott; J.M.W. Turner (Illus)
- Illustrator
- J.M.W. Turner
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- Poetry
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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