Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Volume the Fourth.
by Scott, Walter
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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By Dunblane, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837. Full-Leather. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maroon leather binding, marbled page edges and endpapers. Rubbed on the spine, some fading to the top of the rear cover. The text is complete, bright and tidy internally, the blank endpapers are foxed. Original owners armorial bookplate of Robert Philips on the endpaper, contains Scott's life 1816-1820. Pages; (4), IV, 383, (1). Size; 200 by 128mm.
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- Bookseller
- Bensons Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016642
- Title
- Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Volume the Fourth.
- Author
- Scott, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Cadell
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1837
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Biographies, Scotland, Literature,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Scottish; 1800-1849;
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About the Seller
Bensons Antiquarian Books
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By Dunblane
About Bensons Antiquarian Books
We specialise in history, roman and greek classics, books dating from the 17th and 18th century, fine bindings and general second-hand stock.
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- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...