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Peveril Of The Peak (4 Vol.)
by Walter Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Sehr gut
- Seller
-
Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1822 First Edition, First Issue (see bibliography Todd & Bowden 165Aa] ), Edinburgh 1822.
Books are very good and bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Text block edges in light green. Former owner's Ex-libris on the front endpapers. Small pencil notes on the endpapers of Vol.1 and 4. Titled and heavily decorated in gilt to spine panels. Some chipping to extremities, cosmetic edgewear,some rubbing to the boards, nevertheless strong solid and handsome. Pages are bright with just some odd spots.Light tanned stains to the preliminary leaves and half-title of all volumes. Bound with half titles. Publishers advertisement on back side of half-title of Vol.1. An extremly attractive and scarce set.
FYI: Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827. So the author in this book is mentioned as 'Author of Waverley, Guy Mannering and The Antiquary'.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nik's Bookstore Versandantiquariat
(DE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000118
- Title
- Peveril Of The Peak (4 Vol.)
- Author
- Walter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Sehr gut
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1. Auflage
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1822
- Size
- 8° - Oktavformat (bis 25 cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Walter Scott;
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About the Seller
Nik's Bookstore Versandantiquariat
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Oestrich-Winkel
About Nik's Bookstore Versandantiquariat
Nik's Bookstore is an online business which is located nearby Frankfurt am Main, Germany. We deliver Rare Books almost worldwide in superb quality. Most of them are scarce First Editions or Illustrated Author's Editions. Nik's Bookstore is member of the PBFA (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association).
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- First Edition
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Marbled boards
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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