Rob Roy (Volume 1 only, with inclusion of Glossary of the Scottish Words and Phrases in Rob Roy)
by [Sir Walter Scott]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good or Better
- Seller
-
Milton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
[Pennsylvania]: [Moses Thomas], [1818]. First American edition (?). Hardcover. Good or Better. Quarter leather binding with marbled paper over boards. Wear to all edges, generally light but more so to spine edges; gilt stamping on spine rubbed. Well bound, both covers firmly attached. Last page has name in pen mark, with corner chipped. Otherwise unmarked with scattered foxing throughout. There is no proper title page, and the book precedes with the Scottish Glossary with date entered copyright page for this portion of the book (it appears this was issued in volume 2), then follows an Advertisement [Xiv] +321 pages
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- Bookseller
- North Country Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004674
- Title
- Rob Roy (Volume 1 only, with inclusion of Glossary of the Scottish Words and Phrases in Rob Roy)
- Author
- [Sir Walter Scott]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good or Better
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition (?)
- Publisher
- [Moses Thomas]
- Place of Publication
- [Pennsylvania]
- Date Published
- [1818]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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North Country Books
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About the Seller
North Country Books
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Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
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- Edges
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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....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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