Tales of a Grandfather, Third Series; Being Stories Taken from Scottish History, Humbly Inscribed to Hugh Littlejohn, Esq.
by Scott, Walter [Sir] (1771-1832)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Exeter, New Hampshire: J. & B. Williams, 1839. 1839. Two volumes in one, with frontis and engraved title from the 1831 New York edition included in each volume. Full polished calf, 310 + 333 pages. Externally worn, with most of spine covering missing (one portion remains but is detached), edges worn. Good joints/hinges, firm text block, clean pages with some light age-toning, no noted chips or tears, some dampstaining to the frontis illustrations and engraved titles, some dampstaining to the top margin of the last fifty leaves or so, private library sticker on front pastedown. Reading copy.. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004285
- Title
- Tales of a Grandfather, Third Series; Being Stories Taken from Scottish History, Humbly Inscribed to Hugh Littlejohn, Esq.
- Author
- Scott, Walter [Sir] (1771-1832)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- J. & B. Williams
- Place of Publication
- Exeter, New Hampshire
- Date Published
- 1839
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- SCOTTISH LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Reading Copy
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- Leaves
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