Tales of a Grandfather Volume V (Third series)
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Item Price
€20.80€17.68
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About This Item
Edinburgh / London: Robert Cadell / Whittaker and Co., 1836. (UK) Later Printing Bookplate, page generally clean with some foxing/ faint staining to the preliminary pages, hinges OK, some wear to head of spine, , paper spine label darkened, a bit of chipping along the back spine gutter to the fabric, Good only used copy; no dust jacket. 17.5 x 11 cm, burgundy cloth with paper spine label, iii, 436pp. Frontis showing a view of Inverness, illus to title page. Scott's Tales of a Grandfather (Third series) first appeared in 1830. This is Volume V in the Tales of a Grandfather or Volume 26 in the Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott of which this book forms a part. This volume includes chapters LXXIV: Plans for pacification of the highlands, to Chapter LXXXVII, Death of Prince Charles. (1.5 JM HOQ 101/a3. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JWMah
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61505
- Title
- Tales of a Grandfather Volume V (Third series)
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Robert Cadell / Whittaker and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh / London
- Date Published
- 1836
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Sir Walter Scott Prose Works Scottish Tales 19th Century Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry and Poets;
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JWMah
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Burnaby, British Columbia
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