Search Results: tales of a grandfather third series by sir walter scott

Gowans & Gray, Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 498 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Torn loss to pages 238 and 239, torn pieces remain present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Scuffed hole to spine. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Scuffing and light marking overall.

Philadelphia: J. Harding, 1851. TwoVolumes in One with over 600 pages. In grey cloth covers and black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Square and intact binding. No writing on text pages. Inscriptions on upper front flyleaves. Ends and edges of spine are worn. Chipping to edge of front cover. Loss of pastedown edges. Moderate to heavy shelf wear but stll intact and all pages legible. Photos upon request. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

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.

Philadelphia, PA: Crissy & Markley, 1853. brown embossed c w/wear at spine/tips, some fading and discoloraton, split at side; ; 310+333 unmarked pages; lite foxing . The interior is much nicer than the outside. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12 vo.

Paperback / softback. New.

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.

Carey & Lea. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 Volume set as published. Edge and corner wear. Foxing. FFEP loose in both volumes and a contemporary ink inscription in one volume. Rare in this state, bound in publisher's blue paper covered boards with white linen spine and paper spinal label. The intent was for the buyer to take, or have the publisher send, the purchsed set to the owner's book binder to have them bound to match their taste or library. Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own.... they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners! .

Exeter, NH: J. & B. Williams, 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Both volumes are good in original blue cloth-covered boards with leather labels. Both volumes have rubbing and spotting on the boards, wear at the extremities, and indications of being part of the Huntington Library Association complete with card pockets and date sheeets on the rear endpapers. Volume one has a dampstain on the first 120 pages. Rubberstamp on the title-page of volume one are personal ownership signature dated 1834 on volume two. These are, perhaps, not the most lovely volumes, but the are definitely uncommon in any condition.