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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart
de J. G. Lockhart
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1845. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A smart new edition of this biography of the life of Scottish historian, Sir Walter Scott. New edition. With a portrait frontispiece and a folding facsimile of a page of the original manuscript of Ivanhoe. Collated complete. A biography of Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish historian, novelist, poet, and playwright whose works remain classics of European, and particularly Scottish, literature. He is best known for the novels Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, and Old Mortality. Written by John Gibson Lockhart, a Scottish writer and editor who was appointed Sir Walter Scott's literary executor at the point of his passing. Bound in half red calf with patterned boards. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and marks to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Age toning to the first and last few pages. Very Good
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 874T64
- Título
- Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart
- Autor
- J. G. Lockhart
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Robert Cadell
- Lugar de publicación
- Edinburgh
- Fecha de publicación
- 1845
- Tamaño
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Palabras clave
- Memoirs Sir Walter Scott Lockhart Sir Walter Scott
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Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
