Ver a tamaño completo.
Old Mortality (Everyman's Library #137)
de SCOTT, Sir Walter
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Librería
-
Littleton, Colorado, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. A 1964 reprint of the 1906 issuance. Sir Walter Scott's "Old Mortality" is a historical novel set in the latter part of the seventeenth century. It first appeared in 1816, an early entry in his "Tales of My Landlord" series, and is set in southwest Scotland amidst historic events of that period. With a preface and glossary by W. M. Parker, and an introduction by the author. Everyman's Library #137. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full black cloth-covered boards with titling and interlocked EL device gilt-stamped on spine, pale orange topstain. In brown dust jacket with engraved illustration of Robert Paterson (Old Mortality) engraving a tombstone on front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with slight dusty soiling to cloth. Bright jacket with lightly sunned spine small tears & chafing to extremities, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xviii, 459 pages .
Sinopsis
Old Mortality is a novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the period 1679-89 in south west Scotland. It forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1816. Old Mortality is considered one of Scott's best novels. It was originally titled The Tale of Old Mortality, but is generally shortened in most references.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 87646
- Título
- Old Mortality (Everyman's Library #137)
- Autor
- SCOTT, Sir Walter
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Editorial
- Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- London / New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1964
Términos de venta
Bluebird Books
All sales sold on a satisfaction guaranteed basis--all we ask is that you notify us within 30 days of purchase that you would like to return an item.
Sobre el vendedor
Bluebird Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Littleton, Colorado
Sobre Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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"...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
