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Old Mortality (Everyman's Library #137)
de SCOTT, Sir Walter
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good with no dust jacket
- Librería
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London/ New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1911. Hardcover. Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel is an early element in his series, "Tales of My Landlord" and is set in southwest Scotland. Edited by Ernest Rhys, who supplies a brief introduction, end notes and glossary. Everyman's Library #137, fiction series. --- In flatback binding style 1, full carmine cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, faded brown topstain. Lacks a dust jacket. --- About 1/4 inch of cloth is missing at head of spine, with crossed-through prior owner's inked information to front paste-down, with pencilings on perhaps as many as 12 leaves, partial split at front gutter and minor discoloration to covers; else a clean, firm copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xi, 454 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.
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- Bluebird Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 80768
- Título
- Old Mortality (Everyman's Library #137)
- Autor
- SCOTT, Sir Walter
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good with no 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
- 1911
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Bluebird Books
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
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- Leaves
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
