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Ask a question or Order this book Browse our books Search our books Book dealer info | Author: SCOTT, WALTER, SIR (1771-1832) Title: The novels of Sir Walter Scott, Bart : with all his introductions and notes [Waverley novels - complete in 5 volumes] Description: Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black. [1853-1856] 1856. 2nd Edition in this form. Good copies bound in contemporary 1/2 aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt-titled leather labels to spines with raised bands and volume numbers tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and slightly worn as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight. bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 0 pages; Physical desc.: 5 v : illus. frontis. (port). facsims ; 25 cm. Subjects: Scott. Walter. Sir (1771-1832) - Waverley novels. Scottish literature - 19th century. Added illus. title page to each volume. Title pages for vols. 1. 3. 4 & 5 dated 1856; vol. 2 t-p.: 1855. Frontis. (port.) of author to volume 1. 2nd edition in this form. originally published: Edinburgh : Robert Cadell. 1843-1847. Text in double columns. Waverley novels were originally published between 1814-1831. Volume 4 includes The Keepsake Stories: My Aunt Margaret's mirror; The tapestried chamber; Death of the Laird's jock. Glossary: v. 5. p. 829-847. Contents: v.l. Waverley. Guy Mannering. The Antiquary. Rob Roy. Old Mortality. -- v. 2. The black dwarf. Legend of Montrose. Heart of Mid-Lothian. Bride of Lammermoor. Ivanhoe. The monastery. --v. 3. The Abbot. Kenilworth. The pirate. The fortunes of Nigel. Peveril of the peak. --v. 4. Quentin Durward. St. Ronan's well. Red gauntlet. The bethrothed. The talisman. The two drovers. My Aunt Margaret's mirror. The tapestried chamber. Death of the Laird's jock. --v. 5. Woodstock. The fair maid of Perth. Anne of Geierstein. Count Robert of Paris. The surgeon's daughter. Castle dangerous.Weight in Kg appr.: Keywords: Price: EUR 725.00 = appr. US$ 787.96 Seller: MW Books - Book number: 181847 |