ABBOTSFORD : The Personal Relics and Antiquarian Treasures of Sir Walter Scott
by Scott, Mary Monica Maxwell (the Hon.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1893. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Gibb, William. Beautiful souvenir of the Scottish Literary Giant, author of the "Waverley Novels". Descriptive text by the Hon. Mary, Monica, Maxwell Scott. Beautifully illustrated with 25 Chromolithograph Plates and a Frontispiece, Painted by William Gibb, protected by tissue guard. Blue Quarter-cloth with Brown cloth covered boards. Gilt Lettering and Armorial Bearing to front. 12 1/2" Tall. Gift inscription as a wedding gift on ffep, dated 1899. Unfortunately the tissue guards have stuck to 3 of the Plates, including the frontis. 3 pages & 1 plate are detached. Cloth slightly faded and worn at spine ends. Book weighs 2.1 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013720
- Title
- ABBOTSFORD : The Personal Relics and Antiquarian Treasures of Sir Walter Scott
- Author
- Scott, Mary Monica Maxwell (the Hon.)
- Illustrator
- Gibb, William
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/LITERARY/SIR WALTER SCOTT
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Folio
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