Halidon Hill; A Dramatic Sketch from Scottish History [bound together with] Werner, A Tragedy
by SCOTT, SIR WALTER [AND] LORD BYRON
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh / London: Archibald Constable / John Murray, 1823. First Editions, First printings. Hard Cover. Bound together in 3/4 leather with gilt spine bands and lettering, and marbled boards. The condition is near-fine with very minor wear to leather and boards. Hinges strong, text clean and tight. Byron's Werner is the first edition, first state without "The End" on page 188, and followed by 7 pages of bookseller ads. For whatever reason they were bound together, these are excellect copies of the first printings. Halidon Hill is dated 1822, Werner is dated 1823.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mark Post, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16458
- Title
- Halidon Hill; A Dramatic Sketch from Scottish History [bound together with] Werner, A Tragedy
- Author
- SCOTT, SIR WALTER [AND] LORD BYRON
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Editions, First printings
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable / John Murray
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh / London
- Date Published
- 1823
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About the Seller
Mark Post, Bookseller
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San Francisco, California
About Mark Post, Bookseller
Specializing in American, European, and Military History, and all sujects relating to Scotland. Also a large selection of uncommon first editions of literature, including historical and western fiction.
Glossary
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- Marbled boards
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...