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Life of Sir Walter Scott
by J. G. Lockhart
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$63.07NZ$47.29
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About This Item
Life of Sir Walter Scott by J. G. Lockhart
Hardback, 1896, new popular edition with seventeen illustrations, published by Adam & Charles Black, London, 806 pages + xii.
Measures around 9 1/8"/23.2cm x 6" x 15.2cm. Dark red cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering to front board and gilt lettering and patterning to spine. Some scuffing, marking and discolouration with shelf-wear and small tears to upper and lower edges of spine. Rubbing to hinges. Bumped and slightly torn corners. Binding a little slack but reasonably firm for its age. Page edges gilt, still very visible, though with some scuffing and marking. Page surfaces mostly clean, with the odd pencil underline. Some pages contain foxing but this is mainly restricted to those with plates opposite them or towards the endpapers. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-102
- Title
- Life of Sir Walter Scott
- Author
- J. G. Lockhart
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Popular Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Pages
- 806 + xii
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Walter Scott; Biography
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- 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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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