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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott.
by LOCKHART, John Gibson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,, 1901. Large paper edition, limited issue, number 92 of 600 sets. First published in seven volumes between 1837 and 1838, Lockhart's biography of his father-in-law Scott has since been recognized as one of the most significant works in the history of the genre. This copy is appropriately bound with gilt thistle tooling. For research, Lockhart (1794-1854) not only drew on his personal experience of Scott but interviewed those who also knew the author. His account conveyed "the near heroic regard in which Scott was held in his time" and portrayed "with the power of a successful novelist a character in vivid scenes of place and time" (ODNB). Ten volumes, octavo (218 x 148 mm). Finely bound in contemporary green crushed half morocco, spine with raised bands, compartments lettered and tooled with thistle motif in gilt, marbled sides and endpapers, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut, green bookmarkers. Colour frontispieces, 61 plates with tissue guards, colour illustrated half-title to vol. I, title pages printed in red and black. Spines uniformly faded and lightly marked, loss to a few headcaps, a couple small punctures to vol. X spine, boards bright, minor rubbing, loss to bookmarkers, internally clean. A very good set.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170202
- Title
- Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott.
- Author
- LOCKHART, John Gibson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.,
- Date Published
- 1901
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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