George G. Harrap & company ltd, 1931. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1931. First Edition. 731 pages. Pale blue dust jacket with navy lettering over blue cloth. DJ in pieces, repaired by being glued onto brown paper. Only the front, spine and rear panels present. B&W illustrations throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Presentation plate to front endpaper, with newspaper clipping glued to paste down. Front endpaper to frontispiece detached along top half of gutter. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners of original parts of jacket. Notable tanning to spine and edges, with staining and soiling to DJ.

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Bookseller: World of Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1677144518MEP
Title: Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
Author: Sir Walter Scott
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good/Acceptable
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: George G. Harrap & company ltd
Date Published: 1931

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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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