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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - With Life
by Scott, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Topeka, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Gall & Inglis. Good+. N.D.. Hardcover. Blue cloth covers are embossed and heavily decorated in gilt with front cover inlay featuring an angel holding a harp. Gilt block edges. Wear to cover edges and a bit of fraying at spine ends. Both internal paper hinges are cracked and held by the mull. The binding is otherwise undamaged. Light scattered foxing and a few small page creases scattered throughout the otherwise clean text. ; From the library of and bearing the bookplate of Charles Frederick Menninger, who co-founded the Menninger Clinic in 1919 with his sons, Karl and William. Blank page following the endpaper has a gift inscription to C. F. Menninger from "Lou and I" and a, preseumed later, unpersonalized gift inscription signed by C. F. Menninger and dated June 8 [18]82.; The Landscape Series of Poets; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 624 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7590
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott - With Life
- Author
- Scott, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Publisher
- Gall & Inglis
- Date Published
- N.D.
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About the Seller
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
Biblio member since 2014
Topeka, Kansas
About Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
We sell antiquarian and gently used books specializing in all things Kansas. We also offer a large selection of books for children, vintage young adult & series books; Agriculture; Psychology; Militaria and Western Americana.
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...