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St. Ronan's Well.
by SCOTT, Sir Walter. LANG, Andrew (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's variegated green cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations. Top edge gilt. Title page illustration of Scott and 5 tissue-guarded plates inserted. This octavo volume is from set Number 436 of The Standard Edition, which was Limited to 1,000 sets of the Novels and Poems of Scott. Previous owner name in a neat hand on the front paste down. Very Good with just light shelf wear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002226
- Title
- St. Ronan's Well.
- Author
- SCOTT, Sir Walter. LANG, Andrew (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Dana Estes and Company, [1894].
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCOTT, Sir Walter;
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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