The Abbot by Scott, Walter - 1905

Boston: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Riverside Press. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +. The publication date and edition are not listed: we estimate a ca. 1880 publication date. Hardcover, terra-cotta red cloth with beveled boards, with Scott's silhouette, gilt, to the front cover, and the title, gilt, to the spine. The illustrations throughout the text are steel engravings. Condition is Very Good+, with light shelf wear, and lightly bumped corners. Pages: 320.

A & C Black, 1862. Hardcover. Good. 1862. No Edition Remarks. 333 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Black and white illustrated title page. Binding remains firm. Cracking to gutters and hinges, with exposed netting. Pages are moderately tanned throughout. Thumb marking present. Occasional foxing. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. There is bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Gilt lettering is darkened. Boards are bowed. Book has a slight forward lean.

Macmillan and Co, 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1927. Border edition, reprint. 661 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Publisher's adverts to rear. Includes illustrations throughout. Edited by Andrew Lang. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown. Large tear and heavy creasing to frontispiece and pre title page; rest of text unaffected. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Boards are slightly bowed. Gilt is bright. Spine is slightly sunned.

Paperback. Very Good.

Dodo Press. Reissue . Trade Paperback. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 468 pp. Underlining and marginlia through page 18. The book is very slightly cocked. The binding is tight.

Dana Estes and Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. Circa 1900 Dana Estes and Company, copyright 1893 Estes and Lauriat. Two volumes in one. Standard Edition, limited to 1000 copies. This is copy 631. Introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with paper spine label. Tissued frontispiece and black and white plates. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore edges. Many bottom page edges unopened (uncut). Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Spine sunned; label a little darkened. Covers have light edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Separate pagination for the two books comprising this volume: 337 + 335 pages. No dust jacket. Limitation page states: "The Standard Edition of the Novels and Poems of Sir Walter Scott. Limited to one thousand numbered and registered sets, of which this is No. 631" (631 is hand stamped in red ink). Spine label… Read More

David Wilson, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 354 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Black & white illustrated frontispiece. Pages are moderately tanned. More tanning to rear free end paper. Noticeable tanning to text block edges. Thumb-marking throughout. Text is unaffected. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Mild crushing to spine ends causing cloth to fray. Dents to front board edge.

Collins Clear-Type Press Hardback. Good. No dj; cover rubbed; inscription on title page.

New.

Dodo Press, 2005-10-25. Paperback. Used:Good.