THE BORDER ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND;: COMPRISING SPECIMENS OF ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE, AND OTHER VESTIGES OF FORMER AGES, ACCOMPANIED BY DESCRIPTIONS.
by WALTER SCOTT, ESQ
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair+
- Seller
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Honomu, Hawaii, United States
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About This Item
London: LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW; J. MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET; JOHN GREIG, UPPER-STREET, ISLINGTON; AND CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH., 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair+. WALTER SCOTT, ESQ. None. Volume 1. cxxvii + 92 pp + 47 plates. Volume 2. [93] - 209 pp + ci appendices + [11] pp index + 45 plates + frontis and ornamental title pages. Gilt top page edges. Professionally rebound with green calf skin spine and corners with a lighter green linen covered boards. Handsomely done with gilt letting on the spine. Tight binding. Heavily foxed and some circular mold staining throughout. Some fore and aft pages have loss due to insects. Please view all photos as they are a part of the item description. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos.
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- Bookseller
- Kama’aina Collection (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LM221358
- Title
- THE BORDER ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND;
- Author
- WALTER SCOTT, ESQ
- Illustrator
- WALTER SCOTT, ESQ
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW; J. MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET; JOHN GREIG, UPPER-STREET, ISLINGTON; AND CO
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1814
- Pages
- Vol. 1: 92, Vol. 2: 202
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Kama’aina Collection
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Honomu, Hawaii
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fair+
- Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...