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Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer
by Scott, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. First Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettering and gilt and brown decoration on spine and cover, t.e.g. nd (c. 1920).. Spine very lightly worn at head and tail only, former owner's signature on f.e.p., otherwise unmarked, square, tight and clean. VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 476 pp .
Synopsis
Guy Mannering or The Astrologer is a novel by Sir Walter Scott, published anonymously in 1815. According to an introduction that Scott wrote in 1829, he had originally intended to write a story of the supernatural, but changed his mind soon after starting. The book was a huge success, selling out the day after its first edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14483
- Title
- Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer
- Author
- Scott, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rand, McNally & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and New York
- Date Published
- N.D.
- Keywords
- Adventure, FAMILY, Astrology, Novels;, Literature;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Adventure;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- 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....
- ND
- no publisher's date given
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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