The Letters of Sir Walter Scott and Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe to Robert Chambers 1821-45; with Original Memoranda of Sir Walter Scott; Printed from Manuscripts in the Posession of C. E. S. Chambers, Edinburgh.
by Scott, Sir Walter. Et al. (Introduction By C. E. S. Chambers)
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(Edinburgh): W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1904, 1904. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 80 pages. INSCRIBED by C. E. S. Chambers on the half title page to Sir J. Balfour Paul, dated 1904. WITH a. l. s. from Robert Chambers to "Mr. Bisson." Hardcover bound in red cloth with lettering in black on a white paper spine label, armorial bookplate of J. Balfour Paul on front pastedown. Binding is moderately worn and rubbed with bumps and fraying to the corners and spine; spine and upper edges are slightly sunned. Contents are clean and bright. Illustrated with portraits.
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- Title
- The Letters of Sir Walter Scott and Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe to Robert Chambers 1821-45; with Original Memoranda of Sir Walter Scott; Printed from Manuscripts in the Posession of C. E. S. Chambers, Edinburgh.
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter. Et al. (Introduction By C. E. S. Chambers)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1904
- Place of Publication
- (Edinburgh)
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- 1904; LITERATURE. FICTION. LETTERS. SIR WALTER SCOTT. CHARLES KIRKPATRICK SHARPE. ROBERT CHAMBERS. LIMITED EDITION.
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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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