Edinburgh & London: Robert Cadell. Very Good. 1839. Second Edition. Hardcover. Clean supple red 1/2 leather over red cloth. Covers with ruled borders. Spines have raised bands, bright gilt titles. Panel centers with gilt floral designs. Top edge gilt. Texts tight, clean & intact. Marbled endpapers. Each volume has a pictorial frontispiece and half-title page. Lacking Vols. #1, #2 and #3. Vol. #4, 408pp; #5, 408pp; #6, 430pp; #7, 408pp; #8, 409pp; #9, 373pp; #10, 359pp. Head of spine has a small darkened area. Rare ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2795 pages .

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Bookseller: Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 13245
Title: MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT (7 VOLUMES)
Author: Lockhart, J. G
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: Second Edition
Publisher: Robert Cadell
Place of Publication: Edinburgh & London
Date Published: 1839
Keywords: Rare Section
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.

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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...
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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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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...
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...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...

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MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT (7 VOLUMES)

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT (7 VOLUMES)