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Old Mortality; A Legend of Montrose
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell In an undated edition of the Waverley Novels from circa 1850-1875, two titles bound as one, 8vo, 336pp, 291pp, edited by the Rev P Hately Waddell, with notes and a glossary of Scotch words and Foreign Phrases, and biographical and critical notes by the editor; burgundy half-leather, raised bands, lettered and decorated gilt at spine, with marbled boards, endpapers and edges; engraved frontis and title page, corners a little bumped, general moderate rubbing to spine area, minor wear to extrems, overall though a pretty respectable example of mid-to-late Victorian binding; G+/VG Copy (Illustration shows three matching titles from this series available at the time of listing). Reprint. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Old Mortality is a novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the period 1679-89 in south west Scotland. It forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1816. Old Mortality is considered one of Scott's best novels. It was originally titled The Tale of Old Mortality, but is generally shortened in most references.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Lucas Booksellers
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21728
- Title
- Old Mortality; A Legend of Montrose
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Roger Lucas Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Horncastle, Lincolnshire
About Roger Lucas Booksellers
We are a family-based firm of general, out-of-print booksellers with strongish suits in Literature and Literary Criticism, Art & Art History, and New Age Subjects. Horncastle is a small market town at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds about 20 miles East of Lincoln.
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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