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Peveril of the Peak. [With Introduction, Prefatory Letter, Notes and Index]. CONTEMPORARY THEME BINDING
by SCOTT Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A & C Black, Edinburgh,, 1871. 8vo., with a frontispiece engraved by Watt after Bonnington (original tissue guard present), fine title-vignette engraved by Booth, 6 fine engraved topographical plates and an engraved portrait, neat inscription on blank preliminary; handsomely bound in contemporary red half calf, marbled boards ruled in gilt, decorative back gilt extra with five raised bands, compartments richly tooled in gilt with a thistle between four floral sprays, second compartment with morocco label lettered in gilt, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, very neatly rebacked else a bright, firm, virtually spotless copy in splendid period binding. With a personal pictorial bookplate on front paste-down. The fine topographical plates depict locations from the novel: Peak Castle Derbyshire (Richardson after Leitch), Haddon Hall (Horsburgh after Leitch), Peel Castle Isle of Man (Miller after Leitch), Glen Mary Isle of Man (Forrest after Leitch), Liverpool 1664 (Finden after Austin) and The Tower [of London] 1670 (Finden after Roberts). The seventh plate is a portrait of George Villiers Duke of Buckingham engraved by Shaw. A lovely copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6971
- Title
- Peveril of the Peak. [With Introduction, Prefatory Letter, Notes and Index]. CONTEMPORARY THEME BINDING
- Author
- SCOTT Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A & C Black, Edinburgh,
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- literature, novels, waverley, scott, peveril, derbyshire, isle of man, fine bindings, bindings, walter scott, literature, peveril, the, peak
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- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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