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Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since (Grangerized)
by Scott, Sir Walter (1771 - 1832)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Middlebury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1814. Second Edition . 3/4 Calf/Marbled Boards. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Second Edition of the first of The Waverley Novels published five weeks after the first edition with minor revisions and one new paragraph (volume II, p. 294), three volumes, calf spine and tips with marbled boards, engraved bookplates on front pastedowns of all three volumes, half-titles present in all three volumes; volume 3 has 1.5 inch split on front joint. This is an extra-illustrated (Grangerized) edition containing 17 engravings of portraits and views, minor wear. Tipped-in volume I is a facsimile of a holograph letter from Sir Walter Scott to bookseller Charles Tilt thanking him for his present of illustrations for Waverley. The original of this letter identified Scott as the author of Waverley, which was published anonymously.
Synopsis
SIR WALTER SCOTT was born in Edinburgh on August 15, 1777. He was educated in Edinburgh and called to the bar in 1792, succeeding his father as Writer to the Signet, then Clerk of Session. He published anonymous translations of German Romantic poetry from 1797, in which year he also married. In 1805 he published his first major work, a romantic poem called The Lay of the Last Minstrel , became a partner in a printing business, and several other long poems followed, including Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810). These poems found acclaim and great popularity, but from 1814 and the publication of Waverley , Scott turned almost exclusively to novel-writing, albeit anonymously. A hugely prolific period of writing produced over twenty-five novels, including Rob Roy (1817), The Heart of Midlothian (1818), The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), Kenilworth (1821) and Redgauntlet (1824). Already sheriff-depute of Selkirkshire, Scott was created a baronet in 1820. The printing business in which Scott was a partner ran into financial difficulties in 1826, and Scott devoted his energies to work in order to repay the firm's creditors, publishing many more novels, dramatic works, histories and a life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Sir Walter Scott died on September 21, 1832 at Abbotsford, the home he had built on the Scottish Borders.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Carroll Dooling
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000836
- Title
- Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since (Grangerized)
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter (1771 - 1832)
- Format/Binding
- 3/4 Calf/Marbled Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1814
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Michael Carroll Dooling
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About the Seller
Michael Carroll Dooling
Biblio member since 2004
Middlebury, Connecticut
About Michael Carroll Dooling
Michael Carroll Dooling, Rare Books & Manuscripts, LLC is located in Middlebury, Connecticut. Michael has been an antiquarian bookseller since 1976 and carries an eclectic array of books and manuscripts.
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- New
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- Jacket
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- Calf
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- 12mo
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