Tales Of a Grandfather

London: Simpkin Marshall, Limited Book. Illus. by Colour Plates By James Fulleylove, et al. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth on boards. DJ complete, but repaired by tape. Minor pencil notes inside cover, balance clean. Corner bump. Abridged by Elsie M. Lang. … Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1851. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Another Edition. 250mm Tall, 4to. 464 pages. Small loss to title label on spine. Wear to cover corners and extremities; corners bumped. Browning to free endpapers. Slight foxing occasionally in the text. Penciled inscription on front free endpaper..

Gowans & Gray, Ltd, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 498 pages. Blue dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Occasional thumb-marking present. Torn loss to pages 238 and 239, torn pieces remain present. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Robert Cadel, 1840. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. 16mo. 363pp. Brown leather with boards embossed with a diamond pattern and ruled in gilt, raised spine bands with gilt designs. About very good with some toning, moderate edgewear, and sizable tidemark on the rear board and with binding remarkably sound.

George Routledge and Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 640 pages. No dust jacket. Red illustrated cloth boards with gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces.… Read more about this item

Adam & Charles Black, 1888. Hardcover. Good. 1888. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters and front hinge near title page but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with… Read more about this item

Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1857-8. 3 vols., 8vo., with 3 engraved frontispieces (original tissue guards present), engraved and printed titles, and 48 engraved plates and portraits, neat contemporary signature on title of first volume, later uniform signature on front free endpapers; attractively bound in contemporary navy half calf, blue cloth sides, backs with raised bands, second compartments with… Read more about this item

Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-tooled cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Spine and panel edges sun-toned. Light foxing to prelims. Bumped corners. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii, 464 p. ; 26 cm. Subjects: Scotland History; Écosse Histoire;… Read more about this item

Adam & Charles Black, 1888. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1888. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth.Volume III. Pagination continued from previous volume. Fold-out colour illustrated map to end of book. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Fold-out map is lightly tanned with some creasing to edges. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding. Dark rubbing to pastedowns… Read more about this item

A. & C. Black Ltd., 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1952. Reprinted. 311 pages. Abridged by Elizabeth W. Grierson. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth with silver lettering. Pages are lightly tanned with mild foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Boot print across reverse of frontispiece and half title page. Occasional thumb-marking present throughout, with a few small nicks… Read more about this item

Adam and Charles Black, 1898. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1898. No Edition Remarks. 1202 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Book has a strong smoky odour. Moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges. Light cracking to gutters; binding is very loose a s a result but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping… Read more about this item

Gowans & Gray, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 419 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and rough cut edges to text block. Boards have mild rubbing and light bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends.

Gowans & Gray, 1923. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 464 pages. Blue dust-jacket over cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding is weak. Some pages are dog-earred. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Book has forward lean. White staining present. Unclipped jacket has… Read more about this item

Edinburgh : Robert Cadell, 1846. Abbotsford Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; two vols. (only): I & IV. Subjects; Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Scotland. Scottish Literature.

Adam & Charles Black., 1898. Binding is slightly loose. Stains on the first few pages and on the page block. Owners name and date in front of book. Covers are scuffed and tatty at the corners. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy.… Read more about this item

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1911. Hardcover. Good. 1911. No Edition Remarks. 159 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt and an illustration pasted on. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Plates are bright and clear. Binding remains… Read more about this item

George Routledge And Sons, Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 640 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Front hinge is badly cracked. Pen inscription to front free end paper. Gutter on page 334-335 is substantially cracked. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1911. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. octavo. hardback in decorated cloth xxvi + 1202pp., colour frontis., colour plates, index, Nice edition with 20 full-page colour plates. Prize-label dated 1912 on front paste-down o/w a nice copy in decorated cloth boards. PHOTO available

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. Good. 19 x 12cm. Hardcover. 1872. 1104 pages. Cover worn at spine edge. Name on ffep. Text foxed<br > .

Gowans & Gray, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 419 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing… Read more about this item