MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT (7 VOLUMES)
by Lockhart, J. G
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- 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.
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...