MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. (7 VOLUMES COMPLETE)
by J.G. Lockhart
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Lewer, 1837. Hardcover. good. Vol. 1- x + 300 pages. Vol. 2- 300 pages. Vol. 3- 295 pages. Vol. 4- 273 Vol. 5- 311 pages. Vol. 6- 278 pages. Vol. 7- 336 pages. 4 1/2 x 7 in. All volumes in tan half calf binding on spine and corners and marbled boards. Condition of all volumes is VERY GOOD: Leather dry and flaky, spines worn on edges and starting to fall off, covers worn esp. on corners, bottom edge, and spine edge. Missing all of their leather labels on spine. Top of text block darkened, foxing on end papers and pages, some pages dog eared or loose, hinges partly or totally cracked. Previous owner's signature in ink on top of title page. Vol. 1: much of spine missing, hinges cracked. Vol. 3: missing part of top of spine. Vol. 7 missing part of top of spine.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1442
- Title
- MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. (7 VOLUMES COMPLETE)
- Author
- J.G. Lockhart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- William Lewer
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1837
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- Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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....