Old Mortality
by Sir Walter Scott
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1911. Everyma'ns Library Edition. In red cloth covers with gilt design and lettering on spine. Sqaure, intact binding. Clea, unmarked text pages. Written names on verso of front free endpaper and on upper corner of front paste-down. Light bumping of ends of spine. Moderate shelf wear. Thank you for your patronage.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
Old Mortality is a novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the period 1679-89 in south west Scotland. It forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of Scott's Tales of My Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1816. Old Mortality is considered one of Scott's best novels. It was originally titled The Tale of Old Mortality, but is generally shortened in most references.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002765
- Title
- Old Mortality
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- FICTION, DRAMA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Drama;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
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