Old Mortality (Volume 5 --Waverly Novels)
by Scott, Sir Walter
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- good
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
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Canon City, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
P. F. Collier & Son 494 pages including glossary and index, maroon cloth with black and gilt design on upper corner near spine, frontispiece with glassine covering intact, illustrated, faded gilt ltrs on spine, faded spine with same emblem, shelf soiled and yellowed edges, corners and head-heel of spine are bumped and worn, covers scruffed, hinge broken at introduction page. Library pocket glued to inside front cover while checkout sheet is glued to ffep. Lib stamps on title page and bottom of last page. Cataloging numbers on black square at heel of spine.. Unknown Edition. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Ex-Library (Holy Cross Abbey).
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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- Cheryl's Book Nook
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 009341
- Title
- Old Mortality (Volume 5 --Waverly Novels)
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- Unknown Edition
- Publisher
- P. F. Collier & Son
- Keywords
- Classics, Literature, English Authors, Waverly novels
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Non-Fiction: Literature;
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