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Poetical Works
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Horncastle, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Nelson, 1865. New edition, 12mo, 612pp, bound in full crimson leather, lettered, decorated and blocked gilt, 5 raised bands, black spine label, the mottoed crest of Tulse School etched on front board, with photo frontis & photo vignette title page + line illustrations, marbled eps and edges; prize plate on fr pastedown and lower spine hinge worn through in one spot near top edge but not affecting the integrity of binding, o/w a handsome example, VG Copy. New Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Lucas Booksellers
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7628
- Title
- Poetical Works
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Nelson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Poetry, Scott
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry and Verse;
Terms of Sale
Roger Lucas Booksellers
It has always been our policy over 25 years to offer decent books in good shape at sane prices. In the unlikely eventuality that something is not as described return within 7 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Roger Lucas Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Horncastle, Lincolnshire
About Roger Lucas Booksellers
We are a family-based firm of general, out-of-print booksellers with strongish suits in Literature and Literary Criticism, Art & Art History, and New Age Subjects. Horncastle is a small market town at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds about 20 miles East of Lincoln.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
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