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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Including Introduction and Notes.
by SCOTT, SIR WALTER:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Frederick Warne and Co. n.d. ca 1899. Hardback, size approx 7.5 x 5.5 inches. In full calf leather fine binding by BUMPUS, textured and decorative gilt panelled boards, raised banding and full gilt decorations to spine. Full gilt page edging. Marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Some minor dark spots to boards, some sunning to spine and edges, some minor rubbing to raised banding and spine ends and corners. Gilt binders stamp to inner edge of front board. Neat inscription to front prelim “Viotlet Fitz Roy 1899.” Small bump to closed edges of middle pages nr. top corner. Else pages all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 758pp. Illustrated with a B&W engraved frontis portrait. Including; The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, The Lady of the Lake, Vision of Don Roderick, Rokeby, The Bridal of Triermain, The Lord of the Isles, Ballads, Songs, and Lyrical Pieces.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95043
- Title
- The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott. Including Introduction and Notes.
- Author
- SCOTT, SIR WALTER:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Frederick Warne and Co. n.d. ca 1899
- Keywords
- POETRY Literature, Fine Binding, leather, walter scott, poetry, poetical works, illustrated, Fine Binding, leather, Warne & Co. Poems, Royal School for Daughters of Officers of The Army, Evelyn Hensley, BUMPUS,
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Edges
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