Ipswitch: The Limited Editions Club. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1968. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Limited edition (No. 1012 of 1500 copies). Signed by the illustrator on the Limitation Page. Quarter bound in Persian sheepskin dyed dark green over crimson English buckram, gilt lettering, borders, and decoration on spine, gilt borders on covers, red Tumbra Ingres endpapers from Sweden. Illustrated with 14 full-page aquatint etchings (two double-page) by Frederico Castellon. Printed on Abbey Mills antique laid paper from Wales. Introduction by Thomas Caldecot Chubb. . Several small spots of wear on the spine, else as new; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The red slipcase and its paper label show only the slightest shelf-wear. NEAR FINE. . Waverley Novels Series. Aquatint Etchings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. xxvii, (i), 369, (1-Limitation) pp .

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Bookseller: Round Table Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 29150
Title: The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusades
Author: Scott, Sir Walter
Illustrator: Frederico Castellon
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
Edition: Limited Edition. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Limited Editions Club
Place of Publication: Ipswitch
Date Published: 1968
Keywords: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Scott, Richard I, Richard The Lionheart, Crusades, The Limited Editions Club, Sir Walter Scott, Illustrated Books

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