The Waverley Gallery of the Principal Female Characters in Sir Walter Scott's Romances : from Original Paintings by Eminent Artists. Engraved under the Superintendence of Charles Heath. LONDON : 1841. **FINE BINDING**
by SCOTT, Walter, 1779-1858. [ Heath, Charles, 1785-1848. ]
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London: Tilt and Bogue, Fleet Street, 1841. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Large Quarto. Engraving Portraits. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1841. **FINE BINDING** Hardback. Dark brown full morocco-leather. Gilt lettered & decorative panels to spine. Gilt panelled covers. All edges gilt. Original pale yellow end-papers. 36 engraved plates (portraits) and page of descriptive text opposite each plate. Interleaved with blanks to protect the plates. Not paginated. Contains selections from Scott with illustrations by various artists. Bright, tight and clean. No internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. A nice attractive copy. 4 copies held in the UK: Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Aberdeen and Oxford. This is the scarce first printing. .**Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. Lg.4to; approx 10 x 8 inches. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
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- The Waverley Gallery of the Principal Female Characters in Sir Walter Scott's Romances : from Original Paintings by Eminent Artists. Engraved under the Superintendence of Charles Heath. LONDON : 1841. **FINE BINDING**
- Author
- SCOTT, Walter, 1779-1858. [ Heath, Charles, 1785-1848. ]
- Illustrator
- Engraving Portraits
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Tilt and Bogue, Fleet Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1841
- Size
- Large Quarto
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Wigton, Cumbria, Cumbria
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SPECIALIST IN SECOND-HAND AND ANTIQUARIAN LITERATURE & THEOLOGY. Mail Order. SPECIALIST ALSO IN C.S. LEWIS AND THE INKLINGS and others
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