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THE WAVERLEY NOVELS or 'TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE' (27 volumes) THE MELROSE EDITION
by Sir Walter Scott, Bart
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Caxton Publishing Company, 1900. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. The Melrose Edition. 8vo. A very good complete set of 27 volumes, each with a colour frontispiece plate, title page. Bound in quarter leather, with green cloth covered boards, page edges gilt, six gilt decorated spine compsrtments. Bindings strong with some signs of wear and rubbing, green leather faded on the spines, joints firm no cracking. Contents clean and tight, original endpapers, slightly marked to some of the first and last few pages, no inscriptions or other marks. A very good tight set..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032484
- Title
- THE WAVERLEY NOVELS or 'TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE' (27 volumes) THE MELROSE EDITION
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott, Bart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- The Melrose Edition
- Publisher
- The Caxton Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Sets;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Loe Books
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Loe Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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