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Waverley; or, 'tis sixty years since
by [SCOTT, Walter]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., 1814. In three volumes. [4], 358, [2]; [4], 370, [2]; [4], 371pp, [1]. With half-titles. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and bumped. Later armorial bookplates of Serjeantson of Hanlith to all FEPs. The second edition, published anonymously in the same year as the first, of Sir Walter Scott's (1771-1832) seminal Scottish novel of the 1745 Jacobite Rising; which constituted both the author's initial venture into prose fiction and the beginning of the remarkably successful 'Waverley Novel' series. Todd & Bowden 77Ab.. Second edition. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ28177
- Title
- Waverley; or, 'tis sixty years since
- Author
- [SCOTT, Walter]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1814
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- Literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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