FAIR MAID OF PERTH The Waverley Novels XXII Dryburgh Edition
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1894. xxv, 467pp. A fine gilt decorated black buckram binding. Engraved frontis and title-page with 8 engraving by C.M. Hardie and J.D. Cooper in wood. From the scarce first Dryburgh edition of 25 books. Fine gilt decorated 'thistle' illus. cloth. Original attractive bookplate dated 1895 of The Rev. R.H. and Mrs Wix depicting a bibliphile on library steps studying a volume in a library. [Wix was Headmaster at St George's School, Harpenden in the 1890's]. [SOME OTHER TITLES FROM THIS SET AVAILBALE; PLEASE EMAIL]. 1st Dryburgh Edition. Hardback. Fine. Large 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GT461
- Title
- FAIR MAID OF PERTH The Waverley Novels XXII Dryburgh Edition
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Dryburgh Edition
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London and Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- Large 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Yaxley, Suffolk
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- Bookplate
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- Buckram
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- Fine
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- 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
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