The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Illustrated by One Hundred Engravins on Wood from Drawings by Birket Foster and John Gilbert.
by SCOTT, SIR WALTER:
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1854. Engraved frontispiece, extra engraved title and vignettes in the text. 8vo (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches), 354-pages. Contemporary full tan diced calf, spine gilt with red lettering piece. Headband very slightly chipped else very good. Armorial bookplate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21976
- Title
- The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Illustrated by One Hundred Engravins on Wood from Drawings by Birket Foster and John Gilbert.
- Author
- SCOTT, SIR WALTER:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1854.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Bristow and Garland
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
Glossary
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat 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...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...