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Ticknor & Fields, 1863. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. VOLUME 1. ORIGINAL 1863 PRINTING. Text unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing and soiling. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Book slightly shelf-cocked. Steel engraving of Lady Rowena and Prince John as frontispiece.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

NY, The American News Company, Circa 1920, 1920. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12 mo., hardcover, green embossed decorative boards with gilt lerttering. No dj. Small water stain on bottom margin under frontis and back hinge cracked else VG. 593 pp. Setting is 12 C. England when Richard the Lion-Hearted reigned. Cedric the Saxon, his ward Rowena, his son Wilfred of Ivanhoe, Brian de Bois Guilbert, Isaac of York and others. A fascinating romance of English literature.

Westminister: Archibald Constable and Company, 1895. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Discarded library copy in reinforced red boards. Building stamp and limited markings. Boards worn, corner's bumped. Text and illustrations very good.

New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1876. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No date on copyright page. 1876 on title page. Brown cloth with black pictorial stamping and gilt emblem at top of front board. Gilt titles on spine Boards clean with edges gently rubbed, tips lightly bumped. Spine ends rubbed and bumped. Binding cracked at page following printing notice, first sheath of pages loosening at bottom, intact. Otherwise, binding sound. Page edges toned. Unmarked, first few pages with a few spots of light foxing..

A. and C. Black. in8. Sans date. Relié.

Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson and Brothers, nd.. Hardcover. Good +. 875 p. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. Brown cloth binding. Condition of the book is GOOD+: wear and soiling to covers, spine a bit more worn, edges of text block darkened, pages with light foxing, binding tight.

New York: Macmillan and Co., 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 8.40 x 5.50 x 1.40 inches. Cooper, Gordon Browne and J. D.. Ivanhoe: A Romance. The Waverly Novels: Dryburgh Edition Volume 9 published by Macmillan in conjuction with Adam and Charles Black. Originally published by Macmillan in 1893, then ""carefully collated with Scott's own annotated set in the possession of the publishers ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, [with many inaccuracies corrected]"". Maroon cloth covered boards show an ornate gold gilt seal on the front board and gold spine titles. Good- condition without a dust jacket. The corners are worn and the indented spine ends are beginning to fray. The binding is rolled forward and is slightly weak, but all pages are intact. Cracked hinges. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. USPS electronic tracking number issued free of charge. Photos and more detailed description happily provided… Read More

Hardcover. Good.

New York: Century Company, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good +. Seven Volumes, 8vo, 5 x 8, approx. 500 pages each Attractive burgundy cloth with blue title tag on back strip; minimal shelf wear; interior clean with minimal age toning; top edge gilt

Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1883. The Centenary Edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Robertson with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Illustrated title page and tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, in-text illustrations. In very good condition.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. , 1854-1856.. Very good examples of this famous series. With double frontispieces. Some wearing to extremities, some volumes with chipped or missing labels. Interiors are clean and crisp.. Binding: Full contemporary straight-grain calf boards. Gilt fillet on upper and lower. Spine with 5 raised bands in 6 compartments, densely gilt. Series title in gilt on red label in 2, volume title in gilt on green in 3. Gilt rolls on board edges. Blind dentelles. Marbled paste-in and free endpapers. All edges marbled., Notes: The Waverley Novels are a long series of novels by Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832). For nearly a century, they were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe. Because Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827, the series takes its name from Waverley, the first novel of the series released in 1814. The later books bore the words "by the author of Waverley" on their title pages.Sir Walter Scott (1771 – 1832) was a Scottish… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne; And Hurst, Robinson, and Co., London, 11816-1821. Complete first edition set of Scott's Waverly Novels. Octavo, 74 volumes uniformly bound in full morocco by Morrell, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional set. A lengthy series of novels by Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe for nearly a century. Because Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827, the series takes its name from Waverley, the first novel of the series released in 1814. The later books bore the words "by the author of Waverley" on their title pages. "Scott s influence as a novelist was incalculable; he established the form of the historical novel, and the form of the short story" (Drabble, 879).