Search Results: the complete poetical works of sir by sir walter scott

London: Charles Griffin. 1866. good-. Hardcover. 423 pages; b/w steel engravings of the authors; fold-out facsimile letter; text in 2-column format; foxing to endpages, title pg, & frontis; hinges cracked, but reguled; previous owner name on free front ep; 9.25" tall; embossed decor on soiled green covers; worn beveled edges with boards showing at corners; gilt & red decor & lettering on spine, fraying to top & bottom .

Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, 1894. Hardcover. Acceptable. No DJ. Suede leather covers, with areas of dirty spots. Edges worn, with more significant wearing along edge of back board. Bumped spine at top and bottom and all corners bumped. Gilt edges to text block have faded somewhat, but still shiny, however with a couple of scratches and blotches and worn through to the red edge of pages. The bottom two inches of text block has slight noticeable wave to it, at some point might have been dropped on the lower corner of book. End papers are printed with green and gold floral design. The pages have yellowed and become fragile, with small tears in middle of a page or two. Fly leaves, blank pages at the back of book, the frontis piece, and title pages are foxed and browned, with dark smudges. The whole book is reminiscent of a Bible. Between two pages there is a dark tanned spot where some kind of bookmark or something had been, leaving kind of a ghost outline.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1900), January 1900. Hardcover. Used - Good.

Thomas Y. Crowell, 1888. HARDCOVER. FAIR / NONE. 0x0x0. FAIR HARDBACK. VERY NICE BROWN LEATHER, BUT FRONT BOARD COMPLETELY DETACHED AND TOP 3 INCHES OF SPINE COVERING MISSING. HAS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY END PAPERS I'VE EVER SEEN, A PRINT OF TINY GOLD FLOWERS FRAMED BY LEATHER WITH BEAUTIFUL GILT-STAMPLED DESIGN. TEXT BLOCK VERY-GOOD.

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1891. Book. Fair. Hardcover. No dust jacket. No publication date but there is a note on the 2nd page dated June 11, 1891. Usual markings of an ex-library book. Cover is pretty worn and soiled. Black tape at spine. Gray reinforcement tape inside cover. Outer page edges dirty..

Not a former library copy. Cambidge Edition. Houghton Mifflin and Co. 1900 Publication. Edited by Horace E. Scudder. Brown cover is worn and a bit faded. Edges are also worn. Binding is loose and a little webbing shows, no pages are loose. No markings, tears, or folds.

American News Co, New York. HB NODJ ISSUED, brown pictorial Cloth with Gold Gilt, no date, 1930's ?, minor rub & scuff, VG, AS-IS, NODJ, 740 pages. Hard Cover.

UsedVeryGood. Minor shelf wear

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

New. .

Philadelphia: William T. Amies, 1878. [1878] THIS IS THE ACTUAL 1878 EDITION, NOT A FACSIMILE, MORE RECENT REPRINT, CLOTH-BOUND BOOK, OR BOOK ON DEMAND. ¾-leather bound hardcover (red and green), beveled extremities, gilt illustration of Sir Walter Scott and gilt lettering, four raised ridges and in-blind horizontal and vertical lines on spine. Gilt on all three edges. Brown endpapers (added later?). Full-page illustrations, engravings by G.P. Williams. Frontispiece of Scott with tissue overlay, 698 pages. Condition: Chips, abrasions, wear to binding, mostly at spine. Free of the normal cracking and tearing of hinges. Shelf wear, corners showing a tad. Old dust/soiling/age toning to edges. Former owner's name on blank preliminary page. Creases to several pages, including one at end. Faint foxing internally. Overall, Good Plus. Text is clear, readable. Illustrations clear, vivid. Interior is Very Good, WITHOUT the typical heavy foxing and insect infestation. Many will consider buying this… Read More

Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1857. Revised Edition. Leather Bound. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Revised edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Leatherbound with decorative gilt scrollwork on covers. Original binding. This is a stated ""New Edition"" from 1854. Has a nice inscription dated 1859 on endpaper. 580 pp. Good + overall. A nice copy still. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Felt & Dillingham. Acceptable. New York, n.d.; cloth covered boards with blind embossed border decorations and gilt embossed design on front cover; raised bands; all edges gilt; no dust jacket; some edge wear; rubbing; scuffing along joints; front hinge cracked; small markings on free front endpaper; some internal foxing; Interior clean and unmarked; 4to, 9 3/4" - 12" Tall; 840 pages.

USA: LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS, 1876 TERRIFIC BOOK. BEAUTIFUL COLOR DECORATION PAGE EDGES, INSIDE FRONT AND BACK VERY COLORFUL DESIGN. NICE LEATHER COVER, WORN EDGES, SPINE HAS SOME DARKENING LOWER HALF, FRONT & BACK COVERS LOOSE YET STILL ATTACHED BY CORD BINDING, FORMER OWNERS NAME INSIDE FRONT 1877, BEAUTIFUL RAISED RIBS SPINE WITH GOLD DECORATION, GOLD PRINT SPINE, DARK BROWN ALSO ON SPINE, TIGHT, NO MARKINGS, NICE INDEX IN BACK. MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER, SIR TRISTREM, LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL, BALLADS, MARMION, THE LADY OF THE LAKE, ROKEBY A POEM IN SIX CANTOS, THE LORD OF THE ISLES, THE BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN, HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS. THERE IS ALSO A NICE SECTION IN THE BACK ON SONGS ND MICS. Scott, Sir Walter (1771¿1832), novelist, poet, and essayist of the romantic period, concerned with Scottish Border legends and traditions throughout his lifetime. His Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802¿3) was a collection of folk and literary ballads in three volumes and contained… Read More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1894. Full red leather binding with spine sunned to pale. All page edges gilt. Gift note inked on second front flyleaf. Frontis. engraving with tissue guard. xxvii, 770pp. Introduction by Charles Eliot Norton. Biographical Sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. Placed in a clear protective mylar jacket.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1900. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Decorative Silk. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Cambirdge Edition. 8vo. Dark blue decorative silk, gilt titles and wreath, gilt ruling, top edge gilt. 582 pp. including index, frontispiece portrait, protective tissue. Previous owner name and a few ownership stamps. Spine faded. Solid book. Very good condition..

New York: Thomas Y Crowell & Co, 1894. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Book is Good condition. No Dust jacket. Edition not stated Copyright dated 1894 Front spine states Gladstone Edition Red Boards. Gold gilted edges on top edges only Frontispiece of Sir Walter Scott w/tissue. Biographic sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole 770 pages. 2nd set of papers show some oiling staining. Back end pages shows some staining. Boards have some minor bumping Inside pages are clean Book is good shape tight no dust jacket All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks..

Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company. 'The Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1900. Hardcover . Good/No Jacket. {4&1/4' x 6&3/4'} Rebound with leather spine and corners. Gold lettering and gold decorations with raised ribs. Marbled paper covered boards and marbled end pages. Hinge along edge of spine at bottom split about one and one-half inches. Gold tinted top textblock edge with scratches and dust stains. Deckled fore-edge. Darkened/dust stained bottom edge. [699 pages]

A. and W. Galignani and Co. Leather-bound hardback in fair condition. Binding is solid and hinges are intact. Year not stated, but appears to be from 1800s. Some scratches, scuffs and small tears to leather. Pages foxed and wavy, but legible. Marbled endpapers. Very good condition binding for a book this old!. Hardcover. Fair.