Search Results: the monastery by walter scott

Marcus Ward, London 1878., , 1878. Oln., 400s., in gutem Zustand, [OSB16,1].

Adam & Charles Black, 1886. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1886. Centenary Edition. 463 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Volume XI in the series. With illustrated frontispiece. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Foxing intense towards the start and end of the book and on text block edges. Pencil inscriptions to front endpaper. Slight gutter cracking. Text block edges are uneven. Boards have some edge wear, with slight bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are moderately crushed and rubbed. Slightly scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Slight water staining to front and rear. Book has a heavy forward lean. Gilt is bright.

Collins Clear-type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 564 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean, with light sunning to spine and edges.

Collins Clear-type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 564 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Adam & Charles Black, 1897. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1897. No Edition Remarks. 453 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight cracking to gutters with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Markings to some pages. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Staining overall. Boards are slightly warped.

John C. Nimmo, 1893. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1893. Border Edition. 333 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Volume II. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Plates are moderately tanned with some foxing. Sticker and pencil inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Pencil mark to final page. Rough-cut pages. Gilt to top edge of text block. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Medium crushing to spine ends with light sunning to spine. Wear marks overall. Gilt lettering is bright and clear.

Oxford University Press, 1912. Hardcover. Good. 1912. No Edition Remarks. 452 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrated frontispiece, with other illustrations throughout. Pages are mildly tanned, with moderate foxing to endpapers, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Label to front pastedown. Boards have minimal edgewear. Spine is slightly sunned, with minimal crushing to ends. Minor split to tail end. Light rubbing and scuffing overall. Noticeable bleach spotting to front board, with a few noticeable dark marks to rear.

Caxton Publishing Company, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 332 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrated plates throughout with colour frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1897. Victoria. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 396pp. Some marking to boards and spotting on pages edges

Marcus Ward, 1882. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1882. No Edition Noted. 422 pages. No dust jacket. Gilt decorated green cloth with black and white illustrated plates throughout and black and white illustrations throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Front endpaper is missing and both hinges are cracked with exposed netting. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting and major tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and edge wear. Moderate bumping to corners and major crushing to spine ends. There is fraying to cloth at corners and spine ends.

Caxton Publishing Co, 1909. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, G. 332pp, colour frontis, 8 b/w plates, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Melrose Edition of the Waverley Novels. Scott's novel set in the 1550s at the start of the the Scottish Reformation and which features supernatural elements in the form of the White Lady of Avenel.

Adam & Charles Black, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Stories each paginated separately, sometimes starting from other numbers. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting; feeling shaky overall. Liquid stains to pastedowns and text block edges. Boards have heavy edge wear, with intense bumping and fraying to corners, while spine ends are very crushed and frayed. Scratched, rubbed and marked overall. Book has a moderate forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed. Gilt is bright.

J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1910. Hardcover. Good. 1910. Reprinted. 427 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Moderate tanning overall.

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 427 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned.

Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 478 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Paperback. Very Good.

Maclaren and Company, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 366 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with decorations. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight cracking to hinges and gutters causing boards and binding to be loose. However, boards and pages throughout remain attached. Tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine ends causing cloth to be frayed. Water staining to rear board.

Gresham, 1903. Hardcover. Good. 1903. Imperiale edition . 484 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.

The Caxton Publishing Company. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. melrose caxton edition on green cloth with gilded spine cover

London: John C. Nimmo, 1853. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good. 8vo. rough edges, foxing, wear red