[Jedediah Cleishbotham] Walter Scott - Tales of My Landlord Old Mortality and the Black Dwarf

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co, 1819. Paperback. A uniformly bound set of sixth edition Walter Scott's Old Mortality and The Black Dwarf, considered to be the best of Scott's novels. Written under Scott's pseudonym Jedediah Cleishbotham, described as schoolmaster and parish-clerk of Gandercleugh. Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian. His famous works include 'Waverley', 'Ivanhoe' and 'The Lady of the Lake&apos. Scott was also a prominent member of the Tory party in Scotland, and served a the long term President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Through his friend James Ballantyne, who founded a printing press in the Scottish Borders, Scott was able to publish his first poetical works, bringing them to the public attention. His works gained much success both in the U.K and across Europe. Many of the German translations of his works we set to music by the composer Franz Shubert. Complete in four volumes. In a half buckram bindings with paper covered boards and publishers original spine labels. Externally, a trifle rubbed with wear to extremities and spine. Front joint of volume three is starting, and all hinges are strained. Both boards to volume four are held by the cords only. Splitting to the backstrip of each volume. Internally, generally firmly bound but with some leaves working loose. Bright pages, but with the occasional instances of spotting Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .

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