Author: SCOTT, SIR WALTER
Title: The Heart of Midlothian (Everyman's Library #134)
Description: London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co, Inc, 1947. Hardcover. A 1947 reprint of the 1906 issuance. An Everyman's Library edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical novel, the seventh in his Waverley series. Chiefly set in Edinburgh, the story is set amidst the Porteous Riots of 1736. With a brief editor's introduction and glossary of archaic terms at rear of volume. Entry 134 in Everyman's Library Fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In EL binding style 3 with full carmine cloth-covered boards and gilt-stamped spine titling; blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and brown topstain. In dust jacket with Ravilious 'knot' to front panel. --- With prior owner's signature to front paste-down & retailer's sticker to rear free endpaper, else a tightly-bound and unmarked copy. Thin wartime jacket with light chafing at edges, moderately darkened spine, otherwise bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall ; x, 559, 8 (ads) pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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