Sir Walter Scott

The Antiquary

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. Leather. The third edition of Sir Walter Scott's favourite of his own novels, a historical romance set in the 1790s. Stated the fifth edition to the title pages, though this is actually the third edition, with the figures as stated by Todd and Burton in their 1998 'Sir Walter Scott: A Bibliographical History, 1796 - 1832&apos. It was the habit of some publishers at this time to state later printings and editions than the works actually were, to create the idea that the book was in demand and selling well.Complete in three volumes.'The Antiquary' is one of Sir Walter Scott's historical fiction 'Waverley' novels, this novel in particular following an amateur historian and archaeologist who collects items of dubious antiquity.There is also a romantic side to 'The Antiquary', between the protagonist William Lovel and Isabella Wardour.The novel is set in the last decade of the eighteenth century, a vivid representation of Scottish life of that period.This was Scott's favourite of his own novels.Half-titles present to Volumes I and II.Volume III is bound without the half-title. Bound without the adverts. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. Very small chips to the spine labels. A little light discolouration to the boards and spines. Hinges are starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 913P41

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: The Antiquary sir walter scott waverley scotland sir walter scott None

SCOTT, SIR WALTER

Ballads and Lyrical Pieces

SCOTT, Sir Walter. BALLADS AND LYRICAL PIECES. Edinburgh: James Bal-lantyne for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, London, 1806. First edition. Rebound, quarter leather and paper boards; a good copy only as the front board has become disbound and binding generally shows wear at the perimeters and extremities. Ill.: FE.

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 18870

Scott, Sir Walter

"The Bard of Abbotsford" in Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. 256 (September 1871)

Harper & Brothers, 1871. 1st Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Complete, original issue. Heavily illustrated. Good with chipping at the spine and foredge of the front panel, slight discoloration to the front panel. Good.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: uh9

SCOTT, SIR WALTER

The Betrothed, a Tale of the Crusaders and the Chronicles of the Canongate

Adam and Charles Black London 1892 HB. Hardcover. Reprint, first published in 1825. The text is arranged in two columns and there are b/w illustrations as head and tail pieces to some chapters. Blue cloth, gold lettering to the spine, name stamps to front paste-down, pages yellowed and some age-mottling throughout, tight and sound, good. 732pp 0. Good.

Byre BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 8544

Catalogue: Scottish

Keywords: SCOTTISH, SCOTLAND, WALTER SCOTT, WAVERLEY, BETROTHED, CANONGATE

SCOTT, Sir Walter

The Betrothed and the Talisman / by Sir Walter Scott; With introductory essais and notes by Andrew Lang; ten illustrations [pintadas por Wal Paget]

London: Macmillan and co., Limited, 1919.- XLI,945 p., [1 h.]: Ilustrado con 10 láminas en negro; 8º mayor (20 x 13,5 cm); Tela Ed., lomo y la tapa anterior con plancha dorada.- (Large Type Border Edition. Waverley Novels. Vol. 19).- Interesante novela inspirada en las Cruzadas, en tiempos de Ricardo Corazón de León.* En general muy buen estado. Tan solo tiene pequeños defectos en las esquinas. LITERATURA Y ESTUDIOS LITERARIOS EXTRANJEROS DE LOS SIGLOS XVI-XXI Book in english (Hardcover)

Librería Miguel Miranda, AILA ILABProfessional seller

Book number: 28508

Scott, Sir Walter & Lang, Andrew [ introdcution ]

The Betrothed And The Talisman

John C Nimmo, 14 King William Street - Macmillan & Co, 1899, reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+xlii+948+46pp, b/w frontis, 9 b/w plates, glossary, pages partly un-opened, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol XIX. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ The first two of Scott's novels to be set at the time of the Third Crusade during the reign of Henry II, the action within the pages of the Betrothed takes place in Wales & Gloucestershire, whilst that of The Talisman is set in Syria.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 61041

Keywords: fiction, literature, historical fiction, scotland

Scott, Sir Walter

Black Dwarf and Old Mortality and Quentin Durward

New York NY: Publishers Plate Renting Company, N.D.. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. Previous owner's name. Bookplate; B&W Illustrations.

Gibson's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 11117

Catalogue: Literature::english

Keywords: Scott, Sir Walter Fiction English Literature Illustrated

Sir Walter Scott

The Black Dwarf

London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne , Henry Frowde, 1912 . Leather. An uncommon edition of Walter Scott's novel in leather binding with illustrations. Reprint edition of The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott in full morocco binding. First published in 1816, as part of Scott's 'Tales of My Landlord' series as one of the Waverly Novels.  With nineteen monochrome plates. Collated, complete. In full morocco binding. Externally, very smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some light spotting to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 842W13

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: The Black Dwarf Walter Scott Early edition Illustrated Walter Scott Not stated

Sir Walter Scott

The Book of Waverley Gems: In a Series of Engraved Illustrations of Incidents and Scenery in Sir Walter Scott&Apos;S Novels.

London, Henry G. Bohn , 1852. Leather. A collection of engravings inspired by the works of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels, in a decorative full morocco binding. Bound in full morocco with gilt details, raised bands to the spine and a gilt fore edge.Profusely illustrated with a frontispiece and sixty-three monochrome engravings, including plates and vignettes. Collated complete. This work showcases a selection of engravings depicting scenes from Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels. These novels were extremely popular in Europe with Sir Walter Scott gaining great notoriety as an author. Bound in full morocco. Externally smart with fading to the spine with a closed tear to the head, rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities of the boards with light rubbing to the joints and spine and minor marks to the boards. Slight handling marks to the endpapers. Internally binding weak with many pages disbound but present. Pages generally bright with scattered spotting throughout. Old ink gift inscription dated 1859 to the front blank. Good . Ill.: None stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 892Z48

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: Illustrated Engravings Sir Walter Scott Waverley Engravings Fiction Leather binding None stated

Sir Walter Scott

The Book of Waverley Gems: In a Series of Engraved Illustrations of Incidents and Scenery in Sir Walter Scott&Apos;S Novels.

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1862. Leather. A handsome full calf copy of this scarce collection of illustrations from Sir Walter Scott's novels. In a full calf binding, with the gilt crest of R.H.C.S. to the front board. Decorative gilt to the spine and all edges marbled. 39 plates and 25 vignettes. Collated complete. A collection of engraved illustrations from Sir Walter Scott's novels. The contributing artists include, among others, landscape painter David Cox (1783-1859); genre painter Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859); painter, illustrator and engraver Thomas Stothard (1755-1834); and painter, illustrator and lithographer Henry Courtney Selous (1803-1890). In a full calf binding. Externally very smart, with minimal rubbing to the extremities and joints. Internally, the binding is tender from pages 21 to 40, with many pages coming loose, but all are intact. Pages are generally clean, with a little spotting throughout. Good . Ill.: David Cox; C. R. Leslie; T. Stothard; H. C. Selous; et al. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 836M2

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: Waverley Sir Walter Scott Illustrations Sir Walter Scott David Cox; C. R. Leslie; T. Stothard; H. C. Selous; et al.

Sir Walter Scott

The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and Other Vestiges of Former Ages

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814-17. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical study on the antiquities of the border of England and Scotland, illustrated beautifully throughout, The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.Scott's fascinating topographical work focusing on the borders of England and Scotland, detailing their extensive antiquities and history. The work perfectly expresses Scott's fascination with Scottish history, a love of his which is reflected further in his influential historical fiction.Volume I illustrated with a vignette title page, and thirty-eight plates.Volume II illustrated with a vignette title page, and forty-five plates.Written by the noted Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, co-authored by Luke Clennell and John Creig.Collated, bound without additional title page to Volume II, and eight plates to Volume I.Stamp to the recto to the front free endpapers, dated 26th April 1912. In the original morocco binding. Externally, generally smart, with light rubbing and marks to the boards and spines. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Spines are a little faded. Stamp to the recto to the front free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with some odd spots and odd handling marks. Pages 3 to 6 of Volume I are detaching. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 746P6

Catalogue: British Topography

Keywords: The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland england scotland walter scott england antiquities history Not Stated

Sir Walter Scott

The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland Comprising Specimens of the Architecture, Sculpture and Other Vestiges of Former Ages

London, Longman and Co. 1814-1817. Leather. A complete two-volume set on the architecture, sculpture and other antiquities of the Scottish Borders, by Sir Walter Scott. A two-volume work in full morocco bindings, with blind stamping and gilt detailing to the boards and squares.Bookplate of Edward Parker, of Browsholme Hall, to the front paste down of each volume. Volume I is illustrated with an engraved title page, but is lacking the printed title page with its vignette, and 47 plates. Volume II is illustrated with a frontispiece, a title page vignette and 45 plates. Collated, complete except for the printed title page to Volume I.Scott's fascinating topographical work focusing on the borders of England and Scotland, detailing their extensive antiquities and history. The work perfectly expresses Scott's fascination with Scottish history, a love of his which is reflected further in his influential historical fiction.Undated, dated from copies held at the University of Leicester Library and University of Exeter Library. In full morocco bindings. Externally sound, though rubbed to the boards, spines and extremities. Gilt remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, except for offsetting to the plates and to the leaves facing the plates. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 870M26

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: Scottish Borders Antiquities Architecture Sculpture Antiquities British history Not Stated

Sir Walter Scott

The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions. Together with Illustrations of Remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition, and Original Poetry.

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. First edition. Leather. The large paper first edition of Walter Scott's immense topographical study into the antiquities and history along the border of England and Scotland. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Scott's fascinating topographical work focusing on the borders of England and Scotland, detailing their extensive antiquities and history. The work perfectly expresses Scott's fascination with Scottish history, a love of his which is reflected further in his influential historical fiction. Volume one is illustrated with an engraved title page and forty-seven plates. Volume two is illustrated with an engraved title page and forty-five plates. Collated complete. Written by the noted Scottish author Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish novelist, poet and historian whose works remain classics of European and Scottish literature. With contributions from Luke Clennell, a British wood-engraver and painter and John Creig, a Scottish historian. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally, sound with sympathetic repairs to the spine and joints made with cloth. Rubbing and light bumping to the extremities resulting in minor loss to the board tips. The odd mark to the boards with library ink marks to the spine. Hinges starting but firm with sympathetic repairs made with cloth tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light spotting to the plates and endpapers with age toning to the extremities. Blind stamps to the title pages and plates. Library bookplates to the pastedowns. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .