Sir Walter Scott

The Chronicles of the Canongate, First and Second Series

Edinburgh, Cadell and Co, 1827-1828 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Sir Walter Scott's complete 'Chronicles of Canongate', with both series bound in five volumes. A wonderful first edition set from the celebrated Scottish novelist and poet.Consisting of the two volume first series, published in 1827 and consisting of the three tales 'Chrystal Croftangry's Narrative', 'The Highland Widow', 'The Two Drovers', and 'The Surgeon's Daughter&apos. And the three volume second series published in 1828, and containing 'St Valentine's Day, or, The Fair Maid of Perth&apos.With each volume retaining the original half title.Part of Scott's 'Waverley' series, this work was highly regarded by contemporary readers.With publisher's catalogues to the rear of volume II of the first series, dated October 1827, and to the rear of volume III of the second series. In quarter morocco bindings, with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, excellent, with light fading to back strips. Otherwise, lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with the odd instance of spotting, most concentrated to first and last few leaves of each volume. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 851F19

Catalogue: Short Stories

Keywords: walter scott waverley St Valentine's Day, or, The Fair Maid of Perth The Surgeon's Daughter waverley None

SCOTT, SIR WALTER - MAUCHLINE WARE .

The Complete Poetical Works Of Sir Walter Scott. With Illustrations from Designs by J. M. W. Turner, R.A.

London: George Routledge And Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, 1885 . 0. A very good 'Mauchline Ware' binding. 8vo. 7.5" x 5.2" x 1.5". [8pp.]/pp.17 - 553/[1p.] . Front wooden board with a varnished image of birds nest in a tree and a bullfinch. Rear board just plain varnished wood. White leather spine with rubbed gilt decoration and titles. All page edges gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Floral patterned endpapers. Small bookseller label to verso of the front board: "Daniel S. Stacy, Bookseller, 62 Upper St, Islington." Clean text and illustrations throughout, all within a red-lined border. VG.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 52142

Catalogue: Bindings: : 19th Century

Keywords: Mauchline Ware George Routledge and Sons Bindings: : 19th Century

SCOTT, SIR WALTER

Count Robert of Paris and the Surgeons Daughter

London, United Kingdom, Macmillan. 1901, Re-Issue. Full-Leather, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. This copy has been especially bound. Red leather with heavily gilt decorative tooling, spine title in black flag, 5 raised bands, front bd has heavy gilt embossing of school emblem showing rampant camels of Merchants Taylors School, edges are gilt gaffered, interior edges dentille tooled, page edges are marbled as are eps, presentaion plate is pasted to front paste down, damp stain to rear ep, two title page with nice frontis etching plus tissue guard, pp 854 with 10 nice etching. Interior clean bright and tight, not foxed. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Ariel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 6915

Catalogue: Fiction

SCOTT, SIR WALTER

Count Robert of Paris (Complete in Two Volumes)

Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1894. Limited Edition. 1. Hard Cover. Complete in two volumes. Publisher's full navy cloth with tan spine labels, top edges gilt, fore-edge deckle. This is the International Limited Edition, limited to 1000 copies of which this is No. 340. Illustrated with b&w plates by a variety of artists, with an introduction by Andrew Lang. Head and heel of spines are rubbed, spine labels are chipped, covers are slightly scratched and rubbed, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. VERY GOOD. B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xli, 370; 490 pp. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

Round Table Books, LLCProfessional seller

Book number: 18561

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature; Sir Walter Scott Historical Fiction Waverley Novels Novels, Poetry & Literature Historical Fiction

Scott, Walter (Sir)

Count Robert of Paris (Vol. II only)

Boston: Dana Estes, 1900. New Abbotsford edition, Edgewear & spine darkening otherwise a clean good hard cover book/ no dust jacket.

Lorrin Wong, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 2021301

Catalogue: Fiction

Scott, Sir Walter

Count Robert of Paris.

Black, 1897. Hard Cover, Victoria edition. 414pp, including Introductory Address and Index, hand cut edges. Green cloth covered boards with impressed thistle and coat of arms pattern. Frontispiece illustration with tissue guard. A clean copy... Very Good /No Jacket.

Hessay BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 13896

Catalogue: Historical Fiction

Keywords: Historical

Sir Walter Scott

Count Robert of Paris

Thomas Nelson, London, Edinburgh and New York, 1905. Reprint, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. New Century Library Series. The Works of Sir Walter Scott, Vol. XXIV. Soft dark-blue leather with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine, bright gilt upper text block edge, dark blue silk book ribbon is attached, black and white frontis with protective tissue leaf, black and white plates, black end-papers, title-page lettering in red and black. Clean covers, slightly sunned spine, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Previous owner's name and date on half-title page. No dust-jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10118101086. ISBN: 0901450693

Bailgate Books LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 10118101086

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: BZDB4 Fiction; Sir Walter Scott Count Robert of Paris

SIR WALTER SCOTT

Count Robert of Paris

Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1833, 1st Edition. Soft cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, aprox 160pp.the waverley novels , soft yellow cover with picture, author`s edition, some faint spotting on the first two pages, spine a little used ,we have another 3 novels in the same editions . Fair/No Jacket.

West Wessex BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 7932

Catalogue: Novels Romance

Keywords: Novel

Scott, Sir Walter

Count Robert of Paris. (The Fine Art Scott Vol 24)

London, London Educational Book Co Ltd, 1111. First Thus. Hardcover. 12mo. A good copy in red cloth with gilt lettering and lion on shield on slightly faded spine and gilt decoration on front cover. Minor foxing to fore edge and on a few pages. 24 illustrations from pictures by famous artists. Immediate despatch from the UK. Good+.

The Victoria BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 90021237

Keywords: FICTION S

Scott, Sir Walter & Lang, Andrew [ introdcution ]

Count Robert Of Paris And The Surgeon's Daughter

John C Nimmo, 14 King William Street, 1899, reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+xlii+854+46pp, b/w frontis, 9 b/w plates, glossary, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol XXIII. Hardback , no dustjacket.
¶ Count Robert is chronologically Scott's earliest novel, set in Constantinople at the time of the First Crusade. The book explores the impact of Western medieval values and attitudes upon the Romano-Greek classical society of the Byzantine Empire. The Surgeon's Daughter is partly set in India.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 61039

Keywords: fiction, literature, historical fiction, scotland

SCOTT, SIR WALTER

Count Robert of Paris

USA, Dana Estes & Co. 1894. Hardcover. Book, Light wear. Andrew Lang Edition, other titles in this binding also available. Good/No Jacket.

Rainy Day BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 049407

Catalogue: Fiction

Scott, Sir Walter

"Death of Lady Scott" in New-York Mirror (April 28, 1838)

First Edition. 0 pp. Complete, original issue in near fine condition with minor foxing. This issue was never bound. This is an excerpt from Scott's diary.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: b12503

Sir Walter Scott

The Downfall of Napoleon, from Sir Walter Scott&Apos;S Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

London, Blackie & Son, Limited, c1900. Cloth. Extracts from Sir Walter Scott's 'Life of Napoleon', focusing upon the 'Hundred Days' in which the leader made his final struggle for power, with an illustrated frontispiece. Part of 'Blackie's Library of Famous Books&apos.Illustrated with a frontispiece of Napoleon watching the Battle of Waterloo from 'the heights of La Belle Alliance&apos. This work is composed of chosen extracts from Sir Walter Scott's biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, which was first published in 1827. This biographical account focuses upon the downfall of Napoleon, detailing his escape from Elba, the Battle of Waterloo, his captivity in St Helena, and his eventual death. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, as well as a poet, playwright, and historian. Many of his works are classics of European and Scottish literature, such as 'Ivanhoe' and 'Waverley&apos.  He wrote this work in the later part of his life.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the front of text. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Cloth is very bright, with a few marks to boards and a bit of fading to spine. Minimal edge wear to extremities and head and tail of spine. Prior owner's ink inscription to front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a bit of age-toning to pages as well as a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 807D55

Catalogue: History & Culture

Keywords: The Downfall of Napoleon Sir Walter Scott Biography napoleon bonaparte Sir Walter Scott The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte Not Stated

Scott, Sir Walter

"The Dying Bard" (poem) in The Boston Review (July 1807)

1807. 1st Edition. 0 pp. Disbound. Very good in wrappers. Only flaw is darkening to edges of top and bottom of pages and about 3" of the foredge.Complete, original iissue. Poem is on p. 389. Very Good.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: dn676

Scott, Sir Walter

"Epitaph" in Select Reviews of Literature (April, 1812)

Philadelphia, J.F. Watson, 1812. First Edition. 0 pp. Hardcover. Contained in a bound volume of Select Reviews of Literature and Spirit of Foreign Magazines, Volume 7 (January-June, 1812). Marbled boards with leather spine. viii+536 pages. The Southey poem appears on page 359. This volume is in very good condition with leather spine and marbled paper boards. Wear at the spine extremities, tips, and edges, bookplate, signature on the first page, and foxing. Very Good.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: b10121