Search Results: tales of a grandfather first series by scott sir walter

Gowans & Gray, 1923. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 419 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Gowans & Gray, 1923. Hardcover. Good. 1923. No Edition Remarks. 419 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and rough cut edges to text block. Boards have mild rubbing and light bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends.

BOSTON: SANBORN, CARTER, BAZIN 0 Book. Fair (-). Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated circa 1850-60's. Spine leather with dark boards. Heavy stains to boards with rubbed spine leather and top spine tear. Shifted spine with a shaken binding & some loose pages & some dog-eared pages. Fair minus condition. Moderate page foxing. 7-1/2 x 4-3/4 with 380 pages. Few illustrations at front. (18) 63 date at front endpaper. .

London and Glasgow: Gowans & Gray, Ltd., 1923. 1st Edition First Thus. Buckram. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1923 first edition. Size 12mo, 7.5" tall, 419 pages. Blue buckram cloth covered boards with gilt titles header and vignette to the spine, top page edge gilt, other edges rough trimmed, with the dust jacket. Book condition very good, rubbing to the corners, edges, spine ends and hinges, the rough cut page edges are browned, offsetting from a bookmark in inner margin of half title, contents are very clean. Dust jacket condition good, corners and spine ends rubbed, head and tail of spine slightly nicked, a little creasing to edges, spine is faded and sunned, the inner and upper edges of the front panel are faded, most of the rear panel is faded, it is not price clipped though no price is printed.

Hardback. New.

Exeter, N.H.: J. & B. Williams, 1833. Hardcover. Good -. 249, [1] p., frontispiece and added engraved title page; 16 cm. Contemporary plain black paper over boards with black leather over spine with gilt-tooled decoration (most of which is lacking). Frontispiece is engraving of the meeting of the bishops of Dunkeld and Glasgow engraved by W. H. Lizars from a drawing by Wm. D. Smith. Added engraved title page bears imprint of Wm. Burgess, New York, dated 1831. Former owner's inscription on blank page following front free endpaper: Richard Morris Smith, 1836. Richard Morris Smith (1827-1896) was a Philadelphia architect and the author of The Burlington Smiths. In Good- Condition: lacking most of leather over spine; front board is partially detached; light foxing, heavier on 2 engraved leaves and title page; otherwise, clean and solid.

Boston: S.(Samuel) H. Parker (1836). 283+380 pages. NearFine Hardcover, no dj. DimGray cloth with Black Leather spine, Gilt spine title, no dj. Light rubbing to the ends and edges of the spine otherwise The binding is in excellent shape: strong tight with perfect hinges and smooth edges. The book is Clean, the text is free of foxing. 7.4"x4.8"x1.25". be22679.

J. & B. Williams, Exeter, NH. Collectible - Good. Exeter, NH: J. & B. Williams, 1839. 2 volumes. 24mo. 276+249pp. Good book. Front boards almost detached. Spine and edges worn. Bookplate inside. Owner's name on front free endpage. (Scotland, folklore, history) Inquire if you need further information.