Black Dwarf by Scott Sir, First Edition (6 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. H/B 237 pages, Condition is very good.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1816. First edition, probably second issue, in four volumes. 363pp.; 340pp.; 349pp. but lacking half-title and title-page; 347pp. Tales of my Landlord is a series of novels by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) that form a subset of the Waverley Novels. They were so called because they were supposed to be tales collected from the (fictional) landlord of the Wallace Inn at Gandercleugh, compiled by a "Peter Pattieson", and edited and sent to the publisher by Jedediah Cleishbotham. This first series contains two novels - The Black Dwarf and Old Mortality. The Black Dwarf is set in 1708, in the Scottish Borders, against the background of the first uprising to be attempted by the Jacobites after the Act of Union. Old Mortality is set in south west Scotland, and deals with the period of the Covenanters, featuring their victory at Loudoun Hill (also known as the Battle of Drumclog) and their defeat at Bothwell Bridge, both in June 1679; a final section is set in 1689 at the time of the royalist defeat at Killiecrankie. The four volumes are uniformly bound in slightly later half leather over marbled paper covered boards with gold titling on the spines. The cases of the books are in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling to the boards and wear to the titling on the spines. The corners are lightly bumped with some damage and a little loss to the leather on the corner tips. The contents are tight and clean apart from a few scattered light marks. Volume 3 is missing the half-title and title pages and there is some soiling to the first page and staining to the bottom 2" of the front free endpaper. A name has been written on the top edge of the half-title and title pages of volume 1, the title-page and first page of volume 2, the first page of volume 3, and the title-page and first page of volume 4. PLEASE NOTE: This is a fairly heavy set and extra postage may be required for delivery outside the UK.

First edition thus. 8vo. [xxix], 397 pp. / 21 pp. / [xxi]], 184 pp. / 187-372 pp. / [xvii], 154 pp. Fromtispiece. Illustrations. Hardcover binding, gilt lettering spine, t.e.g., overall very good condition. (97117.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Waverley novels published in 1852-1853: volumes 2,6,8,15,16,17,22 and 25 of the Library Edition. Hardcovers with black leather spines and corners and dark grey cloth boards, and gilt titles within separate red and black frames on spines of each volume. There is rubbing of leather but only minor wear to cloth boards; slightly loose internal spine hinge on Guy Mannering. Some spotting and browning of early pages but generally clean interiors; each volume has frontispiece and vignette on title page. An incomplete set of 8 Waverley novels published in 1852 and in good to very good condition.

Three Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. Limited and Numbered Edition. 371 pages, #359 of a thousand limited edition, gilt edged top, marbled boards, leather was apparently originally green but has faded to brown very gentle wear. Light wear to top of backstrip.