Black Dwarf by Scott Walter (610 results)

Condition: Good. The cover may have some normal wear. The text has no notes or markings.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Small Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. Light thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages; more prominent to text block edges. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges exposing netting but pages and boards remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 8vo; includes tissue-guard and frontispiece; no missing pages, clean and complete. Blue leather boards and lovely blue marbled endpapers. Light wear. 165pp.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: Fair. 1877. The Steel Plate Edition. 344 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black and gilt decoration. Shaky binding due to severe cracking to front hinge and gutters between pages 128 and 129, as well as 304 and 305. All pages remain attached. Pages are mildly tanned, but text remains clear. Boards have moderate shelf-wear, with noticeable corner bumping and some scuffing to edges. Spine is severely sunned, with noticeable crushing and visible splitting to ends. Faint black marks overall. Gilt is bright.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Black Dwarf: Historical Novel 0.3. Book.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Black Dwarf is a classic Sir Walter Scott story is set just after the Union of Scotland and England (1707), in the Liddesdale hills of the Scottish Borders, familiar to Scott from his work collecting ballads for The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. The main character is based on David Ritchie, whom Scott met in the autumn of 1797. In the tale, the dwarf is Sir Edward Mauley, a hermit regarded by the locals as being in league with the Devil, who becomes embroiled in a complex tale of love, revenge, betrayal, Jacobite schemes and a threatened forced marriage. Its provocative content included iconoclastic satire, parodies and humour supporting Reform and working class interests, publishing their popular culture of poetry, ballads and songs to support radical ideas and the culture they supported, as well as reporting speeches and quotations, questions, answers and parodies. It helped to destabilise lower class deference to the political classes and increase their literary sophistication, providing style rather than explicit analysis. An 1817 biblical parody attacked the House of Lords; "The LORD giveth, and the LORDS taketh away. Blessed be the way of the Lords". When the radical William Hone was tried for publishing a parody of parts of the Book of Common Prayer and acquitted in January 1818, Wooler based his response on "This Is the House That Jack Built": This is the verdict recorded and found, By the Jury unbiass'd, unpack'd and unfrowned That frighten'd the Judge so choleric and old, Who swore "by the oath of his office" so bold, ' Twas an impious, blasphemous libel, and so, The man should be ruined ex-oficio, By the servant of servants who blustered so big, With his ears in his hand and his wits in his wig; To please the Ministers Who hated the truth That was told by the man Who published the parodies. Thomas Jonathan Wooler started publishing The Black Dwarf as a new radical unstamped journal in response to the Gagging Acts passed by the British government in January 1817. Within three months he was arrested and charged with seditious libel. The prosecution claimed that Wooler had written articles libelling Lord Liverpool's government, but Wooler, defending himself, convinced the jury that though he had published the article he had not written it, and so was not guilty. Throughout, Wooler continued to publish The Black Dwarf and to use it to argue for parliamentary reform. At a time when The Black Dwarf was banned, distribution was taken on by Richard Carlile. After his main patron Major John Cartwright died in 1824 Wooler gave up publishing the journal on a despondent note; "In ceasing his political labours, the Black Dwarf has to regret one mistake, and that a serious one. He commenced writing under the idea that there was a PUBLIC in Britain, and that public devotedly attached to the cause of parliamentary reform. This, it is but candid to admit, was an error". Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Two books bound together, each paginated separately. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Cracking to gutters of a few pages with exposed binding. Brown stained marking to prize plate to front pastedown. Cracking to hinges with exposed binding. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild tanning to spine and edges. Light scuffed marking to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcovers. ORIGINAL 1893 PRINTING. 2 VOLUME SET. Tissue guarded frontispieces. Text unmarked. Minor page turn soiling marks. Gilt top page edges. Covers (red boards with gilt emblem and lettering) show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Volume 2 binding cracked but still intact. Books slightly shelf-cocked. Light shelving foxing spots on book page fore edges.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.

Condition: Fair. Edinburgh Edition. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Slight cracking to front hinge, no exposure to netting. Gilt top text block edge. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible sunning & crushing to spine. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 291 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt to brown spine. Black and white frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Abbotsford Edition. 1857 Abbotsford Edition. Hardcover. Poor. No DJ. Wearing visible on the covers. Slight damage on the top of spine. Prominent staining throughout the interior. Minor weakness evident in the binding. Inscribed by previous owner. Volume two only. 620p.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 356 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Rough-cut pages. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. Edition de Luxe. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Half bound black cloth with marbled boards. Gilt titles to spine. Peveril of the Peak part II etc. One of 1000 copies, not numbered. Stories paginated separately: 525-631, 1-379pp. With illustrated frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Slight loss of marbling to edges.

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. 1879. No Edition Remarks. 386 pages. No dust jacket. Red boards with black lettering to spine. Black and white illustrations and illustrative plates. Volume 15. Binding remains firm. Crinkling to gutters. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Crushing to spine ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Lettering is darkened. Book has a slight forward lean. Lettering is darkened slightly.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustwrapper. Not dated.Pocket size,blue boards,gilt lettering and design to spine,lightly shelf-worn,top page edge gilt,spotting to page edges,b/w frontispiece illustration,India Paper,contents clean,ribbon marker.258 & 165pp.

Condition: Good. The Melrose Edition. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustration plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled.

Hardcover. Marbled paper, red leather corners and spine, top of spine chipped away, text solid. FER.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 379 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with decorations. Volume V. Colour illustrated frontispiece with five black and white illustrations through book. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages slightly loose. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to title page. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Former owner's name inside front cover. Cover corners and edges are lightly rubbed. Hinges are cracked. Binding is tight. No date.

Half-Leather. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Edition De Luxe. Marbled boards with leather corners and spine, originally green, but now tanned. Edges are rubbed and spinecover missing. Marbled end pages, hinges weak. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Uncut pages have gilt top edge. Interior is good, never read since a significant number of pages are uncut along bottom edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Sir Walter Scott - The Black Dwarf: "Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness." 0.34. Book.

Condition: Very Good. 1720707908. 7/11/2024 2:25:08 PM.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The Black Dwarf This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket. Reprint. Gothic fiction cited by Tymn [1981 Horror Literature 1-340]. Dark red cloth binding with gold gilt lettered/decorated spine, 411 pages plus 12 pages of undated ads at the rear. Near Fine copy. with light dust soiling top page edges. clph.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. 12 mo., hardcover, VG in maroon boards.Top pages edged in gilt. This historical novel was part of his Tales of My Landlord, 1st series (1816). It 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. 442 pp. Book.

Condition: Good. 1879. No Edition Remarks. 384 pages. No dust jacket. .And Other Tales. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Missing front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.