Peveril of the Peak by Scott Walter, First Edition (37 results)

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xlviii, 658 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Subjects; 1660-1685, Fiction. Grande-Bretagne Histoire 1660. 1685 (Charles II) Romans, nouvelles, etc. Great Britain. Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685 Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hardback. Condition: Acceptable/Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Dust Jacket, green cloth hardback, with embossed decoration on front of cover, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, marks on the covers, Brown endpapers, webbing exposed on endpapers and by title page, foxing on title page, page edges and on occasional pages throughout the book. Illustrated, including frontispiece, with foxed tissue guard, "The Fortunes of Nigel by A Cooper R.A"(slightly loose) Vignette on title page "The Tower of London" otherwise clean tight copy in good/acceptable condition, 638pp Rough cut pages. Centenary edition published 1883 by Adam & Charles Black. Heavy item therefore ONLY available for sale in the U K Other titles in this series available and listed on ABE. Book#09921.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xlviii, 658 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Subjects; 1660-1685, Fiction. Grande-Bretagne Histoire 1660. 1685 (Charles II) Romans, nouvelles, etc. Great Britain. Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685 Fiction. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Volume II of four only. 319pp, leather and marbled paoer covered boards now detached, spine cover missing. Spots of foxing to flyleaf, otherwise a clean copy, which would repay rebinding.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Complete in four 9vo volumes, in various paginations. Hardcover, bound in original mauve paper0covered boards backed in publisher's green cloth. Paper printed title-labels to spines. Contents are in very good condition, clean and unmarked, with generous, untrimmed, margins. Bookplates to front pastedown endpapers, otherwise no signs of prior ownership. Text-blocks themselves are firmly bound, however the bindings are quite worn, with fraying and cracking to joints, chipping and loss to labels. Boards of the first volume are detached. A good candidate for rebinding.

First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Front board starting. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; vol. I (only): 267 pages. Subjects; Scott, Walter Sir (1771-1832). Scottish Literature. Genre; Fiction. 1 Kg.

Reprint. Hardcover. 12mo. (xLviii) + 658pp. Tight. Corner of front endpaper excised. Thirty illustrations. Scott's longest novel. V.Good.

First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Front board starting. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; vol. I (only): 267 pages. Subjects; Scott, Walter Sir (1771-1832). Scottish Literature. Genre; Fiction. 1 Kg.

First edition thus. 8vo. Peveril: [xxii], 620 pp / Bride: [xviii], 323 pp. Frontispiece. Illustrations. Hardcover binding, gilt lettering spine, t.e.g.,overall very good condition. (97110).

Condition: New. A new edition of Scott's longest, and arguably most intriguing, novel. Editor(s): Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 704 pages, None. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1006. . 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Part of The Deluxe Border Edition of The Waverley Novels. Hardcover, published 1893. Two volumes only. Very good condition+. Slight rubbing and sunning and soiling to red cloth board. Gilt top edges. Untrimmed fore edges and bottom edges. The interior and text pages are great except a few foxing spots to edges. Illustrated with 5 plates for each book by H. Macbeth Raeburn, F. Huth, H.R. Robertson, W.H. Boucher, A. Boilot, F.Focillon, Herbert Dicksee, W.W. Nooth. Overall, tight unmarked copy. Volume I - lxxix + 248 pages; Volume II - 324 pages.

New Quarter Calf. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4 vols, over 2000pp, new quarter calf, title label inset on maroon and green morocco, marbled boards, raised bands, slightly foxed o/w VERY GOOD, Constable, 1822. * FIRST EDITION - A VERY NICE SET.

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.

First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 4 v. ([4], xxxii, 302, [2]; [4], 319, [1]; [4], 315, [1]; [4], 320p.) ; 20 cm (8vo). Subject; Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685 Fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 4 v. ([4], xxxii, 302, [2]; [4], 319, [1]; [4], 315, [1]; [4], 320p.) ; 20 cm (8vo). Subject; Great Britain History Charles II, 1660-1685 Fiction. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Complete in 4 volumes. Hardcover books . Full leather binding done in the nineteenth century for Sir William Browne ffolkes (of Hillington, Norfolk). Each book has Gilt titles and decorations to spines, including heraldic device of Sir William. Marbled endpapers. Very Good: a very nice clean set with bright gilt, some abrasions to spines and corners. The main pages are clean and unbrowned, with just the odd spot, though the blanks at ends are quite heavily browned. Pictures available.

First edition, first issue, with the correct reading on line six, page 253 in vol. III). Small 8vo. (4), xxxii, 302; (4), 319; (4), 315; (4), 320 pp. Half-title to each volume; without the errata in volume three. Cavalier-Roundhead romance set in Derbyshire. A little wear to joints, some cracking at tops of spines of vols. 2 & 3, old crease to lower fore-corner of vol. 1, scattered foxing. Contemporary olive half-calf (mostly darkened to brown), gilt rules and leather labels on spines, marbled boards (rubbed) and endpapers. A previous owner's signature at the heads of the title pages in vols. 1 & 3. (#5299).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in boards. "Gerard Brill Jersey City NJ 1886" inked on FEP. Edgewear on spine crown. Bumping on panel corners. Shelfwear on spine and panels. Light foxing on text block edges. Fading on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo., Vol I. xxxii, [1] 302pp.; Vol. II. 319pp.; Vol.III. 315pp.; Vol IV. 320pp. Bound in contemporary black quarter calf over marbled boards, spine with contrasting labels, gilt titles and decorative lines; watermarks in endpapers; 2 half-titles in each volume, publisher s adverts to the reverse of first half titles in volumes I and II. Light wear to tops and tails of spines; edges, shoulders and corners rubbed, light staining to some endpapers and a slipped section in Vol. II; small slit in top left margin of pages 19 - 32 of volume III with no loss to text but otherwise pages clean, text bright and binding tight. Published anonymously, the longest of Scott s novels and later revised by him, it is set in Cheshire, London and the Isle of Man against a backdrop of Roundheads, Cavaliers and the Popish plot. Free postage.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First editions in 4 volumes, complete as issued. Period brown calf over what appear to be the original boards (circulating library bookplates and pabels on covers; heavy rubbing; boards of volume I and IV detached but present, extreme overall rubbing and scuffing to bindings, pages heavily foxed with some marginal smudging).

First Edition. Very good copied bound in contemporary aniline calf-backed marbled boards. Gilt-blocked leather labels to spines, with compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some light spots of foxing to titles of vols. 1 & 2, otherwise pages are very clean and sound. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: From the library of William G. Dawkins with his bookplate to the front pastdown of each volume. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Physical description: 4v. ; 19cm. Subject: Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction. Notes: On verso of title-page: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh. Referenced by: Todd and Bowden 165A. 2 Kg.

FIRST EDITION. 4 vols. Bound without half titles or errata slip. Contemp. half olive green sheep, spines ruled & directly lettered in gilt, devices in blind; spines darkened, a little rubbed. A good-plus copy. Todd & Bowden 165Aa.

First Edition. Very good copied bound in contemporary aniline calf-backed marbled boards. Gilt-blocked leather labels to spines, with compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some light spots of foxing to titles of vols. 1 & 2, otherwise pages are very clean and sound. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: From the library of William G. Dawkins with his bookplate to the front pastdown of each volume. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Physical description: 4v. ; 19cm. Subject: Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685 -- Fiction. Notes: On verso of title-page: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh. Referenced by: Todd and Bowden 165A. 2 Kg.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. Full light brown cloth, spines in five compartments separated by gilt borders, gilt lettering on black labels in one compartment, volume numbers, gilt in another. The 14th Waverley novel. Peveril of the Peak is set at the time of the pretended Popish Plot (1678). "The author draws elaborate portraits of Charles II and Buckingham, and gives glimpses of such historical characters as Titus Oates, Colonel Blood (the impudent revolutionary who tried to steal the crown jewels from the Tower), and Sir Geoffrey Hudson (Henritta Maria s dwarf)." (Oxford Companion to English Literature) [Todd 165a; NCBEL III 673]. . Armorial bookplate of "Nigelli Ronald" on each fep, another former owner's signarture on each ffep ("Bassenfell"), hinges in volume one started, others strong, some minor chipping, all text clean and bright. VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxxii, 302; 319; 315; 320 pp.

Full Olive Smooth Morocco. Condition: Very Gentle Edge Wear. First Edition. Four volumes uniformly bound. SIGNED BINDING BY TOUT AND SONS. Panelled spines with gilt floral designs. Covers bordered by gilt fillet, corner thistles, central thistle vignette. IThick inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Red silk book-marks sewn-in. Spines sunned to brown. Head of spines slightly frayed on two volumes only, several corners lightly worn. Rear cover of Volume 32shows areas of gridded darkening. In all, a lovely, mellowed set bound by a renowned binder. This set is EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 31 plates. Bound with half-titles. Does not have errata slip in Volume 3. Point of issue in Volume 4, page 253, line 6 reads "Place and Whitehall". This was Scott's longest novel, one of the Waverley novels. The story involves Derbyshire at the time of the Popish Plot. See CBEL III, 673, Todd 165A. Size: Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. 1st. Bound in contemprary half black leather with marbled boards. Spines elaborately stamped in gilt with tow red leather labels stamped in gilt. Wear to face and edges of marbled boards. Only minor foxing. Lacks half-titles. Text blocks are tight. Title page states four volumes.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. By the Author of "Waverley, Kenilworth" &c. First Edition. Three volumes. 8vo. [182 x 108 x 94 mm]. [1]f, xxxii, 302 pp; [1]f, 319pp; [1]f, 315pp; [1]f, 320pp. Bound in near contemporary half purple calf, blue paper sides, smooth spines divided into five panels by double gilt fillets, lettered in the second and fourth, plain endleaves, sprinkled edges. (Spines a little faded and minor marks to sides, vol.4 lacking front free endleaf, with small paper labels at foot of spines with ms note "1st ED"). Bound without the half-titles, but with the Erratum slip in vol.3. Damp-stain at upper corner of vol.2, and some light spotting and a few small stains; a good copy.

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A complete four volume first edition of one of Sir Walter Scott's best known Waverley novels, 'Peveril of the Peak'. The first edition, mixed state. The first state title page, with comma at end of the third line of the publisher's imprint, appears in volume III only, with volumes I, II and IV title pages in the second state. Todd & Bowden 165Aa.Set in seventeenth century England, and concerning the Popish Plot, Scott's novel follows the adventures of Julian Peveril, a young man caught up in a web of political intrigue and personal rivalries.The errata leaf does not appear in volume III. Bound without half titles.With the inscriptions of William Wing and Stephen Aslm, dated May 21st 1842, to a front blank of each volume. Rebacked in morocco, retaining the original calf boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally, excellent. Front hinge of each volume lightly strained, but firmly held. Inscriptions to a front blank of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with light spotting only appearing to first and last few leaves of each volume. Very Good Indeed. book.

The Centenary Edition of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels. Octavo, 12 volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Robertson with burgundy morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, elaborate gilt tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Illustrated title page and tissue-guarded frontispiece to each volume, in-text illustrations. In very good condition. A lengthy series of novels by Sir Walter Scott, The Waverley Novels were among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe for nearly a century. Because Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827, the series takes its name from Waverley, the first novel of the series released in 1814. The later books bore the words "by the author of Waverley" on their title pages. "Scottâs influence as a novelist was incalculable; he established the form of the historical novel, and the form of the short story" (Drabble, 879).

4 volumes. First Edition. With fine Scottish provenance being Ex-libris of the Bellfield Library, Kilmarnock and James Buchanan, merchant of Glencoe. With half-titles in each volume and erratum in volume three, which is often lacking. 8vo, handsomely bound in vellum over blue paper-covered boards, with the publisher's original printed paper labels on the spines, top edge gilt, others untrimmed xxxii, 302; 319; 315; 320 pp. A set in beautiful condition, the text-block as pristine, edges untrimmed, as near to spotless and 'as new' as could be realistically expected. The bindings are sturdy and strong and show very little wear or use, the blue paper and vellum are have a bit of spotting from time, publisher's printed labels are fresh and very legible. Ownership signature of James Buchanan and stamp of the Bellfield Library unobtrusively at the top of each titlepage, no other markings within, small circular paper shelf label on volume one and with slight evidence of there once being matching labels on the other volumes. AN OUTSTANDING FIRST EDITION SET OF THIS WAVERLEY NOVEL, A SET IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. PEVERIL OF THE PEAK is also Sir Walter Scott's longest novel, and thus the longest of the Waverley series. As with all the Waverley novels before 1827 publication was anonymous. The story centers on the Popish Plot, and takes place around 1678. Actions of the story occur in the Peak District of Central England, on the Isle of Man, and in London. An historical romance; Julian Peveril, a Cavalier, is in love with Alice Bridgenorth, a Roundhead's daughter, but both he and his father are accused of involvement with the "Popish Plot" of 1678.