Ruin Sir Walter Scott by Quayle Eric (36 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Good. 1st US. Sturdy book, shiny maroon cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 290 stiff pages, including a glossy photo section. DJ heavy paper, a drawing of Scott on front, background in shades of purple, lavender spine, purple back. DJ has three tiny short scratches on front, very slight wear and very tiny tears at spine edges, very slight to back tips. Near Good DJ/Fine book.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1968 Hart-Davis UK 1st edition, Near Fine/VG+ DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has some loss of glossiness on blue front panel, in new Mylar with price intact, name in corner on inside cover is only marking found- pages very nice, a sound copy.

Condition: Used: Very Good. VG++ book & jacket. 1st printing. UK edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book is Strong Very Good with light shelf wear. Jacket is Strong Very Good with light edge and corner wear. Taped label on spine bottom. Science Institute stamp on the top of the page edges. Paper removal residue and glue residue on front free. Light spine fade. In a mylar jacket and there is tape residue on both covers from it being taped up. Interior is unmarked with clean white pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.15.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.15.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Near Very Good/Sl Chipped, Sl Soiled Dj. 1st American. 10 pages creased upper right corner. Sl soiled inside front. Faded dj spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Top edges of pages have a faint stain and a small stain on the bottom of the page edges. DJ paper stuck to edges of covers when the DJ was removed at some time. Gilt lettering on spine is bright. DJ is basically a mess.considerably frayed and stained. First flyleaf has pencil notes. Second flyleaf has curious stamp in one corner, though the book does not seem to have been in a library. Binding tight.a good reading copy of a fascinating book.

Hardcover. Condition: Book fine, Dust jacket fine. 1st.

Cloth. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. First American Edition. 290 pp, b/w illustrations, the book and contents are clean and solid, the covers have light corner wear, the dust jacket has a sun faded spine and a little edge wear on the top and bottom of spine and corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, Price Clipped. British First. Some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs and reproductions of paintings and documents. Book.

Hardcover. First American Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; B&W Illustrations; 290 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First US Edition. There is edge wear, corner wear, chipping and tears of the DJ. Partial stickers on the front. The spine of the DJ is faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edtion. Good with no dust jacket; Ex-Library; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 290 pages; Navy blue boards. Ex-Library with usual markings. Spine has a small scruffed place near bottom. Book solid and tight. Text block clean and pages tight. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Some chipping to edges of dust jacket, now in archival mylar. Spine is slightly cocked. PO name on fly-leaf. No other apparent marks. Tracking available on most domestic orders.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "In his day Sir Walter Scott was accorded a reverence that very few writers have ever enjoyed during their lifetime. Even by present standards he was a best-seller, and his claim to a place in the literary pantheon has never been disputed. .Quayle's research into the Ballantyne family papers has led him to question this picture, and to challenge Lockhart's veracity as a biographer. .This book sets out to show how completely Scott was also the architect of not only his own ruin, but also that of the printers and publishers whose fortunes were inextricably, and sometimes secretly, bound up with his own. It is a story of the delusion of grandeur and financial irresponsibility behind the creation of the Laird of Abbotsford, and of the financial bubble which the combined efforts of Scott, the Ballantynes and Constable, his publisher, were unable to keep afloat." --- Original blue papered boards, lettered gilt on spine (22.2 cm height). Top edge tinted blue. Faint, superficial marks on fore edge. Illustrated dustwrapper, price-clipped, minor age spotting to back flap wrap, two minor tears (one upper, one lower on wrap inner fold), now protected. Pp. 290, with footnotes, including List of Illustrations, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Bibliography, Index.

290pp. 8vo illustrations in black & white blue cloth Ex-library, else Near Fine/no dj 0-246-94256-7.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Ballantyne (illustrator). First American Edition. NY: otter. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hard Cover. 8vo-over 7þ"-9þ" tall.Prev owner name front free end paper, light wear in like dust jacket with light foxing . humor 3.

hardcover. Illustrated. 290pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York, (1968).

hardcover. 1st American e. B011710; 290, illus. with photos vg/g-dj, corner clipped from fep.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. HARDBACK BOOK AND UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET [$6.00] IN NEAR FINE CONDITION.

Very good. Small amount of water staining on fore edge. Dust jacket: Very good.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 290 pages 9 plates, illustrations, facsimiles, portraits 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 281). Subjects; Scott, Walter 1771-1832 Friends and associates. Scott, Walter. Scott, Walter 1771-1832. Scott, Walter Sir 1771-1832. 1800-1899. Authors, Scottish 19th century ; Biography. Authors, Scottish. Friendship. Intellectual life. 1 Kg.

Condition: Good. 1969. First American edition. 290 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth. Ex libris plate at front. Signed with dedication from the author on front free endpaper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. H/B 290 pages condition is very good, some water marks to teh edge of the DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First am. Very good in very good dust jacket. Nice copy.

Condition: Good. 1968. First Edition. 289 pages. Signed by the author. Blue jacket over blue cloth. Front endpaper has been signed by the Author and dedicated to Air Vice Marshal Ballantyne. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners.