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Scott, Sir Walter. The Abbot. John Ballantyne 1820 Edinburgh;, 1820.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: in three volumes; textblocks of all three volumes very good; some age toning, a few folds, two corner tears not affecting text; half leather bindings over paper covered boards in good tight condition; rebacked in leather with gold embossed title and volume numbers; one of Scott's classics, in contemporary triple-decker format, as issued, in contemporary binding (except as noted);
Seller: Book Den East, oak bluffs, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Three volumes. Contemporary half polished calf and marbled paper over boards, hand-tooled gilt spines, plain endpapers, all edges marbled. Engraved armorial bookplate "Walsh" on front pastedown of each volume. Volume 2 lacking the title page and half title, else a very good set with rubbing and wear to the edges of the boards and corners.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: P. Iii, 348; 351; 367. With Fly-Titles In Volumes Ii And Iii, And All Preliminary And Final Blanks. Complete In Three Volumes, Todd & Bowden's First Issue, Periods After "Co." In The Inprint In All Volumes, With Volume I: Epistle Present, Page Ii Line 10 Reading "Traveller"; Vol Ii: Figure '6" Absent On P. 350 Vol Iii: Chapter Heading Mis-Numbered "V" And Later Chapters Misnumbered Accordingly. Finely Bound In Full Green Crushed Morocco, Gilt, Gilt Turns, Gilt Edges, And Gilt Top Edges Of Page Blocks, Marbled Endpapers. Near Fine. One Of A Set Of Seven Scott First Edition Novels In Matching Green Crushed Morocco, Offered Separately).
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Scott, Sir Walter. The Abbot. , 1820.
Price: US$185.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: printed for Longman, London, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,; and for Archibald Constable and Company and John Ballantyne, 1820, 3 vols., first edition, 12mo, iv, 348; 351; 367pp., half titles, contemporary half calf with panelled spine, gilt decoration and marbled boards, edges rubbed, corners bumped and paper boards a little worn, but otherwise good, bindings tight and pages clean.
Seller: Celsus Books, PBFA., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$517.70 + shipping
Description: 3 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l., iv, 348; 2 p.l., 351; 2 p.l., 367. with half-titles. A very good set in later half morocco (stain in lowr margin of several leaves in Vol. III). First Edition. Todd 146Aa. NCBEL III 673.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada