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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott
John Gibson Lockhart
1837-38
Robert Cadell : London
8.5" by 5.5"
[6], v, [1], iii-iv, 417, [4]; [8], iii, [1], 407; [8], iii, [1], 414; [8], iv, 383; 6, [4], v-vii, 418; 4, [6], vii-ix, 393; 8, [4], v-xvi, 478pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition of Lockhart's celebrated biography of Sir Walter Scott in the original publisher's binding; complete in seven volumes, each housed in exquisite antique book-shaped boxes in uniform half calf.
First Edition,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good
This book weighs 8 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of this work. Complete in seven volumes in the original publisher's cloth binding. Homed in uniform boxes in half calf over cloth covered boards with five raised bands, titles in gilt to spine, marbled edges. A beautifully-presented example of this work.
With half titles; errata slip to each volume; frontispiece and folding facsimile plate of Sir Walter Scott's handwriting to vol. I. With advertising leaves to front or rear of each volume. Collated, complete.
Biography of prominent Scottish poet and author Sir Walter Scott, known for his European and Scottish classic literary works including Ivanhoe, Waverley, and the narrative poem Marmion among others.
Written by John Gibson Lockhart, Scottish writer and editor. This celebrated biography of his father-in-law was deemed the second most admirable biography in the English language after Boswell's Life of Johnson.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's uniform full cloth bindings with titles on paper spine labels, each held in fine half calf book-shaped boxes. Externally sound with some shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, back strip lightly faded to most volumes. With Oliver Brett's armorial bookplate to front pastedowns. Internally, binding generally firm. Pages generally very clean throughout. Occasional leaf unopened to top edge.
Overall Condition: Very Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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