Click here to see our other books!
The Works of John Galt
John Galt; D. S. Meldrum (ed.); William Roughead (ed.)
1936
John Grant : Edinburgh
7.5" by 5"
xciii, 221pp; xi [1pp] 302pp; viii [1pp] 374pp; x [1pp] 394pp; xx, 356pp; [1pp] 320pp; xxi, 326pp; v, 348pp; xii, 298pp; xxiv [1pp] 288pp.
SUMMARY
A pleasing copiously illustrated collection of works by the renowned Scottish novelist John Galt, complete in ten volumes.
Pleasing Copy,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 4 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 4.49
US Postage: £ 39.99
EU Postage: £ 26.99
European Postage: £ 36.99
Asia Postage: £ 65.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 99.99
DESCRIPTION
John Galt was a renowned Scottish novelist and essayist, admired for his depiction of country life and for his notable use of local Scots dialect in order to create vivid and subtle social landscapes.
This set is copiously illustrated throughout by the renowned English line artist​ and book illustrator, Charles Edmund Brock. Brock was a prolific illustrator in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, producingworks for such renowned authors as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot.
This set contains the following works:
'Annals of the Parish' in two volumes.
'Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk' in two volumes.
'The Entail: or the Lairds of Grippy', in two volumes.
'Ringan Gilhaize: or The Covenanters', in two volumes.
'The Last of the Lairds'.
'The Provost'.
'Annals of the Parish' features a fascinating memoir of John Galt by the renowned editor David Storrar Meldrum, and an introduction by the Scottish novelist Samuel Rutherford Crockett.
Collated, complete with:
Nine black and white plates to 'Annals of the Parish' volume I, and nine black and white plates to volume II.
Four plates to 'Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk' volume I, and four plates to volume II.
Four plates to 'The Entail: or the Lairds of Grippy' volume I, and four plates to volume II.
Four plates to 'Ringan Gilhaize: or The Covenanters' volume I, and four plates to volume II.
Four plates to 'The Last of the Lairds'.
Four plates to 'The Provost'.
This set is lacking the original dustwrappers.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original uniform cloth binding, with gilt title to spines. Externally excellent, with slight bumping to extremities and head and tail of spines. Prior owner's ink inscription to front pastedown of each volume. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages very slightly age toned to extremities, but very bright and clean throughout. Small mark to upper fore edge of page 20 'The Last of the Lairds' and offset to facing text, not affecting text.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
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.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
GUARANTEE
We offer a full money back guarantee on our descriptions.
Please ask for details and conditions. We prefer PAYPAL.
If you pay via PAYPAL we will post the item off the same or the next working day with the postage you have selected.
Please note we cannot accept USD cheques