1880s+/Walter Scott/vol II/Guy Mannering/Waverley novels/limited Abbotsford De Luxe Edition/

 

Publisher: John D. Morris & Company, Philadelphia

 

Hardcover: 496pp; limited edition 390 of 1000; illustrated

 

Condition: private copy; green cloth boards; gilt top edges; deckle side and bottom edges; paste on paper label with green and red lettering on spine; tight square binding; sound hinges; no tanning or foxing; unmarked; tissue protectors for all illustrations intact; spine cloth slightly sun darkened; sporadic light areas on covers, with some sun fading at extremes

 

This is vol II of a 24 volume Abbotsford Edition De Luxe, printed by John D. Morris of Philadelphia in the late 1800s, but undated. It is #390 of a limited run of 1000 and sold to subscribers only. This is an original printing, and many of the deckle edges are uncut.

 

Measures: 8 1/2” x 6” x 2”; weighs 2lb 3oz; original individual Abbotsford Edition De Luxe volumes printed in the 1880s and 1890s sell for $190 - $210

 

The book will be wrapped securely and shipped as soon as payment is confirmed.