First separate edition, first issue. With a finely engraved frontispiece of the author from the 1830 original portrait painted by John Watson Gordon. 8vo, publisher s original navy blue cloth gilt lettered on the spine, untrimmed. xii, 320, tipped in erratum pp. A fine copy, the binding just a tad mellowed at the edges and extremities. FIRST EDITION. Grierson s fine biography of one of the greatest names in English literature. This was the first edition available other then as part of the twelve volume set of Scott s letters. Seller Inventory # 23769

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Title: SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. A New Life ...

Publisher: London Constable and Co 1938

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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