Andrew Lang Introductory Essay Notes (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Estes and Lauriat, Boston, MA. 1893. Hardcover. International Limited Edition #545 of 1,000 copies. Reprint Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O bookplate on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good -; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; small tear in fabric at head; small tear to frontispiece tissue. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with worn suntanned paper label on spine. Gilt textblock top; deckle fore edge; clean internals; internal hinges are sound and not split. 321 pp 8vo. Old Mortality is one of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott. Set in south west Scotland, it forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of his Tales of My Landlord (1816). The novel deals with the period of the Covenanters, featuring their victory at Loudoun Hill and their defeat at Bothwell Bridge, both in June 1679; a final section is set in 1689 at the time of the royalist defeat at Killiekrankie. A clean very presentable copy.

Hardcover. 8°, Dekorativer roter Leder-Einband mit Goldkopfschnitt sowie reichem Blind- und Goldprägeschmuck, an Kapitalen und Ecken leicht beschabt. XXXVII, 820 (4) Seiten mit mehreren einfarbigen Illustrationen, Dünndruck-Ausgabe. Vierzeilige private Widmung in alter Tinte auf dem Vorsatz, datiert 1907, die Vorsatzblätter sind leimschattig. Ansonsten innen sauber. Insgesamt schönes Exemplar in gutem Zustand. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Machen Sie es sich mit einem Buch gemütlich und genießen Sie den goldenen Herbst! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! LitFre.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Spine rubbed; Hardcover (black leather spine/brown boards) , deckled edges. B&W plates with captioned tissue guards. Xxx + 468 pp. This is an"orphan" from a larger limited edition set (Volume 38 from Edition de Grand Luxe, no. 272 of 500 copies). One of Scott's Waverly Novels ; 8vo; xxx + 468 pages.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Book in good condition.Green bards in good order with only minor signs of wear and handling.Gilt lettering to the spine is nice and bright.Pages well bound and clean throughout with small signs of foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ten illustrations (illustrator). Firmly bound, gilt decorated green boards. Small handling wear on corners of the cover and edges of spine. No jacket.

Hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt roundel to the front cover for 'Southend-on-Sea High School For Girls'. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 680 printed pages of text with 12 full-page monochrome illustrations throughout. Smart Prize Plate in side, spine not faded and in Very Good clean condition, corners sharp and pointed, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Light wear to spine; Hardcover (black leather spine/brown boards) , deckled edges. B&W plates with captioned tissue guards, glossary. xxxviii + 319 pp. This is an"orphan" from a larger limited edition set (Volume 13 from Edition de Grand Luxe, no. 272 of 500 copies). One of Scott's Waverly Novels ; 8vo; xxxviii + 319 pages.

Hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt design to the front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 661 printed pages of text with 10 full-page monochrome illustrations throughout. Light marking to the covers and in Very Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xvi] 429 printed pages of text with 5 paper-guarded monochrome etchings. Spine very slightly faded and in Very Good clean and bright condition. We currently hold in stock 50 other books by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. NINETEENTH CENTURY.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, Hardback/Hardcover, usual stamps and marking. Clean text, sound binding. 1930 EDITION. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Wear to spine ends, hinges of Vol II starting ; Hardcovers (black leather spine/brown boards) , deckled edges. B&W plates with captioned tissue guards, glossaries Vol I: lvi + 321 pp. Vol II: 361 pp. These are "orphans" from a larger limited edition set (Volumes 16 & 17 from Edition de Grand Luxe, no. 272 of 500 copies). One of Scott's Waverly Novels ; 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. BOUND IN A FULL TREE CALF LEATHER BY THE BUMPUS BINDERY OF LONDON, MARBLED ENDPAPERS & PAGE EDGES, COMPLETE COPY WITH FRONTIS PLATE & NINE FURTHER FULL PAGE PLATES. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 61 + 945. SOME MINOR COVER WEAR, GILT MOTIF TO FRONT BOARD & PRIZE PLATE TO INNER FRONT BOARD, SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING OR MINOR CREASE TO PAGES. OVERALL AN EXCELLENT COPY WITH BOARDS WELL ATTACHED, GILT TO SPINE BRIGHT. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. These 20 volumes with illustrations are an Edition de Luxe from the Hawarden Press, London, which is limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is number 303. The top edge is gilt.The edition The Antiquary has a loose title page. The Pirate is missing the title page. St.Ronan's Well has a few speckles/spots/discolorations front at the edge. Rob Roy has a discolored gutter as does Guy Manering which has not affected the inside printed pages. The volume, Quentin Durward , has the previous owner's gift inscription the covers 3/4 of the page and a discolored gutter. A few books have bumped spines. The publication dates are 1893 and 1894. No other markings were found. The books are good to very good. Shipping will be quoted at a later date. Photographs available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. BOUND IN A HALF LEATHER PRIZE BINDING WITH GILT MOTIF TO FRONT BOARD, FRONTIS ILLUSTRATION + SEVERAL FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, ATTRACTIVE PRIZE PLATE TO INNER FRONT BOARD & PRESENTED BY THE LORD MAYOR IN 1929, MARBLED ENDPAPERS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 6 INCHES WITH 113 + 594 PAGES. SOME MINOR FADING TO LEATHER SPINE, VERY OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES MOSTLY TO ENDPAPERS. OVERALL A VERY GOOD PLUS COPY WITH BOARDS FIRMLY ATTACHED & MOSTLY CLEAN INTERNALLY. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 48 Volume Set. Introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang. Connoisseur Edition. Extra Illustrated. Limited to 70 numbered copies, of which this is no.59. Typography, electrotyping, and printing by John Wilson and Son, University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A. Bound in red half morocco with marbled front and rear boards, gilt lettering and design along spines, marbled inside covers and endpapers, gilt top page edges, with other page edges untrimmed. Minor shelfwear to all volumes: light rubbing along edges and coves, some light tanning and foxing along page edges, some heavier scuffing at spine edges on a few volumes. Overall, set is in Very Good-plus condition.