Minto William Editor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Original publisher's black cloth binding with red lettering on covers and spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 167 pages, complete. Twelve additional pages of advertisements in the back. Small square sticker on front pastedown with a library call number. A few numbers are written in black ink on the blank flyleaf preceding the half-title. There is one pink stamp each on the title page and Page 167 that reads, "Library, State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Blind, Berkeley, Cal." The stamps do not affect text. Tipped-in pocket label on the back pastedown lists the terms of checking out books from the library and instructs patrons to place their cards in the pocket when the book in on loan. A card is included in this pocket. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Some dust on the top edge of the text block not affecting pages internally. No external markings, except for slight rubbing to the covers. Slight foxing on the pages. Lower corners slightly bumped. A Fine copy. This book is part of a thirty-six-volume biographical series titled, English Men of Letters, which was edited by John Morley and written by different authors. This book is no. 10 of 36 in the series. One ad in the back lists other books in the series that had been released to date. Biography of Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), an English author and journalist.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vol. I only, reprint of the edition of 1892. Scott (1811-1890), British poet and artist, is best known for his connection with Rossetti's circle. He spent the last years of his life working on these memoirs, which were published after his death. Red gilt stamped cloth over boards, xi + 356 pp., illustrated with etchings and photogravures, and facsimiles of sketches. This is a very nice copy, clean, no writing or marks, binding tight, but it has a faint musty odor, and the previous owner has written his name at the top of the front free end paper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 7 oz. Category: Art & Design; Autobiography/Biography/Memoirs; Books; ISBN: 040405644X. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 006309.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. T-Scottwal; Scott, Sir Walter; Minto, William (editor) Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott.