Notes Andrew Lang (101 results)

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. The paper on the front hinge has some small tears, but the hinge is firm. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. The cover has some light soiling. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 4 other plates. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. Clean pages with no markings in the text. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is a light crack in the binding in the middle of the book, however there are no loose or missing pages. The cover has some very light scuffing. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. The front hinge is beginning to crack, however the cover is firmly attached. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. Clean pages with no markings in the text. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. The front hinge is just beginning to crack, however the cover is firmly attached. The cover has some very light scuffing and a small soil spot on the back. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. The spine has a minor lean. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. The front hinge is cracked, however the cover is firmly attached. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. Clean pages with no markings in the text. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. The cover has a few very small bleach spots and a small soil spot on the back. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. No markings in the text with a very few light scattered soil spots in the margins. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. The paper on the front hinge is torn, however the cover is firmly attached. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the front cover and spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the spine ends. The top front corner tip is bumped. Waverley Novels. Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 plates. With introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang. Peveril of the Peak Volume I only.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hinges weakening, backstrip torn halfway up length of spine and along spine head of first volume, light stain along base of rear endpapers. 1897 Hard Cover. xviii, 527; viii, [2], 535 pp. 8vo. Complete in two hardcover volumes. Original red cloth, gilt titles and author's device, gilt top page ridge. Original illustrations protected by tissue guards. Introduction and notes by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic best known for his collections of folk and fairy tales. Dombey and Son is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. It follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner, who is frustrated at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps; he initially rejects his daughter's love before eventually becoming reconciled with her before his death.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the front cover and spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the spine ends. The hinges are beginning to crack, however they are still solid. Waverley Novels. Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 plates. With introductory essay and notes by Andrew Lang. Peveril of the Peak Volume III only.

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.

Hard Cover. Condition: good. Ad. Lalauze (illustrator). Edition de Luxe Limited #445 of 500 numbered copies. Andrew Lang, intro & notes; green cover with gilt lettering & decoration on spine; top edge gilt, fore edge uncut; watermarked paper; b/w frontis with tissue guard; 3 additional b/w glossy plates; moisture stain top edge & top corner, at worst goes down about 2/3 of page. Hardcover.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. The cover has some light soiling. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There are a very few soil spots in the text. There is a light crack in the binding in the middle of the book however there are no loose or missing pages. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Volume II (2) only.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. Clean pages with no markings in the text. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. The bottom corner tips are bumped. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition. Volume I (1) only.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Loss from spine ends, bindings shaken with a couple pages loose but included, ink gift notes on front endpapers. 1898 Hard Cover. xvi, 524, [2]; viii, [2], 503 pp. 8vo. Complete in two hardcover volumes. Original red cloth, gilt titles and author's device, gilt top page ridge. Original illustrations protected by tissue guards. Introduction and notes by Andrew Lang, a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic best known for his collections of folk and fairy tales. A body is found in the Thames and identified as that of John Harmon, a young man recently returned to London to receive his inheritance. Were he alive, his father's will would require him to marry Bella Wilfer, a beautiful, mercenary girl whom he had never met. Instead, the money passes to the working-class Boffins, and the effects spread into various corners of London society.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg+. The Anniversary Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens, February 7, 1812 color illustrated front end paper; sepia frontis with tissue overlay + other illustrated sepia plates; interior clean; 7.75" tall; gilt & blind-stamped decor & gilt lettering on spine; light wear to edges of red cloth cover. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2 volume set of Sir Walter Scott's most famous novel in red boards. Vol. 1: spine slightly sunned, corners and spine top and bottom rubbed, back hinge beginning to separate, a little weak, still tight and unmarked. Volume 2: similar, though less, corner and spine wear, light liquid stain to about 20% of top corner of flyleaf through back of frontispiece, slight waviness to about page 50. Title page has 1895 dates, bottom spine 1893. Go figure. Not ex-library, ships from US.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. There is a small tear on the paper of the front hinge, but the hinge is firm. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth binding with gilt print and design on the spine. Gilt on the top page edging. Clean pages with no markings in the text. There is a name label on the inside front cover and a name printed on the front end paper. The front hinge is weakening, however the cover is firmly attached. There is very light rubbing on the cover corner tips and spine ends. Waverley Novels Illustrated Cabinet Edition.

Condition: Good. General wear to boards with edge wear and marks. Hinges are a bit cracked. Content mainly clean with even toning. No DJ. Gold gilded edges on the top outer edge pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Illustrated Cabinet Edition. The cover shows light edgewear with rubbing to the rear of volume 1. The binding is sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Richard Doyle (illustrator). Undated edition, facsimile reprint of an edition published in 1870. Small handling wear on jacket.