Abbotsford, Signed (10 results)

Signed by Author, White cloth with blue title to spine & front, 190pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised upper corners, v sl gum stains & browning to ep's) d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing, v sl wear to extremities).

Wraps. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Red card covers with white lettering and white spiral spine. A special limited edition published by Bush Telegraph, where the story originally appeared. 23 pages. Contains two typed letters by the author, Eric Bush. One letter is quite lengthy and discusses the history of the writing of the story. The book and both letters are signed by the author. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Red card covers with white lettering and white spiral spine. A special limited edition published by Bush Telegraph, where the story originally appeared. 23 pages. Contains two typed letters by the author, Eric Bush. One letter is quite lengthy and discusses the history of the writing of the story. The book and both letters are signed by the author. Signed by Author(s). Book.

1871 Antique Print -SCOTLAND Sir Walter Scott Abbotsford Edinburgh Stirling(165) For more info please ask seller a question. Royal Mail 2nd Class - £0.00 Royal Mail 2nd Class Signed For - £4.50 Standard Int'l age - £4.00 Royal Mail International Signed - £8.00 No PICK UP OPTIONSorry, our items are NOT available for pick-up.PAYING VIA PAYPALWe accept on our all our items so you can shop with confidence.Simple choose the option when proceeding through the checkout.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus Edition. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, this hardback volume is VG with VG wrapper. 197pp with 10 chapters. Author's inscription on title page. Overall condition is Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition, first printing of this biography of Sir Walter Scott, signed by the author and in the original dust wrapper. First edition, first printing of The Laird of Abbotsford, A View of Sir Walter Scott by A. N. Wilson in the original publisher's binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page.This biography of Walter Scott includes contents such as 'The Border Minstrel: Scott's Poetry', 'Scott's Religion: The Monastery and The Abbot' and 'Scott's Medievalism'.Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish novelist and poet recognised through his contributions to classical Western literature.Andrew Norman Wilson is an English writer and newspaper columnist. He is known for his critical biographies. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. There is some minor wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper. There is also some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. signed by author. book.

First edition, first impression, signed by the author; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, minor creasing to extremities, else very good. First edition of this biography of Sir Walter Scott, signed by the author in black ink on the title page.

Original Cloth + Leather Spine. Condition: Very Good for Age. First Edition. sm 8vo, dark green cloth, vg internally and externally, ex-Llandaff Cathedral library with plate, viii+290 pp., deckle edges, Washington Irving's tribute to homes of Sir Walter Scott in Scotland and Lord Byron in Sherwood Forest, and his meetings with them. The Byron home description much more detailed. Famous US Authors describes visits to two famous British authors.and their homes. Size: Sm 8vo. Ex Cathedral Library. Books Famous Houses.

Signed by the artist on the limitation page. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 9.0 lb. Dark mottling to parchment cover, light marginal rippling to plates, otherwise very good. Chromolithograph frontis, 25 chromolithograph plates tipped-in on heavy card stock leaves with tissue guards. Illustrations by William Gibb. Large 4to., 36.5x29x5.5 cm. xvi, 66 pp. Contemporary half red leather over parchment boards, raised bands, gilt titles and decorations, top edge gilt, floral patterned endpapers. Limited edition large paper artist?s proof, number 48 of 50 copies.

3pp., 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition, aged and worn. Almost certainly in Montagu's own hand. Headed 'Copy' and ending '(signed) Montagu | Chairman Sub. Com. | Abbotsford Subn.' Addressed to 'His Excellency Monsr. le Baron Ompteda'. Acknowledging receipt of a letter from Ompteda wnich informed him of 'the very handsome Subscription from Hanover of £170. 10/ to which their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge and Langravine of Hesse Homburg have contributed so liberally'. He asks Ompteda to convey an acknowledgment of 'the important Patronage' to 'the undertaking in which the admirers of the late Sir Walter Scott are engaged', and concludes: 'I can assure your Excellency that it will be peculiarly gratifying to all those interested in the preservation of Abbotsford, to have received assistance from a Kingdom so closely allied to this Country'.