Monastery Romance, First Edition (30 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition.

First edition Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 258 pages; Description: 258p. ; 24cm. Inscribed by previous owner. Subject: Boehm, Deborah Boliver. Authors, Canadian - Biography. Zen Buddhists - Biography. Authors, American - 20th century - Biography. 3 Kg.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 258 pp.

Hardback. First Printing. Near Fine Condition in a Near Fine Condition Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. $25.00 Original Price is Present and Unclipped on the Front Dustjacket Flap. ISBN 4-7700-2032-5.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 258 pages; Description: 258p. ; 24cm. Inscribed by previous owner. Subject: Boehm, Deborah Boliver. Authors, Canadian - Biography. Zen Buddhists - Biography. Authors, American - 20th century - Biography. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Volume 3 only. 12mo. Half calf and marbled paper boards. Small engraved bookplate. Overall rubbing and scuffing to the calf and boards, corners are worn, else an about very good clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. Vol. 3 only. Original half-calf.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Archibald, Constable and Co., Edinburgh, 1820. Hardcover. First edition, first impression. Quarter leather binding. Gilt titled and gilt decorated maroon leather spine with raised bands over decorative paper covered boards. Black title label pasted to spine. Decorative pastedowns and endpapers. Marbled page edges. Head of spine rubbed. Spine and gilt title and gilt decoration faded. Spine and corners of fore edges of boards rubbed. Overall, the book is in a good+ condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. Vols 1 & 3 only, vol. 3 lacking the front endpaper. Modern plain cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, with all the half-titles. Octavo, three volumes: 331 p. + 333 p. + 351 p. Original paper-covered boards, with printed paper spine labels. The bookplate of B. George Ulizio appears on each front pastedown. The spines are toned, with some loss to the tips and along the joints. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase.

FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. 3 vols. Half titles. 19thC pink binder's cloth, gilt spines; spines faded to brown. Contemp. ownership inscription of Lillias M. Robertson on leading blanks. A good-plus copy. Todd & Bowden 144Aa.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Edinburgh, Scotland; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown; Archibald Constable; John Balantyne, 1820. First edition, 1820. Attractive full speckled calf leather bindings by Sharpe Book-Binder, Warwick (oval label at upper corner front pastedown, volume I), black spine label with circular red volume number, gilt decorated spines, marbled edges, about 7" tall. Half-titles in volumes II and III bound in after title pages. Some expected external wear and rubbing but gilt bright and clear, very minor chips to spine heads, all joints lightly cracked (surface only) but covers very secure, text blocks firm, pages clean, no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Leather. 1st Edition. 3 vols. 331p; 333p; 351p. A set of three hardcover books bound with navy blue leather spines and corners ad marbled boards. Edges and surfaces scuffed and corners lightly bumped. Tiny chip off the top edge of volume 2's front cover. Early owner's signature on each volume's half-title page, dated 1820. Some light foxing inside, most heavily on the endpapers. The first edition of this Waverley novel in three volumes.

3 volumes. First Edition, with the half-titles as called for. 8vo, bound in the printer's original gray boards, the spines with printed lettering labels as issued. [4], 331; [4], 351; [4], 333 pp. An authentic set from the printer's workshop, the text-blocks all clean and crisp and very well preserved, the original printers boards with wear and evidence of age and use. A set in original state and with normal wear. FIRST EDITION IN THE PRINTER'S ORIGINAL BOARDS. THE MONASTERY is an historical novel by Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels, and is set in the Scottish Borders at Melrose Abbey in the 1550s on the eve of the Reformation. Scott had been contemplating THE MONASTERY before August 1819, and it seems likely that he started writing it in that month while the production of IVANHOE was at a standstill because of shortage of paper. He had determined on the title by the middle of the month. It also seems likely that he took up composition again shortly after finishing Ivanhoe in early November. He made good progress, and the third and final volume was at the press by the end of February 1820. The action is centred on the Monastery of Kennaquhair, probably based on Melrose Abbey in south east Scotland, on the River Tweed. At this time, circa 1550, the Scottish Reformation is just beginning, and the monastery is in peril. In the many conflicts between England and Scotland the property of the Church had hitherto always been respected; but her temporal possessions, as well as her spiritual influence, were now in serious danger from the spread of the doctrines of the Reformation, and the occupants of the monasteries were dependent on the military services of their tenants and vassals for protection against the forays of Protestant barons and other heretical marauders. Dame Elspeth's husband Simon had fallen in the battle of Pinkie (1547), and the hospitality of her lonely tower had been sought by the widow of the Baron of Avenel and her daughter Mary, whose mansion had been seized and plundered by invaders, and subsequently taken possession of by her brother-in-law Julian. While confessing the baroness on her death-bed, Father Philip discovered that she possessed a Bible. And so begins the plot. Scott's landscape descriptions were generally judged excellent, as were the confrontations between the principal characters. The introductory epistles attracted high praise, with only a couple of dissenting voices.

First edition. 3 vols., 12mo., pp. [iv], 331, [i]; [iv], 333, [i]; [iv], 351, [i]. Each volume with its half-title; the second and third volumes each with a second half-title bound after the title-page. The misspelling 'attentoin' appears in volume one, in the final line of p.226; volume two has "Chapter II" on both p. 26 and p. 63, and "Chapter III" on pp. 89 and 123. A few spots and smudges, but very good. Near contemporary half brown calf, spines gilt terracotta and blue marbled boards, edges and endpapers. Rubbed, joints and edges worn, a few chips, very good. Ownership inscription of Robert Taylor in an old hand to the head of each title-page, though barely visible in vol. I. The first edition of The Monastery, in three volumes. Published with a print run of 10,000 and a price £1 4s (£1.20). Like all the other Waverley novels before 1827, it was published anonymously.

FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. 3 vols. Half titles. In sl. larger size boards, contemp. half brown morocco by J. McKelvie. t.e.g. v.g. Todd & Bowden 144Aa.

FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. 3 vols. Contemp. full diced calf, spines ruled in gilt; labels missing, a little rubbed, hinges worn in places but holding. Each vol. signed in ink 'Mary Curteis, March 22d 1820'. Todd & Bowden 144Aa.

FIRST EDITION, Half-leather with marbled boards, gilt title and gilt ornament on spine, small 8vo, (4) 331 pages / (4) 333 pages / (4) 351 pages; attractive set in nice bindings an 700 Buch.

First Edition. Provenance; bookplate of Lieut. Gen. Sir John Hope. Very good copies all in the original half calf over plain boards. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with ruled cross bands and the title and volume indicators blocked direct in gilt; very impressively finished. Remains a particularly well-preserved set; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical desc.: 3 v. ([4], [1], 2-58, [1], 60-76, [3], 80-331, [1] p.; [4], 333, [3] p.; [4], 351, [1] p.) ; 12°. Notes: Signatures: V. 1: pi A-N  O6 P4; v. 2: pi A-O  ; v. 3: pi A-O  P6 Q . "In three volumes"--t.p. The final page of vols. 1 & 3 and the last 3 pages of vol. 2 are blank. In volume 1, pages [1]-58 contain the 'Introductory Epistle' signed by 'Cuthbert Clutterbuck'; pages [59]-76 the 'Answer' by 'the author of Waverly'. Page [77] is the fly-title, and pages [79]-331 the text. In some copies (such as this) of vol. 1, page 226, last line, the word "attention" is altered to "attentoin" these two states appear in both the first and second editions. In some copies (such as this) of vol. 1, page 263 is misnumbered 268. --cf. Todd and Bowden. In vol. 2, chapter numbers on pages 26 and 63 both read 'II', and those for 89 and 123 read 'III' all subsequent chapter numbers are short by two. The only Scott publication where John Ballantyne used "bookseller to the King" in the title imprint, cf. Todd and Bowden. Colophon: Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. ('and Co.' in vols. 2-3.). Subject: Scotland - History - 16th century - Fiction. Referenced by: Worthington, 9. Todd and Bowden, 144Aa. 4 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition . Edinburgh and London: Archibald Constable and Co. and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820. 3 volumes with half-titles and first issue points. Volume I A very nice set of one of Sir Walter Scott's Victorian Triple Decker romantic historical novels, in original publishers binding, paper over evenly rubbed boards with paper labels on blue gray spines. Light bumping to head and heels. Labels are whole, and clear with very light even soil. A tight, clean set. Uncut, opened text is in excellent condition. Now in protective archival acetate jacket. Set in Scotland's Border Country on the eve of the Reformation, the tale features "The White Lady of Avenel", who watches over the protagonist?s family and guards their Bible in a protective flame. The mysterious figure of The White Lady makes appearances across space and time, carrying family secrets and treasures to account. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping.

First edition, first issue. Tall 12mo., cont. tan half calf, marble boards, leather spine labels iv, 321; iv, 333; iv, 351pp. With half-titles present and in duplicate in vols. II and III. Boards rubbed, a bit of wear to the lower corners and a slight bump to the lower corner of the front board of vol. I, and with 'Monastery' misspelled 'Monastry' on the labels, but this is still a very nice, better than very good set. Todd & Bowden A144a.

First Edition. Provenance; bookplate of Lieut. Gen. Sir John Hope. Very good copies all in the original half calf over plain boards. Professionally and period sympathetically re-backed with ruled cross bands and the title and volume indicators blocked direct in gilt; very impressively finished. Remains a particularly well-preserved set; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical desc.: 3 v. ([4], [1], 2-58, [1], 60-76, [3], 80-331, [1] p.; [4], 333, [3] p.; [4], 351, [1] p.) ; 12°. Notes: Signatures: V. 1: pi A-N  O6 P4; v. 2: pi A-O  ; v. 3: pi A-O  P6 Q . "In three volumes"--t.p. The final page of vols. 1 & 3 and the last 3 pages of vol. 2 are blank. In volume 1, pages [1]-58 contain the 'Introductory Epistle' signed by 'Cuthbert Clutterbuck'; pages [59]-76 the 'Answer' by 'the author of Waverly'. Page [77] is the fly-title, and pages [79]-331 the text. In some copies (such as this) of vol. 1, page 226, last line, the word "attention" is altered to "attentoin" these two states appear in both the first and second editions. In some copies (such as this) of vol. 1, page 263 is misnumbered 268. --cf. Todd and Bowden. In vol. 2, chapter numbers on pages 26 and 63 both read 'II', and those for 89 and 123 read 'III' all subsequent chapter numbers are short by two. The only Scott publication where John Ballantyne used "bookseller to the King" in the title imprint, cf. Todd and Bowden. Colophon: Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne & Co. ('and Co.' in vols. 2-3.). Subject: Scotland - History - 16th century - Fiction. Referenced by: Worthington, 9. Todd and Bowden, 144Aa. 2 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Three volumes; size of the bindings: 4 1/2 in. x 7 5/8 in. Vol. I: [4], [1]-331 pp. with imprint at the bottom of page 331; Vol. II: [4], [1]-333 pp. with imprint at the bottom of page 333; Vol. III: [4], [1]-351 pp. with imprint at bottom of p. 351. All three volumes have their half-titles and second half-titles. Bound in full, dark brown morocco leather by Zaehnsdorf, with their gilt stamp on the lower front inner turn-in, five raised bands on the spine, with gilt titling, double-line borders, and richly gilt inner dentelles, brown watered silk endpapers, top-edge gilt. The fore and lower edges of the book have not been trimmed in binding. Fading to the spines and cover margins. Vol. III shows a scratch to the leather of the spine, and a small imperfection to the leather on the back cover. With the bookplates of Cleveland, Ohio based book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951), on the reverse of the front free endpapers. Weight 3 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.

First Edition. Three vols., 8vos; with all half-titles, and further half-titles in Vols. 2 and 3;, 331, 333, 351pp, with imprints at the bottom of the last page in each volume; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. With "attentoin" in the last line of p. 226, Vol. 1; "Chapter II" on both p. 26 and p. 63, Vol. 2, and "Chapter III" on pp. 89 and 123. Ownership signatures to title pages; central signatures partly sprung but still intact; edge rubbed, hinges tender; crackling to spines.

3 vols. 8vo. First edition, second issue, this copy with "attentoin" vol. I, p. 226, last line. 3 vols. 8vo. Todd 144Ab Contemporary green blind-stamped squares, gilt spine, with label on the front pastedown "Bound by W. Forth Book-binder 7 (Stationer) Bridlington" in each volume First edition, second issue, this copy with "attentoin" vol. I, p. 226, last line.

Half Calf. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. In 3 volumes. 331; 333; 351 pp. Contemporary dark red half calf over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with black leather title labels. All edges marbled. Boards rubbed. Early ink owner's name to title-pages. Internally clean. Lacking the half titles, but with all three fly titles. All bindings firm. 12mo.

1st edition (Todd & Bowden A144Aa). 3 volumes ([2], 331, [1]; [2], 333, [1]; [2], 351, [1] pp. Lacks half-title in Vol I; in Vols II & III, such found after the t.p. 12mo. 7" x 4" Period ownership signature of William Lynd Smythe. A VG+ set. Bound in period tree calf with modern respining to style.

First Edition. First edition, 12mo, 3 volumes, pp. [4], 331, [1]; [4], 333, [1]; [4], 351, [1]; original gray paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; spines rubbed, joints starting, some loss of paper at the joints (especially volume III), inkspot on two leaves, some light foxing mostly to fore-edges and ends of textblock, ownership signatures of E. Barker (crossed out) and P. J. Heisch on endpapers, good. P. J. Heisch was an early biographer of Lavater, having published in 1842 Memoirs of John Caspar Lavater with a brief memoir of his widow. Todd & Bowden 144Aa.

SCOTT, WALTER. The Monastery. A Romance. Edinburgh: For Longman, Hurst, Rees [&c.], 1820. 3 vols. Slightly later half calf. Extremities rubbed, small crack in upper joint of vol. 1. First edition.