Monastery by Walter Scott, Signed (4 results)

Gr.-8°, Ledereinband. Gr. 8° (ca. 23 x 16 cm). Bordeauxfarbener Maroquin Ganzledereinband. Über 5 Bünden mit verg. Fileteneinfassung, vergoldete Innenkantenbordüre und Kopfgoldschnitte; sign. Meistereinband von Zaehnsdorf. Londen, London and Charles Black 1900. - Exceptionally bright and well preserved antique edition. Illustrated with 185 steel engravings. Full red morocco leather bindings by Zaehnsdorf. Signed and dated by the binder, 1900. Five raised bands, top edge gilt. Spine compartments and boards elaborately gilt tooled. Some very minor wear to boards at extremities, else Near Fine. Impressive edition of these seminal writings, bound by one of Europe`s eminent firms during its most desirable period of production. Uncut edges and 24 Volumes unopened! - Zustand: unbeschnitten u. 24 Bänden noch unaufgeschnitten. Ecken u. Buchrücken minimal bestoßen, ein sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar. - Contents: 1: Waverley or Tis Sixty Years Since; 2: Guy Mannering or The Astrologer; 3: The Antiquary; 4: Rob Roy; 5: Old Mortality; 6: The Black Dwarf / A Legend of Montrose; 7: The Heart of Midlothian; 8: The Bride of Lammermoor; 9: Ivanhoe; 10: The Monastery; 11: The Abbot; 12: Kenilworth; 13: The Pirate; 14: The Fortunes of Nigel; 15: Peveril of the Peak; 16: Quentin Durward; 17: St. Ronan`s Well; 18: Redgauntlet; 19: The Betrothed / Chronicles of the Canongate; 20: The Talisman / Chronicles of the Canongate; 21: Woodstock; 22: The Fair Maid of Perth or St. Valentine`s Day; 23: Anne of Geierstein or The Maiden of the Mist; 24: Count Robert of Paris; 25: The Surgeon`s Daughter / Castle Dangerous / Index & Glossary. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 35550.

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. 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.

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.