Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No jacket, as issued. First Edition. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. A gorgeous copy. Brand New in perfect condition. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NOT a library discard. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. 1997. First Edition. A volume from the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. This is a full dress, fully descriptive bibliography in the Soho style. Over 1000 titles described. Illustrated with numerous title pages and book cover photos. Bound in the Pittsburgh Series's usual gilt-stamped blue cloth. From the introduction: "Walter Scott was born in 1826 and, despite his name, had no connection with the author of the Waverly novels in 1882 he acquired a printing and publishing firm, the Tyne Publishing Company [which] itself had come into existence in September 1880 through a takeover of Adam and Company Scott at first simply carried on the business As time went by, several new series appeared: Brotherhood, Cambridge, Emerald, Half-roan, Hero, Million, Oxford, Union, World's Great Novels In 1884 the Canterbury Poets Series was announced the Camelot Classics began publication in February 1886, with Ernest Rhys as general editor By 1889 the Contemporary Science Series, with Havelock Ellis as general editor was launched. In October 1888 the company began to publish translations of the works of Tolstoy [including] first English translations [some with] new material by Tolstoy . [I]t is not too much to claim that Scott introduced [Henrik] Ibsen to the English-speaking world and thereby changed the course of modern drama George Bernard Shaw too was published by Scott Another famous contemporary author published by Scott is George Moore. Eight works appeared between 1893 and 1895. In the late 1880s attempts were made to gain a foothold in North America [by 1892] an agreement had been reached with Charles Scribner's Sons who went on to import large numbers of Scott titles, many with a joint Scott and Scribner imprint.". First Edition. Hardcover. New/No jacket, as issued. 8vo. xxii, 626pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # 019056

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