Woodstock; or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-One. By The Author of "Waverley, Tales of The Crusaders," &c. In Three Volumes.

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Three volumes; (size of bindings): 4 1/8" x 6 3/4"; xvi, 315 pp.; 332 pp.; 370 pp., lacking half-titles. Bound in full, straight grain dark purple morocco leather with four bands on spines and gilt titling on spines: Scott's Novels 1 Woodstock Edinb.h, & gilt tooled designs; gilt dentelle borders on outer covers with blindstamped saw-tooth pattern on covers, gilt borders on inner leather turn-ins, gray paper endpapers, sewn headbands; all edges gilt. Bindings are unsigned but of high-quality workmanship, mostly likely produced in the British Isles during the 1830-60's period, as part of a custom bound, larger matched set of Scott. Spines have faded to brown, top spine end of volume 3 shows some abrasion; light edge wear, rubbing to all cover edges, corners. Some scattered tan spotting to page margins, or tanning to some pages. Early printing of Scott's "Woodstock". Scan shows the spines and back cover of volume 3. Sold as a 19th century leather binding. Weight: 2 lbs. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-336389396

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