Tales Of The Crusaders.
£125.00
Publisher
Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and Hurst, Robinson, and Co. London.
Place
Edinburgh
Date
1825
Synopsis
By the author of 'waverley, quentin durward,' etc. in four volumes. [contents:] vols. i-ii. the betrothed. vols. iii-iv. the talisman.
Item Description
FOUR VOLUMES. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 7.25 x 4.5 inches. Vol. I, [4] + xxviii + 327 pp.; Vol. II, [4] + 355 pp.; Vol. III, [4] + 325 pp.; Vol. IV, [4] + 364 pp. + [4] pp. publisher's list. Bound in half calf over marbled boards; spine decorated gilt with gilt bands and titles. All edges red. Top edges darkened, extremities worn and foxing largely confined to flyleaves and preliminaries; otherwise a very good set. First editions of The Betrothed and The Talisman, by Sir Walter Scott, set during the time of the Third Crusade, 1189-92, and issued together as a four volume subset of the Waverley novels, published, 1814-32. The introduction to The Betrothed is a humorous account of the formation of a joint-stock company set up to publish the Waverley novels. (Todd and Bowden, Sir Walter Scott, A Bibliographical History, 181A).
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