Old Mortality
London: Macmillan and Co., 1935. 1st edition thus. Hardcover_cloth. 5"x7.5"x1.25". 627 pgs. x-Library w/graphics. Green cloth boards. Gilt letters on spine. Frontispiece: Edith on the Battlements - Painted by R. Herman, R.S.A. Orange "D" on title page in crayon. Library embossed stamp on title page. Envelope removed from last fly paper causing partial removal of page with glue stains. Ghost stickers. Dedication to "The King's Most Gracious Majesty" 1829. Spine straight, binding tight. Pages slight toning. 10 B&W illustrations. Introductory Essay and Notes by Andrew Lang. This Edition of the Waverley Novels, The Border Edition, is Dedicated b the Publisher to: The Hon. Mrs. Maxwell Scott of Abbotsford... Tales of My Landlord Collected and Reported by Jedediah Cleishbotham. First Series. The Black Dwarf. Collectible - Good / Good. Item #8343
Intro by Jedediah Cleishbotham, Schoomaster and Parish-Clerk of Gandercleugh. Publisher's dedication page. Quote from Don Quixote Parte I, Capitulo 32, Jarvis's Translation. Editor's translation.
Ten illustrations accounted for VF: Frontispiece; The Graveyared - J. MacWhirter, A.R.A; Tillietudlem Castle - D.Y. Cameron; Claverhouse - Lockhart Bogle; The Duel - Alfred Hartley; Jenny Dennison by M.L. Gow; Bothwell Bridge by Sam Bough, R.S.A.; Morton Waiting Death by M.L. Gow; Edith and the Apparition by M.L. Gow; At the Black Linn by M.L. Gow. Intro to Tales of My Landlord. Intro to Old Mortality.
Price: $1,500.00