The Abbot. By the Author of "Waverley." [Walter Scott]. In Three Volumes. Edinburgh: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, Edinburgh. 1820.
FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE, with volume one line 10 of pp.ii with the reading "traveller" and the error in the signature of P2 volume three written as 2P.
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Provenance:
Bookplate of Ann Wilbraham.
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Bound by R. Bailey & Co., Wotton.
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Size: 108 x 178 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
Contemporary quarter navy morocco over marbled paper backed boards with gilt titles and volume numbers to spines. Bindings with very minor signs of wear, some minor toning, very minor marks, and few very minor scratches. All boards attached with wear to joints and hinges. Shelf and edge wear. Marbled page edges somewhat dulled with the top edges darkened. Bookplate attached to front pastedowns and binder's sticker attached to front blanks. Text blocks very clean with light toning and occasional foxing. Uncollated.
