SCOTT, Walter, Sir. Woodstock: or, The Cavalier. Edinburgh et al: for Archibald Constable and Co. et al, 1826. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS.
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May 4, 2022
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SCOTT, Walter, Sir (1771-1832). Woodstock: or, The Cavalier. Edinburgh & London: for Archibald Constable and Co.; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826.
3 volumes, 8vo (195 x 122 mm). Half-titles. (Small holes on title-pages from erasure, some spotting or staining.) Original boards, printed lettering-pieces, uncut (some chipping and soiling, spines slightly darkened, hinges reinforced); slipcase. Provenance: J.L.P. Leith? (signatures); Helen Gordon (signatures, 1846); effaced signatures on titles.
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS of one of Scott’s Waverly novels, a historical novel is set just after the English Civil War (1642-1651) which retells the escape of Charles II of England in 1652 and his triumphal entry into London on 29 May 1660. Scott’s Waverly novels were published anonymously prior to 1827.
Property from the Annette Perlman Trust
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