The fortunes of Nigel. By the author of “Waverley, Kenilworth,” &c. ... In three volumes
Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., London, 1822. First edition, first issue, 3 volumes, 8vo, pp. [4], xlviii, 313, [1], [2] Simpkin and Marshall ads; [4], 334, [2]; [4], 349, [1], [2] Constable ads; original blue paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfbacks, printed paper labels on spines; joints cracked or starting, labels soiled and with small chips, boards soiled; a good copy. Contained in an attractive decorative paper-covered slipcase. Library (shelf) numbers in ink on the upper covers: "129," "130," and "131" above three other numbers which have been crossed out. This has the looks of a lending library copy, viz. the numbers on the covers, the remains of sealing wax and small adhesion marks on the endpapers of volumes I and II, and the faint ink numbering at the tops of the spines duplicating those on the covers. Todd & Bowden 157Aa. Item #67049
Price: $300.00
