Chronicles of the Canongate WITH Chronicles of the Canongate Second Series (complete) [SCOTT Sir Walter] 1771-1832 Publisher: Cadell and Co. and Simpkin and Marshall. Publish Year: 1827 Publish Place: Edinburgh and London Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 003375 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Half-Leather Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £75 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 1st ed, 5 vols, 1827 & 28. All in brown refurbished half calf, green marbled boards, lightly bumped & worn to covers, corners & edges. Rebacked with old spines laid down, gilt tooling. First series, 2 vols complete, 1st editions, 1827, Vol1, [2], [1], (ii-xxviii), [1], 2-351 pp, lacks spine title label. Vol 2, [2], [1] 2-374 pp. The Highland Widow, The Two Drovers & The Surgeons Daughter. WITH Chronicles of the Canongate. 2nd Series in 3 vols, 1st edition, 1828, Vol 1, [2], [3], 4-336 pp, with the press figure on p 336. Vol 2, [2], [3], 4-336 pp, lacks spine title label. Vol 3, [2], [3], 4-348 pp, all printed by Ballantyne and Co. Internally, all with green marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate to fpds (John Jones) , occasional light. A nice set of first editions! (Lowndes 2226. Allibone 1970). Scott, poet and novelist, who between 1814 and his death in 1832 published twenty-three works of fiction, four of which contain two tales. See ODNB for a full Bio.
