Lang andrew introdcution (8 risultati)

Condizione: Good. reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+xxii+632+46pp, b/w frontis, 9 b/w plates, glossary, pages un-opened, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol XVII. Scott's only novel set in the 19th century & dealing with the rivalry between two suitors for the hand of Clara Mowbray. 725 grams.…

Condizione: Good. reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+xlvi+632+46pp, b/w frontis, 9 b/w plates, glossary, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol II. Scott's first runnaway success & which tells of a young lad, kidnapped by pirates and his subsequent struggle to claim his inheritance. Set on the Galloway coast in 1760 - 80 the novel reflects the lawlessness of the area at that time. 750 grams.…

Condizione: Good. reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+xxxvi+680+46pp, b/w frontis, 11 b/w plates, glossary, partly un-opened, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol XII. Kenilworth, set in 1575, centers on the secret marriage of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Amy Robsart, daughter of Sir Hugh Robsart. 775 grams.…

Condizione: Good. reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+xxx+714+46pp, b/w frontis, 11 b/w plates, glossary, pages un-opened, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol XXII. Scott's Swiss set novel set shortly after the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471). It covers the period of Swiss involvement in the Burgundian Wars and the efforts of two exiled lancastrians who are seeking aid from Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy in usurping Edward IV. 800 grams.…

Condizione: Good. reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+xxxviii+714+46pp, b/w frontis, 9 b/w plates, glossary, pages partly un-opened, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol XXIV. Scott's last novel, Castle Dangerous, along with the five short stories from the 1st series of the Chronicles of the Canongate. Castle Dangerous is set in Scotland just after the death of William Wallace. 800 grams.…

Condizione: Good. reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+xlii+854+46pp, b/w frontis, 9 b/w plates, glossary, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol XXIII. Count Robert is chronologically Scott's earliest novel, set in Constantinople at the time of the First Crusade. The book explores the impact of Western medieval values and attitudes upon the Romano-Greek classical society of the Byzantine Empire. The Surgeon's Daughter is partly set in India. 850 grams.…

Condizione: Good. reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+lxxx+884+46pp, b/w frontis, 14 b/w plates, glossary, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol XV. Scott's tale of Julian Peveril, a Cavalier, who is in love with Alice Bridgenorth, a Roundhead's daughter. Peveril and his father are accused of involvement with the Popish Plot of 1678. Scott's longest novel. 900 grams.…

Condizione: Good. reprint. Cloth, G. [ii]+xlii+948+46pp, b/w frontis, 9 b/w plates, glossary, pages partly un-opened, cloth rubbed, fore edges & a few pages foxed, but generally a good solid reading copy. The Waverley Novels Border Edition, vol XIX. The first two of Scott's novels to be set at the time of the Third Crusade during the reign of Henry II, the action within the pages of the Betrothed takes place in Wales & Gloucestershire, whilst that of The Talisman is set in Syria. 925 grams.…