Waverley, Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since / Sir Walter Scott
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.119
Description
389 pages plus 10 pages publisher's advertising. Frontis illustration.
Inferior paper and printing.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
1880s, Cheap book production
Dimensions
Height
7-1/2 in
Width
5 in
Book Details
Author
Walter Scott
Publisher
Porter & Coates
Place Published
City
Philadelphia
State/Province
Pennsylvania
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
circa 1880
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Gold Band Titles
Binding Notes
In a distinct uniform series binding of brick colored cloth stamped in black to spine and cover. Cover and spine design has leaf and flower motif stamped on a diagonal with only the background alternating from solid black to stippling. "Alta Edition" stamped to center of cover with title in a rectangular bordered panel to the top. Gold title band to spine. Light brown endpapers.
