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Old June 23rd 07, 03:17 AM posted to rec.collecting.books
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Default A Major Brag - Waverley 1st

Congratulations on finding such a pair of gems!

Alice



"Francis A. Miniter" wrote in message
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I am in shock.

Today at a friends of the library book sale, I picked up volumes 2 and 3
of the first edition of Sir Walter Scott's _Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years
After_. Edinburgh 1814, Printed by Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald
Constable and Co., brown marbled boards, quarter bound in calf, gilt lines
and titles on spine with gilt on burgundy leather title pastedowns.
Scott's name never shows; it was published anonymously. The two volumes
are in very good condition, with half titles and all required blank pages
intact. Vol 2 has the first issue misprints on pages 136, 256. Cost:
$1.00 each.


Francis A. Miniter



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