Chronicles of the Canongate (1828)
Description
Chronicles of the Canongate (1828)
by Sir Walter Scott
7 ¾ x 4 ¾. In English. Printed by Ballantyne and Co. of Edinburgh. Printed for Cadell and Co., Edinburgh; and Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1828. FIRST EDITION. Second Series. Three Volumes. Complete. Contemporary half-leather and marble boards, text block edges, and fly-leaves. General light rubbing to edges and joints. Still bright gilt stamping to spines. Well bound, all covers firmly attached. Generally bright paper with light foxing, unmarked. Small hole to half-title page of Volume 1. Half-title page present in each volume. Bookseller blind stamp on binders' blank leaf (G. Lovejoy Bookseller, Publisher/Library Reading). A handsome set. (The image of the author we included on our website is NOT in the book.)
About the publisher: This work was a single published novel in three volumes. The 19th century was called "The Age of the Novel" and early publications such as this were extremely popular. Because of this demand, publishers began stretching out the publications into three separate volume to capitalize on the demand and gain a higher price, and therefore, a higher profit. Famous writers of the time, such as Scott (and later Dickens among others), were under contract for written works and the publishers often demanded that if the novel was insufficient in length, the author was obliged to extend the novel, hence, many novels are longer than originally planned by the author.
Price: $225
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Inventory Number: 47131
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