Very Good- condition with bumping to head and tail of spine, page tanning, slight warping to boards, and some rubbing to board edges. Unlike many copies of this edition coming to market recently, hinges are intact. Gilt on the spine is bright. Contains previous owner's bookplate and stamp (one James R. Kay from Morocco Indiana, who lived from 1864-1928). No publication date, but previous owner's lifespan and dated inscriptions on similar copies suggest late 1800s. Octavo, approximately 5.25" by 7.5". 345 pages.
Guy Mannering is an astrologer who only half-believes in his art. Instead he places his faith in patriarchal power, wealth and social position.
But the Scotland of this novel is a nation in which the old hierarchies are breaking down and Guy must learn the limits of the nabob's authority in a society in which each social group - from gypsies and smugglers, to Edinburgh lawyers, landowners and Border store farmers - lives by its own laws.
