The LADY OF THE LAKE: A Poem in Six Cantos: with Notes and an Appendix from the Latest Edinburgh Edition
by Scott, Sir Walter
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair-Good w detached Scotch-taped boards, owner signature (dated 03) on fep else unmarked, edges of boards fraying, bright gilt
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y Crowell Co Publ, nd [Introduction is dated 1830]. Small Hardcover in flexible padded leather light brown boards w gilt medallion in front, gilt titling & decorations on spine, sewn binding, detached red ribbon place-marker, top edge gilt. Fair-Good w detached Scotch-taped boards, owner signature (dated 03) on fep else unmarked, edges of boards fraying, bright gilt print. Very early edition of Scott*s epic poem, with b/w frontispiece captioned, Come one, come all!. Clean copy with tight binding despite detached boards.
4 x 6-1/4, 331 pp, brown-gold pictorial endpapers.
4 x 6-1/4, 331 pp, brown-gold pictorial endpapers.
Synopsis
The Lady of the Lake marked the pinnacle of Scott's popularity as a poet. With 25,000 copies sold in eight months, it broke all records for the sale of poetry. Known as a romantic poem, it tells about love and honor amidst a bitter rivalry between King James V and the Douglas family. The book is set in the Trossachs region of Scotland and it is composed of six cantos, each concern the action of a single day.
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- Bookseller
- edburynbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5366
- Title
- The LADY OF THE LAKE: A Poem in Six Cantos
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Small Hardcover in flexible padded leather light brown boards w gilt medallion in front, gilt titling & decorations on spine, se
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair-Good w detached Scotch-taped boards, owner signature (dated 03) on fep else unmarked, edges of boards fraying, bright gilt
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Y Crowell Co Publ
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- nd [Introduction is dated 1830]
- Keywords
- Fiction, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Poetry;
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