The Lady of the Lake
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Rahway, New Jersey: Mershon Co. Reprint edition. No date. With an Introduction by the author to the 1830 edition. Padded decorative boards. Top edge gilt. Worn at the spine tail. In a sound binding with hinges intact.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012984
- Title
- The Lady of the Lake
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Mershon Co.
- Place of Publication
- Rahway, New Jersey
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
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Andover, Massachusetts
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...