The Lady of The Lake
by Sir Walter Scott
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Crieff, Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Handling wear to the cover, bumping to the corners and spine, a couple of small stains to the front board and some staining to the edge of the backboard. Inside the book has foxing to the end-papers, some staining to the back end-papers, the frontispiece is quite loose and the former owners name, address and date on the front end-papers, half-title and the back of the frontispiece. The pages have a few patches of foxing and a couple of dirty smudges, but overall remains clean and free from markings or inscriptions.
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
- Comrie Antique Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2071
- Title
- The Lady of The Lake
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth boards with stunning decorative embossed gilt decoration on the boards and spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam & Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1853
- Pages
- 375p
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Walter Scott
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- 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....