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The Lord of the Isles, a poem
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, red half-morocco, quarto (some rubbing); 5-ribbed spine with gilt spine titling; text llock firm, pages
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable & Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, red half-morocco, quarto (some rubbing); 5-ribbed spine with gilt spine titling; text llock firm, pages crisp and unmarked; top edge guilt; half-title, advertisement, scattered faint spotting.. 4to (300 x 240 / 12"" x 9_). The Lord of the Isles is a narrative poem by Walter Scott in six cantos with substantial notes. Set in 1307 and 1314 Scotland it covers the story of Robert the Bruce from his return from exile in Ireland to the successful culmination of his struggle to secure Scottish independence from English control at the Battle of Bannockburn. Interwoven with this account is a romantic fiction centring on one of the Bruce's prominent supporters, Ronald, Lord of the Isles, involving his love for the Bruce's sister Isabel, who eventually takes the veil, and the transfer of his affections to Edith of Lorn to whom he had been betrothed at the beginning of the poem and whom he marries at the end.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132296
- Title
- The Lord of the Isles, a poem
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, red half-morocco, quarto (some rubbing); 5-ribbed spine with gilt spine titling; text llock firm, pages
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable & Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh & London
- Date Published
- 1814
- Pages
- 275 + clxv
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, poetry, Scott, leather-binding
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 4to (300 x 240 / 12\"\" x 9_)
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