Lord of the Isles: A Poem in Six Cantos
by SCOTT, Sir Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London: George Routledge and Sons. Fair with no dust jacket. 1889. Hardcover. A compact 1889 edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem. Set in Scotland, the poem tells of Robert the Bruce as he returns from exile in Ireland. With a lengthy section at rear of volume bearing end notes. This item is not illustrated. An entry in publisher's "Routledge's Pocket Library" series. --- In green half cloth over tan paper-covered boards, with gilt titling on black spine block; and with gilt rules on covers. --- The binding has loosened somewhat but is holding together; and with prior owner's penciled front free endpaper signature, dated 1899. This item scarce in this edition. ; 24mo - 5 to 6 in. tall; 256 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85214
- Title
- Lord of the Isles: A Poem in Six Cantos
- Author
- SCOTT, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Poetry; >>History;
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Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....