The queen's wake: a Legendary Poem
by HOGG, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Printed by Andrew Balfour, 1813. [8], 353pp, [1]. Contemporary dark green half-morocco, green buckram boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Extremities rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription of W. M. Spalding to recto of FFEP, very occasional light spotting. The first edition of the 'Ettrick Shepherd' James Hogg's (bap. 1770, d. 1835) first major critical and commercial success, the work which established his reputation as one of the leading poets of his generation and a formidable rival of contemporary fashionable poets including Scott and Byron. Presented in dialect throughout, the narrative poem imagines a poetical contest (the 'wake' of the title) held at Holyrood to celebrate the return of Mary Queen of Scots to Scotland after her long sojourn in France. Jackson, p. 371.. First edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ27719
- Title
- The queen's wake: a Legendary Poem
- Author
- HOGG, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by Andrew Balfour
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1813
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Poetry, Verse
Terms of Sale
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...