LADY OF THE LAKE, A POEM. by SCOTT, SIR. WALTER - 1851

MASON BAKER & PRATT, 1873. Hardcover. Used; Good. Green cloth ornately decorated and embossed in gold and black. Cloth is worn at spine and top of both boards,corners are bumped. dark brown endpapers, Portrait frontis with tissue guard, yellowing to page edges, interior is tight and clean

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Halifax: Milner and Sowerby, 1860 Together with notes and the life of the author. xii, 311pp gilt all edges.

Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Co, 1810. The second Edition, published in the same year as the first. Leather bound with gilt motifs 495pp Good condition. Spine is faded and splitting from front cover- although secure. Text is clean and clear- end-papers have previous owner's crayoned name and some pencilled booksellers markings. 1810

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. - Lomgman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Gilt spine decoration and lettering on a black title block on gilt edge-decorated full leather covers. All edges gilt. 12mo, 445 pages. Occasional foxing. Cover corners and edgeds somewhat worn.

Edinburgh: Printed For John Ballantyne And Co., Edinburgh; And Longman, Hurst, Rees, And Orme, And W.Miller, London; By James Ballantyne And Co., Edinburgh, 1810. Fourth Edition, First Issue. NCBEL III 672. Todd 47Af. 8vo. pp. 5 p.l., 433.contemporary half calf, gilt back (paper sides peeling, former ownership entry excised from title)

Edinburgh: John Ballantyne; Longman, Hurst, Rees et al, 1810 . Leather. Good. 9" by 6". None. The second edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem, published in the same year as the first. The second edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem, set in the Trossachs region of Scotland.Arranged in six cantos - each concerning the actions of a single day - the work has three main plots; the contest among three men to win the love of Ellen Douglas; the feud and reconciliation of King James V of Scotland and James Douglas; and a war between the Lowland Scots and the Highland Clans.Bound without half title.An early edition of this enormously popular work, which helped to inspire the nineteenth century Highland Revival. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Significant rubbing to back strips, joints and board perimeters, with losses to the leather in these regions. Head of front and rear joint starting, with front board firmly held, and rear board tender. Front hinge reinforced.… Read More