The Vision Of Don Roderick

Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co., 1811. 122 pages + (2) pages of publisher's announcements at back; nicely printed by James Ballantyne in Edinburgh; half-title page present, with the old former owner stamp of F.W. Challoner Newcastle; bound in the original publisher's decoratively patterned green cloth, black leather spine label with gilt titles, all edges (faintly) marbled; board corners worn, spine… Read more about this item

Edinburgh : Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Co. Hanover Street, Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1811. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Front board detached. Provenance; from the library og Eric S.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh : John Ballantyne and Co., 1811. Leather. Good. 11.5" by 9". None. An early edition of this poem by Sir Walter Scott. It celebrated the recent victories of the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular War, and proceeds of its sale were to raise funds for Portugal. It is based on an account given by Ginés Pérez… Read more about this item

J. Greenleaf, 1811. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall (thin). 131 pages. Spine title: Don Roderick. Probable first American issue of the poem, based on the Spanish epic of the last Visigothic king of Spain and the Moorish conquest, with the author's notes at rear, plus a prose preface (dated… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed for and sold by John Ballantyne and Co., Also Longmans and Co., William MIller White and Co., London, 1811. Second Edition, First Impression. 164, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary 3/4 calf over green mottled boards, spine gilt. A Very Nice copy. Second Edition, First Impression. 164, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The second edition with… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New.