Kenilworth
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Slip Case
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Heritage Press, 1966. Book. Illus. by Hutton, Clarke. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 542 Pp Including Introduction And Color Illustrations. This Is A Novel About Ambition And Love. A Copy Of The Sandglass Laid In Front..
Synopsis
Sir Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh in 1771. Educated for the law, he obtained the office of sheriff-depute of Selkirkshire in 1799 and in 1806 the office of clerk of session, a post whose duties he fulfilled for some twenty-five years. His lifelong interest in Scottish antiquity and the ballads which recorded Scottish history led him to try his hand at narrative poems of adventure and action. The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), Marmion (1808), and The Lady of the Lake (1810) made his reputation as one of the leading poets of his time. A novel, Waverley , which he had begun in 1805, was published anonymously in 1814. Subsequent novels appeared with the note “by the author of Waverley”; hence his novels often are called collectively “the Waverley novels.” Some of the most famous of these are Old Mortality (1816), Rob Roy (1817), Ivanhoe (1819), Kenilworth (1821), and Quentin Durward (1823). In recognition of his literary work Scott was made a baronet in 1819. During his last years he held various official positions and published biographies, editions of Swift and Dryden, tales, lyric poetry, and various studies of history and antiquity. He died in 1832.
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- Bookseller
- First Landing Books & Art
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50891
- Title
- Kenilworth
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Illustrator
- Hutton, Clarke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Slip Case
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Heritage Press, Literature, Sir Walter Scott
- Bookseller catalogs
- Heritage Press;
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