Kenilworth
by Scott,Sir Walter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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West Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
A$20.14A$10.07
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About This Item
London & Glasgow: Collins Clear -Type Press Red/Burgandy boards with gilt titles and gilt top edges.top front corners are a little foxed and there is fraying at the top and bottom of the spine,at the foot of the spine a Triangular piece of the cover is missing approx.3/8 of an inch by a 1/4.The Introduction reads"A certain degree of success, real or supposed, in the delineation of Queen Mary,naturally induced the author to attempt something similar respecting 'her sister and her foe,' the celebrated Elizabeth.". A good book. No Date. Imitation Red Calf. Good. Illus. by C.J.Staniland B/W Plates. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Mulberry Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000167
- Title
- Kenilworth
- Author
- Scott,Sir Walter
- Illustrator
- C.J.Staniland B/W Plates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- No Date
- Publisher
- Collins Clear -Type Press
- Place of Publication
- London & Glasgow
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
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