The Lady of The Lake
by Sir Walter Scott
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, 1810. Half tan leather with marbled boards and gilt decoration on the spine with gilt on red leather title label. Marbled endpapers with fine book-plate of Theodore Henry Shute MD plus signatures of Revd G Shute and Ann Shute dated 1810. An attractive book.. Fifth Edition . Half Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 5.5" x 8.5". Hard Cover.
Synopsis
The Lady of the Lake marked the pinnacle of Scott's popularity as a poet. With 25,000 copies sold in eight months, it broke all records for the sale of poetry. Known as a romantic poem, it tells about love and honor amidst a bitter rivalry between King James V and the Douglas family. The book is set in the Trossachs region of Scotland and it is composed of six cantos, each concern the action of a single day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bosco Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051033
- Title
- The Lady of The Lake
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- Longman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1810
- Size
- 5.5" x 8.5"
- Keywords
- Shute
Terms of Sale
Bosco Books
Full refund on any book returned. Please notify within seven days.
About the Seller
Bosco Books
Biblio member since 2005
Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen
About Bosco Books
Bookshop in converted Chapel in Cornish fishing port. We also stock old maps, prints and original paintings by local artists.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled boards
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- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....