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Kenilworth (Edinburg Edition de Luxe - Volume XII)
by Sir Walter Scott
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: John D. Morris & Co, 1892. Edition de Luxe. Hardcover. Very Good. Fine green cloth covered boards with blue and red lettering on beige pastedown along spine. Sun fading on spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; webbing showing at flyleaf; contents clean and unmarked. Gilt top edge; deckled fore and bottom edges. No dust jacket. 531pp including Glossary and Index. 12 illustrations plus tissued photogravure frontis. Limited edition of 1000 edition numbered 883. Other matching volumes in series available. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.
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
- Imperial Books and Collectibles
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015567
- Title
- Kenilworth (Edinburg Edition de Luxe - Volume XII)
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition de Luxe
- Publisher
- John D. Morris & Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1892
- Weight
- 0.31 lbs
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- 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....
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