Kenilworth
by Sir Walter Scott
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover with slipcase, published by The Heritage Press, 1966. Originally published in 1821, this is the 1966 Heritage Press edition. Classic story of the secret marriage of Robert Dudley, First Earl of Leicester, and Amy Robsart, daughter of Sir Hugh Robsart. Only by keeping his marriage secret can Robert receive the Queen's favor and continue his rise to power. Illustrations by Clarke Hutton. 541 pages, 6" X 9-1/4", sewn binding. Bright red cloth covered cover boards. Author name and title imprinted on the spine in gold within a red field, and a gold and red crest on the front cover board. Cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or creased, no edge wear. Edges of the text block are clean. This is not a library discard. The slipcase is included and the corners are intact. Slipcase only shows a few spots of rubbing wear. Attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory.
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
- Hopkins Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22-05337
- Title
- Kenilworth
- Author
- Sir Walter Scott
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Heritage Press
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Heritage Press;
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
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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...
- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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