The Lady of the Lake
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Shelbyville, Indiana, United States
Item Price
£100.38£75.28
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill, 1910. Book. Illus. by Howard Chandler Christy. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Green Art- Nouveau floral cloth with gilted tiles to the front, with green rules. Design by Bertha Stuart with her initials stamped at the bottom front corner. Unpaginated. This copy is VG. Exterior is rich , gilt is bright, modest spotting front/back, bottom tips moderately worn ( top ,less so), top and bottom of spine frayed (1/4") , bottom of spine has 3/4" closed tear. Inside has neat gift inscription and a gift card laid in., otherwise unmarked, clear, crisp and tightly bound. Modest/even toning to EPs, almost none to text. Very nice..
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
- Bailey Bonzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001348
- Title
- The Lady of the Lake
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Illustrator
- Howard Chandler Christy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bobbs- Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1910
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Indiana Authors, Publishers, Topics, & Association;
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About the Seller
Bailey Bonzo Books
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Shelbyville, Indiana
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- VG
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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....