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George Routledge & Sons, 1889. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1889. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Beige marbled boards with a brown cloth spine and gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Rough cut pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, creased corners and foxing. Hinges are cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards have been heavily rub worn with noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a noticeably frayed and spine ends are crushed, with some small splits and chips. Splitting to spine joints and ends. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

London: George Routledge and Sons. Fair with no dust jacket. 1889. Hardcover. A compact 1889 edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem. Set in Scotland, the poem tells of Robert the Bruce as he returns from exile in Ireland. With a lengthy section at rear of volume bearing end notes. This item is not illustrated. An entry in publisher's "Routledge's Pocket Library" series. --- In green half cloth over tan paper-covered boards, with gilt titling on black spine block; and with gilt rules on covers. --- The binding has loosened somewhat but is holding together; and with prior owner's penciled front free endpaper signature, dated 1899. This item scarce in this edition. ; 24mo - 5 to 6 in. tall; 256 pages .

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Book on Demand, 1815. Pencil markings throughout.Covers worn.Binding split.Backstrip split.Backstrip hubbed.Pages cut.Text in good condition.Endpapers foxed.Endpapers marbled and faded.Half leather bound.This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:

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Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1815. old half-leather and marbled paper boards, covers worn and rubbed, part of leather missing from spine, text clean and sound, apart from a very few foxing spots, 444 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third Edition. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket.

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Edinburgh London : A. Constable & Co ; Longman & Co, 1815. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy bound in full aniline calf with a leather gilt-blocked label to the spine. Front board detached. Some wear and tear as with age (with loss to the spine). Text remains well preserved overall; bright and clean. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 275, clxv pages. Subjects; Robert I, King of Scots (1274-1329) ; Poetry. English poetry 19th century. Scottish poetry 19th century. Epic poetry, Scottish. Scottish poetry. Verse 19th century. English poetry Scottish authors.

Edingurgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1815. Fifth edition. Top one inch of title plage clipped to remove previous owner's name, light scuffing, overall near fine.. Full tan calf, spines decoratively gilt.

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1856., 1856. First edition. 8vo. Bibliographical references. Half title page. Original brown cloth, printed title paper spine label (short tears; head of spine a little frayed); yellow coated endpapers. Very good. 84 pages. Includes a 32 page publisher's catalogue at end. Printed by R and R. Clark.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable & Co; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, red half-morocco, quarto (some rubbing); 5-ribbed spine with gilt spine titling; text llock firm, pages crisp and unmarked; top edge guilt; half-title, advertisement, scattered faint spotting.. 4to (300 x 240 / 12"" x 9_). The Lord of the Isles is a narrative poem by Walter Scott in six cantos with substantial notes. Set in 1307 and 1314 Scotland it covers the story of Robert the Bruce from his return from exile in Ireland to the successful culmination of his struggle to secure Scottish independence from English control at the Battle of Bannockburn. Interwoven with this account is a romantic fiction centring on one of the Bruce's prominent supporters, Ronald, Lord of the Isles, involving his love for the Bruce's sister Isabel, who eventually takes the veil, and the transfer of his affections to Edith of Lorn to whom he had been betrothed at the beginning of the poem and… Read More

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and London: Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1815. . 4to, green cloth, polished green calf spine (with raised bands) and tips, one corner bumped bound circa 1920's; t.e.g., others trimmed FIRST EDITION, first issue. Van Antwerp 14, Todd & Bowden 81Aa with paper watermarked "W Balston 1814"

Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company [et al.], 1815. 8vo, [viii], 443, [1]. Near-contemporary navy calf, spine divided by raised bands tooled in gilt, two compartments lettered in gilt, the others tooled in gilt and blind, boards elaborately decorated with a series of blind patterned frames enclosing a central panel scalloped in blind, the whole bordered with gilt rules and corner pieces, marbled edges and endpapers, blue silk bookmark ribbon. A little light spotting. Spine slightly faded and rubbed. Ink gift inscription signed ‘William Henniker 1829’ to front flyleaf. A handsome example of the ‘fourth edition’, in fact the third, because the previous two were separate issues of the same printing, as per Todd & Bowden. The six cantos, which Scott claimed would be ‘my last poetical adventure at least upon a large scale’ describe the return of Robert the Bruce from exile and his successful… Read More

Edinburgh: James Ballantyne for Archibald Constable; and Longman, Hurst et al., 1815. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A very smart copy of the scarce second edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem about Robert the Bruce. The second edition of this work, published in the same year as the first.Scott's narrative poem, arranged in six cantos, details Robert the Bruce's return from exile and the culmination of his struggle against English control at the Battle of Bannockburn. Interwoven with this historical narrative is a fictitious romantic subplot involving the love of one of Robert's supporters for his sister, Isabel Bruce.Retaining the original half title.With the armorial bookplate of 'Clonbrock' to the front pastedown.An appealing copy of the second edition of this historical narrative from Scott. In a full calf binding with blind tooling to board perimeters, and gilt detailing to the back strip. Head of front joint starting, with board holding firm. Otherwise, externally lovely. Armorial… Read More

Edinburgh and London: Longman,Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808-15. First edition. Leather. Fair. 11” by 9”. None. Six early editions of Sir Walter Scott's poetry, bound in five volumes. With five of the poems being first editions, some first impressions. Very scarce to have so many quarto editions in one collection. Being The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1808), Longman,Hurst, Rees, and Orme; . Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field (1808) Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; Lady of the Lake (1810) John Ballantyne and Co ; . Rokeby (1813) John Ballantyne and Co; The Vision of Don Roderick A Poem (1811) John Ballantyne and Co. The Lord of the Isles A Poem (1815) Archibald Constable and Co. With 'Rokeby' and 'The Vision of Don Roderick' bound together in volume IV. 'Lay of the Last' is an Eighth edition and stated to title page, 'Marmion' is a first edition with half-titles. Lacking publisher"s adverts. 'The Lady of the Lake' is a first edition, later printing. Does not have the issue… Read More