Marmion

London : Published by John Sharpe, 1809. 1st edition in this form. Hardcover. Provenance; Virtus Mille Scutta bookplate. Scattered, marginal foxing. Half contemporary aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt cross-bands with the title gilt-blocked direct and the spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Front hinge starting with some generalized wear to the spine bands. Remains a very good… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1918. paper-covered boards rubbed, text quite clean and sound. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Valentine & Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, circa 1905; 16mo, (2 1/2" x 3 1/8"),186 pages; illustrated; plaid cloth; all page edges gilt; gilt morocco title label. The complete six cantos of Sir Walter Scott’s great narrative poem Marmion, including the closing "L’Envoy to the reader." No printed publication date. Brief inscription on front paste down dated August, 1905, Melrose,… Read more about this item

Beginning in 1835, the Fleet Street (London) publisher Tilt and Bogue (Charles Tilt) began publishing Tilt's Miniature Classic Library. Altogether, 50 titles were published, all classics of English Literature. All of the books are the same: 2 3/4" wide and 4 1/4" high. The covers are embossed with gold, the spines are embossed with gold, the pages are edged with gold… Read more about this item

London: William Smith, 1840. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. An illustrated early Victorian copy of Walter Scott's historical poem, 'Marmion'. Scott started writing Marmion, his second major work, in November 1806. When Archibald Constable, the publisher, learnt of this, he offered a thousand guineas for the copyright unseen. William Miller and John Murray each agreed to… Read more about this item

Edinburgh and London: Archibald Constable and Company; William Miller, John Murray, 1808. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 5.5". None. A second edition of this famous poetical work, in a fine decorative binding. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, with the armorial bookplate of Reverend Joseph Cook, and a pencil shelfmark to the front blank. Bound in leather… Read more about this item

British Library, 2017. Trade paperback. As new. British Library, 2017. Facsimile edition reprint. 8vo. Uncreased spine, as new unread paperback.

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1808-21. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. Two early illustrated editions of Sir Walter Scott favourites in decorative uniform bindings, with engravings from Richard Westall and Thomas Stothard. Marmion is the 1808 fourth edition. With illustrations bound in from the 1809 Richard Westall edition (published London, John Sharpe). With the 1809 engraved title page, and… Read more about this item

London: Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; William Miller; John Murray, 1808. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5" . None . A fourth edition of Sir Walter Scott's successful poem of historical romance bound in a lovely half calf binding. An epic poem by Sir Walter Scott, telling of the sixteenth… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: George Ramsay and Company; Archibald Constable and Company; London: John Murray, 1811. 7th Edition. Hardcover. Binding copies bound in quarter aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; two volumes. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Marmion. Rokeby. Prose. Poetry. 19th century writings. Collected works.

J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd., 1932. Hardcover. Good. 1932. Reprinted. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to… Read more about this item

London: John Sharpe, 1809. Early Illustrated. Full Leather. Good. 28 x 22cm. Quarto. (12) 377pp cxxvi. Bound in full leather, gilt decorations. Five raised bands to spine. Front outer hinge cracked but holding. Marble endpapers. Early illustrated edition with engravings by Richard Westall. It appears to use leaves of the first edition with 6 plates and an engraved… Read more about this item

Cambridge, 1899. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1899. Second Reprint. 274 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Annotations in pencil throughout; text remains legible. Gutters and hinges are cracked with the netting exposed but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with visible scuffing overall.… Read more about this item

J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1910. Hardcover. Good. 1910. Reprinted. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with black lettering to front & spine. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning and foxing. Text is clear. Top text block edge has been dyed green. Thumb-marking present. Binding… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1855. Leather. Near Fine. 8.5" by 6". Birket Foster; John Gilbert. A beautifully bound mid nineteenth century edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical romance in verse, illustrated by Birket Foster and John Gilbert. In a full morocco signed binding by Oldfield.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and title page, and with eighty further vignette… Read more about this item

Ginn & Company, 1891. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 7h x 5w. A nice old love story in poetry that was first printed in 1808. this 1891 version is for the Home and School Library. Has a frontispiece map and 281 pages. Has some general light wear but for more than 130 years old it is nice..

Blackie And Son, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book separated into six cantos and notes chapter each paginated separately. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, 1808. 8vo, pp. [x], 377, [1], cxxviii. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco, boards bordered with a triple gilt rule, spine divided by triple gilt rule, lettered direct in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Somewhat foxed. Binding a little rubbed and marked. Ink gift inscription to front flyleaf.… Read more about this item

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1903 Book. Good. Hardcover. Normal exterior wear; some dampstaining; a readable copy. 250 pages..

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1855. Illustrated by 80 engravings on wood from drawings by Birket Foster and John Gilbert. 408 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full contemporary pebbled green morocco with gilt-stamped Greek urn in center of upper and lower covers, a.e.g. Some scuffing to front joint, else fine. Bookplate of J.A. Burnham, Jr. Foster, Birket.… Read more about this item