The Lady of the Lake: A Poem in Six Cantos (With All His Introductions, Various Readings, and Editor's Notes)
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration on spinecover. Front inside hinge is weak. Tissue over frontispiece is foxed, text pages have small amount of foxing. Text is unmarked, binding is sound. No publishing date stated, ca 1800's.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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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- Bookseller
- Top Notch books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 052028A
- Title
- The Lady of the Lake: A Poem in Six Cantos (With All His Introductions, Various Readings, and Editor's Notes)
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Porter & Coates
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Keywords
- English Literature
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...