Search Results: The Lay Of the Last Minstrel, a Poem by Sir Walter Scott

Good+ Timothy Bedlington Boston 1828 hardcover 16mo, 304 pages, leather binding, b+w frontis. Name and 1830 date pencilled front endpaper. Old dampstaining to endpapers.Leather binding with gilt spine titling and decoration. Spine worn at bottom. Solid clean copy.

London - Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1811. Covers worn; front cover entirely detached.Backstrip hubbed.Pages cut.Covers marbled and very faded.Text in good condition.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,550grams, ISBN:

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London: Longman, Hurst - et.al.. 349pp. Engraved title pg., 1/2 title, dedication pg., explanation page. 2 feps. Smal ltape repair holding fep to hinge. Front cover is splitting off at the spine joint on the outside - yet tight. A poem regarding a warlike state that esixted between England and Scotland at the time - as told by a minstrel. Quaint. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Good. Publisher's Boards-Spine Label. Antique.. 1825.

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London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812. Leather. Good. 9" by 5". Not Stated. A leather bound copy of The Lay of the Last Minstel, A Poem by Walter Scott. A thirteenth edition copy of The Lay of the Last Minstrel, A Poem by Walter Scott. The Lay of the Last Minstrel is a narrative poem in six cantos by Walter Scott, with copious antiquarian notes. Missing the six full page engravings.  In full calf binding. Externally, smart with some rubbing to the extremities, spine and joints. Previous owner inscription to the page before the title page. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London; Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green; A. Constable and Co. , 1825. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". W. Archibald . A smart new edition of this famous poem by Sir Walter Scott, bound in half calf. A new edition. Bound in half calf on marbled boards, with decorative gilt detail to the spine. With an engraved title page by W. Archibald. 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel' is a famous narrative poem by the renowned Scottish writer, Sir Walter Scott. The poem, set in sixteenth century Scotland, is narrated by a medieval minstrel. Sir Walter Scott is best known for his notable works of Scottish literature such as 'Ivanhoe', 'The Lady of the Lake', and 'Rob Roy'. In half calf binding. Externally, smart with some rubbing to the extremities. Spine is slightly darkened. Marks to the boards. Some offsetting to the paste-downs and light spotting to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age-toned but otherwise generally bright and clean with… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; A. Constable; James Ballantyne, 1809 . Leather. Good. 9" by 8.5". None. A smart copy of the tenth edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem, set in the Scottish borders in the mid sixteenth century. The tenth edition of this work, first published in 1805.Arranged in six cantos in iambic tetrameter, contemporary reviewers praised Scott's poem for his choice of picturesque subject and portrayal of sixteenth century border society.With the original half title. With the inscription Samuel Jones, 1813, to a front endpaper.Described by Scott as 'a sort of Romance of Border Chivalry & inchantment [sic]', the poem tells the story of an aging minstrel, who seeks out hospitality at Newark Castle, and tells the hostess, Duchess of Buccleuch, a tale about sixteenth century Border feud. In a full calf binding. Rubbing to joints, back strip head and tail, and board perimeters. Repairs to spine head and tail, with back strip laid down. Losses to spine label. Joints… Read More

1823. Lonman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown. 1823. Sixteenth edition. Handsomely bound in full decorated panelled navy calf gilt. Upper board sl. marked, upper hinge tender but holding. Beautifully marbled edges and endpapers. Lovely gilt inner dentelles (decorations along leather margin of pastedowns) Occasional foxing otherwise a clean copy.

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Richard Westall. A nicely illustrated copy of this poem by Sir Walter Scott. Extra-illustrated with the six Richard Westall engraved plates bound-in from the 1809 John Sharpe publication, including the engraved title page. All in a decorative calf and marbled paper binding. Sir Walter Scott was a prolific Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian. In a half morocco and marbled paper binding. Externally, some rubbing, with a library shelf reference label to the spine. Internally, firmly bound, with foxing to the plates, and offsetting from the plates. There is a Worcester library label to the front pastedown, an ink reference number to the title page, and several ink library stamps throughout, some to the plates, but not affecting the illustrations. Good

London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A nice leather bound copy of Walter Scott's narrative poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel. The sixteenth edition of this work. In lovely leather binding. The Lay of the Last Minstrel is one of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poems which have copious notes. The poem is set within the Scottish Borders in the mid-16th Century and is presented as being sung by a minstrel. The poem exudes a patriotism and champions chivalry and the dangers of the unknown. Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish historian, novelist and poet with many of his works remaining classics.  In full morocco binding. Externally, very smart with some light marks to the boards and spine. A previous owner inscription to the front pastedown and page before the title page. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed

Edinburgh and London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme Paternoster-Row & Constable. VG. 1805. 2nd Edition. Leather. The second edition of this scarce volume of poetry bound in full calf leather with gold dentelles and gold lettering. Attractive marbled end papers, 334 pages. A Very Good copy. Frays and a chip at the head of t he spine. Mild rubbing along the spine seams. Rubs/frays to the corner s. The front spine seam is cracked at its upper 2". The gold decoratio ns are fairly bright, The leather has a nice pattern on the boards. A handsome copy & although a second edition, still quite uncommon. .

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, And Orme, 1810. Eighth edition. Leather Bound. Full diced Russia rebacked with original spine laid-down. Aeg. Very good. 343 [196] pages. 27.5 x 21.5 cm. Fore-edge painting of two travelers at the Pass of Lennie, Grampian Mountains, Scotland. Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved vignette title-page, and six engraved plates. painting of two travelers. Covers with gilt floret borders, extremities rubbed, spine chipped, marbled endpapers; abrasion on front paste-down from removed bookplate. Dampstaining in upper gutter of prelims, foxing to same; scattered light dampstaining in upper and lower gutter of most text and plate leaves, scattered minor foxing to same; offsetting from plates to text; small book-plate on front free endpaper.

Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Hugh Maxwell, No. 25, North Second-Street, 1805. First American edition and the first work of Scott's published in America. The first American edition listed by NCBEL was published in Philadelphia in 1806. 252 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary mottled American calf, red leather spine label. Old damp stain to final 10 page. Very Good. First American edition and the first work of Scott's published in America. The first American edition listed by NCBEL was published in Philadelphia in 1806. 252 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The First American Publication of Scott. The first American edition and the first work of Scott's published in America. Todd notes that it was the "prototype for four later issues by other booksellers." The comma after "Poem" in the title, missing in some copies, is present here. Todd 14Rm; S & S 9327