The Lady of the Lake
de Scott, Sir Walter
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1869. 375pp + 20pp catalogue. Wood engravings by John Gilbert and Birket Foster. Captioned page for frontis present but the albumen print is missing. Decorative title page with albumen print, 9 other albumen prints mounted on captioned leaves, tissue guraded. Blue cloth, black and gilt decoration. a.e.g. Spine and corners bumped, minor fraying of cloth. Gift inscription on half-title, dated February 1870.. Author's Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopsis
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Bookcase
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 12196
- Título
- The Lady of the Lake
- Autor
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Edición
- Author's Edition
- Editorial
- Adam & Charles Black
- Lugar de publicación
- Edinburgh
- Fecha de publicación
- 1869
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Sobre el vendedor
Bookcase
Miembro de Biblio desde 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
Sobre Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
