The Lord of the Isles; a Poem de Sir Walter Scott - 2012-01-10

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.

International Law and Taxation Publishers, 2002-04. Paperback. Good.

MP3 Audio CD. The Lord of the Isles I. Stranger! if e'er thine ardent step hath traced The northern realms of ancient Caledon, Where the proud Queen of Wilderness hath placed, By lake and cataract, her lonely throne; Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high, Listing where from the cliffs the torrents thrown Mingle their echoes with the eagle's cry, And with the sounding lake, and with the moaning sky. Yes! 'twas sublime, but sad. - The loneliness Loaded thy heart, the desert tired thine eye; And strange and awful fears began to press Thy bosom with a stern solemnity. Then hast thou wish'd some woodman's cottage nigh, Something that show'd of life, though low and mean; Glad sight, its curling wreath of smoke to spy, Glad sound, its cock's blithe carol would have been, Or children whooping wild beneath the willows green. Such are the scenes, where savage grandeur wakes An awful thrill that softens into sighs; Such feelings rouse them by dim Rannoch's… Leer más

MP3 Audio CD. The Lord of the Isles I. Stranger! if e'er thine ardent step hath traced The northern realms of ancient Caledon, Where the proud Queen of Wilderness hath placed, By lake and cataract, her lonely throne; Sublime but sad delight thy soul hath known, Gazing on pathless glen and mountain high, Listing where from the cliffs the torrents thrown Mingle their echoes with the eagle's cry, And with the sounding lake, and with the moaning sky. Yes! 'twas sublime, but sad. - The loneliness Loaded thy heart, the desert tired thine eye; And strange and awful fears began to press Thy bosom with a stern solemnity. Then hast thou wish'd some woodman's cottage nigh, Something that show'd of life, though low and mean; Glad sight, its curling wreath of smoke to spy, Glad sound, its cock's blithe carol would have been, Or children whooping wild beneath the willows green. Such are the scenes, where savage grandeur wakes An awful thrill that softens into sighs; Such feelings rouse them by dim Rannoch's… Leer más

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 .

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:

Paperback / softback. New.

Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1874,. 1874. Hardcover. hardback, 16mo, 272pp, frontispiece and title vignette, edges slightly browned, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, blindstamped and gilt-decorated blue cloth, slightly rubbed, Good condition .

Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh,, 1867. 5.4 X 4.8", Highly polished brown leather with a gold embossed, red leather spn.Picture of Melrose Abbey on fr cv, Dreyburgh Abbey on rear cv. Gilt edges. Just G; Top fr crn chipped off, rear hinge cracked. Foxed.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Paperback / softback. New.