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Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First edition - Vol. III only. Bound in period 1/4 calf over boards (binding heavily rubbed and soiled; text soiled with wear; lacks half title and front endpaper; ink name). Reading copy only.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable and Co.; and John Ballantyne, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1821. Scott's Elizabethan romance was published anonymously, although this was rather a polite fiction. These are Very Good copies of the Second Edition (really, the 2nd Printing), bound in contemporary full leather. Smooth calf boards, ruled and chased in gilt; darker leather spines with six raised bands; darkened red labels for title and the date 1821. Clean text; 320 pages, 339 pages, and 348 pages. Unfoxed; bright and readable today, with marbled endpapers and edges. All are rubbed at the margins, with short splits starting at the top of the spines on volumes One and Two. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.90 + shipping
Description: Three volumes. Hardback, 7.5 x 4.5 inches. Quarter bound polished calf leather to spines and corners, marbled paper boards. Raised banding, gilt floral decoration and lettering to spines. Blue speckled page edges and plain endpapers. In very good conditions. Some minor handling to covers with some rubbing to edges and corners, some small surface chips to leather on corners. Endpapers clean, no penned inscriptions. Halftitle pages are darkened. Some occasional spots and handling marks to pages in all vols. Otherwise very good clean and tight copies. 3 vols: 320, 339 & 348pp.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Three volumes. 8vo. Uncut. Foxed. Bound in the original boards, which have become quite worn and broken. This true First Edition would make a good candidate for classy rebinding. "Kenilworth was born out of Constable's suggestion to write a novel set during the time of Queen Elizabeth; however, Scott rejected the suggestion that it be entitled "The Armada" because he had other ideas than centring the novel on the epic events of the invasion. He based the novel around the legend of the murder of Amy Robsart, a story told in Meikle's old ballad, which had been one of Scott's favourite poems. However, Scott did accept Constable's suggestion of naming the novel Kenilworth instead of "Cumnor Hall". The publisher applauded this decision with the exclamation: "By God, I am all but the author of the Waverley Novels!" When Kenilworth appeared in 1821 it was an immediate success with both readers and critics. The Edinburgh Review praised Scott for bringing to life the character of Queen Elizabeth, and for the way in which he contrasted the evil plotting of Varney against the grandeur of Kenilworth Castle." It was a grand best-seller on both sides of the Atlantic. FIRST EDITION / FIRST ISSUE. W151. Language: eng
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Edinburgh & London: Archibald Constable, John Ballantyne, and Hurst, Robinson, 1821. Here is a beautiful, Near Fine set (three volumes) of the First Edition. Still published "anonymously," although the author by this time was well-known. In an original fine binding. Marbled paper boards with leather tips and spine. The spines are highly decorated with gilt designs and the date 1821; red title blocks. Clean text, very bright ,supple, and unfoxed. 320 pages, 339 pages, and 348 pages with four pages of publisher's adverts. There are hints of cracking, but all three are holding nicely. Not common in such nice condition; a proud presence on the shelf. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$264.68 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edinburgh, Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., and John Ballantyne . 1821. Post octavo, three volumes, [iv], 320; [iv], 339; and [iv], 348 pages (bound without the publisher's catalogue in Volume III). Later half morocco and marbled boards; covers a little rubbed and sunned; scattered foxing internally (generally light); some marks and other signs of age and use; unobtrusive repairs to the edges of a couple of later leaves in Volume III; a very good set. The first edition of Scott's sweeping historical novel set in Elizabethan England. Todd and Bowden 149Aa. All three volumes in this set are bound with the half-titles, and are in the state without the imprint on the verso of the title leaf (no priority); Volume II has the misprint 'ere' on page 119 and the setting of Y2 with the press-figure 6. [3 items].
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Price: US$395.00 + shipping
Description: 320, 369, 348 pages. 18.5 x 11.5 cm. Half titles. First state, mixed state with printer's on the verso of the titles, Vol. 1-2. p.119 in first state in Volume two and p. 338 in second state. TODD & BOWDEN 149AA-B. WORTHINGTON 11. Two pages of adverts end of Vol. III. Clean, fresh set. Contemporary flat spine, three quarter brown morocco and green boards with marbled endpapers. Near fine. 3 Vols
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$409.88 + shipping
Description: The complete set of this historical novel from Sir Walter Scott. First edition. Each volume features its original half title, and is bound in its original publishers' bindings. Kenilworth is a novel of selfishness versus selflessness and ambition versus love. The title refers to Dudley's Kenilworth Castle in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The novel opens, however, at Cumnor Place, near Abingdon in Berkshire. Much of the novel gives a fair depiction of the Elizabethan court, involving representations of historical figures such as Mary Queen of Scots, William Shakespeare, and the Earl of Essex, Sir Christopher Blount. Complete in three volumes. In original publishers bindings. Externally, all volumes are a trifle rubbed, with wear and loss to the spines.Backstrips are lifting in places. Two front, and three rear hinges are slightly strained. Internally, all volumes are generally firmly bound, and bright throughout. Light spotting to the text block edge, with some light marginal foxing to volume one. Good Only
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$499.50 + shipping
Description: 3 volumes. 1st edition. Duodecimo, 3/4 tan calf & marbled boards (hardcover, leather), black labels, 320, 339, 348, [4] pp. Half-title present in Volume II, four-page ads present at rear of Volume III. Very Good; rebacked, preserving each spine. Even so, a nice looking set. Literature, Fiction.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1stedn; sm8vo quarter leather+marbled bds Covers are rubbed, otherwise still solid. 1stedn without printer's imprint on verso of titlepages, but on the final leaf of text; line 4, p.119 vol. II in the second state, reading ' ere' for 'Here'. 3vol edn; 12mo Contemporary half calf, spine divided by gilt rules, tooled and lettered in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, edges sprinkled red, rubbing to extremes, gilt rules and titles dimmed, black title blocks, bookplate of Henry C. Compton, esq, Lyndhurst ow VG/ndj: Title page Vol I: (2 ff) +320 pages; Vol II: (2 ff) +339 pages; Vol III: (2 ff) +348 pages +4pp ads. Early, possibly first edition of this novel set in the late 1500's, centering on the secret marriage of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Amy Robsart, daughter of Sir Hugh Robsart and the tragic series of events that ensues. Scott accepted Constable's suggestion of naming the novel Kenilworth instead of "Cumnor Hall". The publisher applauded this decision with the exclamation: "By God, I am all but the author of the Waverley Novels!" When Kenilworth appeared in 1821 it was an immediate success/ASSOCIATION=Henry Combe Compton (17891866) of Minstead Manor House, Lyndhurst was a British Conservative Party politician at the 1835 general election as a MP for South Hampshire, and held the seat until 1857
Seller: Ethnographics, Georgetown, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$666.00 + shipping
Description: 3 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 320; 2 p.l., 339; 2 p.l., 348, [4]ads. with half-titles. contemporary half calf, gilt backs (rubbed, some chipping to spine labels). armorial bookplate of Richard Hanbury Gurney. First Edition. Vol. II, state 1. Set in 1575, the novel presents a fair depiction of the Elizabethan court and centers on the tragic fate of Amy Robsart and her secret marriage to the Queens favourite, Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester. NCBEL III 673. Todd 149Aa.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full tree calf, spines in seven compartments separated by gilt borders, gilt lettering on red and black labels in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. [Todd & Bowden 149Aa]. . Former owner's name , date, and place on the reverse of the ffep in each volume (Paris, 1825 / The Marchioness of Abercorn), otherwise unmarked. Only light shelf-wear, hinges strong, all text blocks tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 320; 339; 348, (4-adverts) pp
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Palatine, IL, U.S.A.