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Price: US$7.69 + shipping
Description: Second edition - 1810. Missing spine entirely, half leather, with marbled boards; front board detached, along with front free end paper & half title; extremities worn. Aged paper label (covering name?) on title page. Some foxing. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.26 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 433 pages. NEEDS REPAIR, both boards, end-papers, flyleaf and last page OFF/detached, 30% spine covering missing and remainder flaking, light scuffs/rubs to leather board surfaces, 1cm losses to spine0ends, heavy wear through to card at corners. Foxing to end-papers/title-page, text-block feels spund. Pages have a wave, some brown blotches and light marks, reasonably clean for age.
Seller: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, United Kingdom
Walter Scott. The Lady of the Lake; a poem. John Ballantyne & Co., 1810.
Price: US$20.34 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Covers worn, marbled and faded.Binding split.Backstrip split.Pages cut.Text in good condition.Foxing to endpapers.Pencil markings throughout.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,650grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Price: US$21.62 + shipping
Description: Hole in title caused by sealing wax removal, title corner torn. Disbound. Originally entitled The Lady of the Rock. With a prologue by Sir Walter Scott.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$31.80 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. pp[ix] 433. good condition hardback in a contemporary full calf binding, lightly rubbed. foxing to end-papers and half-title, otherwise mostly clean and fresh internally. from a collection of Scott's works, with the number 5 to the spine.[please see our storefront page for shipping information]
Seller: McLaren Books Ltd., ABA(associate), PBFA, Largs, United Kingdom
Scott, Walter. The Lady Of The Lake A Poem. John Ballantyne And Co, Edinburgh, 1810.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-Libris bookplate to front pastedown. Spotting to endpapers. Rubbing to corners of boards with up to 1/2" loss of leather. 1" split to leather at head of rear spine joint. 3/4" split to leather at tail of front spine joint. ; [x], 433 pages. Half leather boards with marbled endpapers. Page dimensions: 210mm x 120mm. ; 8vo
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Price: US$40.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original bindings with leather bound hard cover, rather dull gilt decorations and gilt titles within frame on spine. Both spine hinges show wear, and 0.5x2.0cm piece missing from lower spine end. 433 pages including notes at rear. This 8th edition published in 1810 is in good to very good condition.
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
Walter Scott. The Lady of the Lake. A Poem. The Second Edition.. , 1810.
Price: US$41.66 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1810. John Ballantyne and C. Hardcover/Leather. GOOD Gilt titles. Leather boards and spine. Pages are clean for age of book. Some foxing, especially end papers. Both boards detached. 9x6
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Scott, Sir Walter. The Lady of the Lake. John Ballantyne Etc, Edinburgh, 1810.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The 'Eighth Edition' from 1810. Bound in 3/4 brown leather and marbled boards. 5 raised bands to the spine. Dark leather title inset. Gilt lettering and decorations tot he spine. Marbled end papers. Spine somewhat faded; general edge wear and scuffing, but overall tight and attractive. A solid example in a Vintage binding. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$47.92 + shipping
Description: 8vo. 21.5cm, 433p., in half contemporary calf, marbled boards, gilt spine titles, some slight wear at the edges but a very good to fine copy. (Lt).
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$50.01 + shipping
Description: Spine has shelf wear on the edges. Front board has discoloration and wear to the edges. This copy is aged.
Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.88 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2nd edition, (i) (i) (i) 433pp, half title, attractive contemporary tree calf, gilt ruled spine with emblems in compartments (worn with surface loss), black morocco label, title and dedication almost unbound, printed by James Ballantyne & Co, binding matches book no 7915, 8vo (13x21cm)
Seller: Flora Books, Mears Ashby, United Kingdom
Walter Scott. The Lady of the Lake A Poem. John Ballantyne and Co / Longman Hurst, Rees, 1810.
Price: US$54.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full calf leather - gilt tooling on boards, board edges, edges of pastedowns, and on spine - marbled endpapers and page edges - some cracking in leather - 433 pages - 14 x 21.5 x 3 cm - weight 654 g - more photos available on request
Seller: Oxfam Bookshop Dublin, DUBLIN, IRL, Ireland
Price: US$55.97 + shipping
Description: Disbound. Originally entitled The Lady of the Rock. With a prologue by Sir Walter Scott.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$61.44 + shipping
Description: 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 433pp. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Slight loss to top of spine
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Scott, Sir Walter. The Lady of the Lake: A Poem. John Ballantyne and Co., 1810.
Price: US$62.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarter leather, cover some wear, name plate inside front cover.
Seller: Bookstore Brengelman, cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$74.75 + shipping
Description: 8.5 x 5.25, half leather, marbled boards, 433 pp with Notes, covers very worn, front cover and eps detached (but present), spine ends chipped, ink name, contents spotted, toned and stained, but still a decent copy of the Fifth Edition of this classic tale. With the bookplate of famous Detroit puppeteer Paul McPharlin. SWAF.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Scott, Walter. The Lady of the Lake; a Poem. James Ballantyne and Co. 1810, Edinburgh, 1810.
Price: US$76.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: x., 433 pp. Bound in a contemporary full patterned calf. Black morocco title label with gilt lettering and worn gilt decoration to the spine. Book is generally in very good condition, other than the wear to the spine and a mark on the front board. Owners name on the title page - Anne Helena Fletcher. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Scott, Walter. The Lady of the Lake. A Poem.. Printed for J. Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh, 1810.
Price: US$89.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7th edition. 1810. Octavo. [10], 433pp. Bound in a 19th century full tree calf, gilt tooled spine. Extremities somewhat rubbed, with hinges a little tender. Minor abrasion to head of rear board. Heraldic bookplate for 'Thomas Craig Christie of Bedlay' (near Glasgow) to f.f.e.p. Loss to corner of page 211/212, text not effected. Sporadic light spotting. Otherwise a Very Good copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
Price: US$95.40 + shipping
Description: The second Edition, published in the same year as the first. Leather bound with gilt motifs 495pp Good condition. Spine is faded and splitting from front cover- although secure. Text is clean and clear- end-papers have previous owner's crayoned name and some pencilled booksellers markings.
Seller: Reader's Books, Petworth, United Kingdom
Price: US$99.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This book was issed the same year as the FIRST EDITION (this being the Eighth Edition). 433pp. Lovely late 19th century full calf with straight grained boards Four raised bands with decorative design in each compartment, gilt decorative border, corners have gilt rolled edges and gilt rolled inner "dentelling". Marbled edges and endpapers. An inch and a half split to the leather at the join at the bottom of the front board and another split to the leather at the top of the spine at the back board. Boards slightly bowed. Binding still relatively tight. Light, very sporadic foxing. Overall a GOOD book. A good gift for someone looking for an early edition. Photos available upon request. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and specifically, of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley and The Heart of Midlothian. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large paper copy (26 x 20 cm). 4to, [x], 290, plus cxxix pp notes. Frontispiece portrait of the author with his dog, lacking the half title before the portrait. Second state, with "End of the Sixth Canto" removed from p. 288. Half contemporary black leather, spine with gilt-decorated raised bands, rules in compartments. Binding worn, front cover all but detached, prelims slightly foxed, text toned but not foxed or browned. A decent copy of this classic, whose 129 pages of notes concerning Highland life and legend are as interesting as the poem.
Seller: Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Scott, Walter:. The Lady of the Lake. A Poem (in six Cantos);. J. Ballantyne, Edinburgh, 1810, 1810.
Price: US$107.54 + shipping
Description: Halbledereinband mit nLederecken, am oberen Kapitell etwas angerändert, die Vorsätze sind etwas stockfleckig, der Rücken etrwas berieben, insgesamt schönes Expl. 433 Seiten Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550
Seller: Antiquariat Johannes Hauschild, Gütersloh, NRW, Germany
Walter Scott. The Lady of the Lake, a Poem Full Leather. Ballantyne & Longman, Edinburgh, 1810.
Price: US$119.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 433 pp., 8vo full original leather, excellent copy clean unmarked text, original binding, Bookplate, no foxing in text just marginally on the eps. Famous epic set in Loch-Katrine area of western highlands of Perthshire, early edition with explanatory notes. Size: 8vo
Seller: Appleford Bookroom, Abingdon, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$119.57 + shipping
Description: Contemp. full calf, gilt borders, spine dec. & directly lettered in gilt; a little rubbed, spine sl. darkened. Neat signature of C. Bowman, 1823, on titlepage. An attractive copy. Todd & Bowden 47Al; the final edition to be published in 1810.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Scott, Sir Walter. The Lady of the Lake. John Ballantyne and Co, Edinburgh, 1810.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good. Brown leather binding, generally rubbed, split but crudely reattached front board, rubbing to the gilt on the spine. Square and firmly bound with marbled endpapers, clean internally.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$131.68 + shipping
Description: Very good copy finely bound in the original aniline calf. Raised bands, spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Marbled end-papers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 433 p.; 22 cm. Subjects: Lady of the Lake (Legendary character); Poetry. Lady of the Lake (Legendary character). Scottish poetry 19th century. Genre: Poetry. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Full Leather Gilt, Good with covers loosened, corners and edges of covers well worn to boards, some wrinkling to pages, minor gouges to cover, else VG, 433 pp. Signed by book's previous owner inside cover.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Full tan calf, rebacked to match original; border of Greek key (in blind) and gilt rules on both boards, original; spine with raised bands and six panels, including title panel in green leather, and five other panels with attractive designs in blind and gilt; all edges gilt. Worn through at corners, two bookplates on front free endpaper, foxing of endpapers and preliminary leaves; bookbinders ticket on verso of front free endpaper (Bellamy, Oxford). Octavo; pp: [10], 433, [1].
Seller: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, Canada
Price: US$152.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The second edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem, published in the same year as the first. The second edition of Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem, set in the Trossachs region of Scotland.Arranged in six cantos - each concerning the actions of a single day - the work has three main plots; the contest among three men to win the love of Ellen Douglas; the feud and reconciliation of King James V of Scotland and James Douglas; and a war between the Lowland Scots and the Highland Clans.Bound without half title.An early edition of this enormously popular work, which helped to inspire the nineteenth century Highland Revival. In a half calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Significant rubbing to back strips, joints and board perimeters, with losses to the leather in these regions. Head of front and rear joint starting, with front board firmly held, and rear board tender. Front hinge reinforced. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with light spotting throughout. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$154.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy finely bound in the original aniline calf. Raised bands, spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Marbled end-papers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 433 p.; 22 cm. Subjects: Lady of the Lake (Legendary character); Poetry. Lady of the Lake (Legendary character). Scottish poetry 19th century. Genre: Poetry. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$155.83 + shipping
Description: 1st. Edn. 4to (26cm. tall x 20cm.). pp. v, 290. plus cxxix. notes to the Six Cantos. Lacks the half title and portrait frontispiece. In full contemporary leather. Blind ruled spine with title label. The head of the spine is well worn. The boards are well rubbed. The binding is, however, sound. Internally an occasional loose leaf. Some occasional foxing. Light dust soiling to lower corners. A good plus copy.
Seller: Richard Roberts Bookseller., KILMARNOCK, United Kingdom
Price: US$166.50 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. 5 p.l., 433.contemporary half calf, gilt back (paper sides peeling, former ownership entry excised from title). Fourth Edition, First Issue. NCBEL III 672. Todd 47Af.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$178.08 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A smartly bound second edition copy of Sir Walter Scott's influential historical fiction poem, set during the time of King James V of Scotland. The second edition, published in the same year as the first, only 3,000 copies of the second edition were published.'The Lady of the Lake' is a longnarrative poem set in Scotland, written by the Scottish national bard Sir Walter Scott.It tells ofthe love rivalry between three men for Ellen Douglas, the feud between King James V and James Douglas, and a war between lowland and highland Scots. It is composed of six cantos.This poem was immensely influential when first published, inspiring the Highland Revival.With the argument bound before the contents page.Bound without the frontispiece and half-title.Bookplate of Henry Wakeman to the front paste down. Bookplate of D. B. Anderson to the recto of the front endpaper. In a full marbled calf binding. Externally, smart, with some light rubbing. Faint surface cracks to the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Front hinge is a little strained but remains firm. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down and recto of the front endpaper. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with scattered spots. Bound without frontispiece and half-title. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Scott, Sir Walter. The Lady of the Lake. John Ballantyne & Co., 1810.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: THE LADY OF THE LAKE; A POEM. SCOTT, Sir Walter [1771-1832]. Published by Edinburgh: Printed for John Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh & Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, London, by James Ballantyne and Co., 1810. (1810) SCOTT, Walter, Sir. THE LADY OF THE LAKE. A POEM. Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and others, 1810. 8vo. Contemporary full blind and gilt tooled calf, all edges marbled. Weak joints but still a strong binding with clean crisp text. (x), 433 pages. Second edition. Scott wrote The Lady in the Lake in 1810, and this is the fourth edition. It became such a popular work that it went through twelve editions that first year alone. He was drawing on the romance of the Arthurian legend but with an entirely different story set around Loch Katrine in the Trossachs of Scotland. STIJ011
Seller: E.C. Rare Books., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [8], 290, cxxixp. Old, probably not contemporary, 1/2 leather with marbled boards. 27cm. Backstrip darkened. Chip in title label reglued. Armorial bookplate. Minor foxing throughout.
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
Walter Scott.. THE LADY OF THE LAKE. A POEM.. , 1810.
Price: US$222.60 + shipping
Description: 1810, Edinburgh, eighth edition, John Ballantyne and Co., pp(vii) + 433, full contemporary calf, gilt decoration in compartments, label. From the library of Richard Ford the hispanophile, with his engraved bookplate on the front pastedown and his signature in ink on the bookplate. Small triangular piece at top of spine missing, front hinge cracked but holding, slight internal foxing, otherwise good.
Seller: Graham York Rare Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United Kingdom
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Edinburgh & London: John Ballantyne and Co. & Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and W. Miller, 1810. This is a Near Fine copy of the Second Edition (stated), presented in a modern full-leather binding. Red smooth calf, ruled on the boards. Four raised bands on the spine, with ruling and titling in gilt. Clean text; 433 pages; new endpapers. The first original endpaper has a gift inscription dated 1880. A small spot on the front cover lowere the grade a bit from Fine. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
SCOTT, Walter. Lady of The Lake. Edinburgh: Ballantyne and Longmans et al., 1810.
Price: US$286.21 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Full diced calf. 8.75 inches tall. A fine binding dating from the regency period, with raised gilt bands and very fine gilt tooling to the panels. The diced boards are framed within a wide gilt roll. Slight superficial loss to an ancient insect. A faint neat ink owner's inscription 'Eliza Smith' on the title page. A delightful copy.
Seller: McConnell Fine Books ABA & ILAB, Deal, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$333.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. pp. 5 p.l., 290, cxxix. with half-title. engraved frontis. portrait by Heath after Saxon. contemporary half roan (worn, rear cover detached). ownership entries of title of Fanny Robinson, 1825, & Jane L.Robertson, 1893. First Edition, First Impression, Second State (with 'End Of Canto Sixth' removed from foot of p. 288). 2000 copies printed. Todd & Bowden 47Aa.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. [10], 433; contemporary full polished dark brown calf, gilt Greek key border on covers enclosing a blindstamped roll and double gilt rules, floral ornaments in the corners, smooth spine in 6 gilt-decorated compartments, stained red in 3, gilt lettered in 1, all edges dappled; front board neatly reattached; all else very good in what looks to be a Scottish binding. One of Scott's best known and best loved works which went through no less than 12 editions and/or impressions in 1810 alone. Lowndes, p. 2225. Todd & Bowden 47Ak.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
SCOTT Walter. The lady of the lake. A poem. Printed for John Ballantyne and co., 1810.
Price: US$442.23 + shipping
Description: - Printed for John Ballantyne and co., Edinburgh 1810, In-8 (13,5x21,5cm), 433pp., relié. - Mention de huitième édition, l'édition originale étant parue à la même date. Il fallut procéder à plusieurs tirage devant le succès de ce titre, puisque 25000 exemplaires furent vendus en 8 mois et que pas moins de 12 édition furent faites cette année-là. Une seconde page de titre à la date de 1812 : The works of Walter Scott, volume the seven, containing The lady of the lake. Edinburgh. 1812. (Les 16 premières pages du Chant I ont été reliés par erreur avant la page de titre). Reliure en demi veau blond d'époque. Dos lisse orné de fers en long. Titre doré. Papier collé en bas du plat, et couvrant le cuir. 2 coins émoussés. Ensemble frais. Petits frottements mais bon exemplaire. The lady of the lake constitue l'apogée de la renommée de Scott en tant que poète. C'est un poème épique et romantique, historique qui se passe dans les Highlands, en Ecosse. Chaque chant est acommpagné de notes. NB : Cet ouvrage est disponible à la librairie sur demande sous 48 heures. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND] 433pp.
Seller: Librairie Le Feu Follet, Paris, France
Price: US$562.50 + shipping
Description: G+/no DJ Large Crown Quarto in full dark brown calf with gilt text in red title boxes on spine. Contemporary rebinding with additional endpapers and new endbands. 290 pp. Notes: cxxix. Frontispiece, title page, inscription, and argument page all present. Three of the four possible watermarks present [1807, 1809 and Balston 1810]. Evident shelfwear; boards rubbed and scuffed, corners a bit bumped, leather in excellent shape. Interior age toned with some foxing, scattered light pencil marginalia. Binding solid. 1172735. Rockville Non-Retail Listings.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$690.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8.75 x 5.5", highly gilt-stamped black straight grained goatskin, aeg, 433pp, cover a bit rubbed with bumped corners, bookplate removed. Sixth edition. WONDERFUL OLD PAINTED SCENE HIDDEN UNDER THE FOREDGE GILT OF COUNTRY HOUSES. Originally purchased decades ago by a young girl who was given tuition money from her mother and took part of it to Hudson's Dept. Store in downtown Detroit to the book department and fell in love with this and bought it. Hudson's sticker still present and residue from it on endpaper.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$699.60 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Great *RARE* antique fiction fine binding hardback book from 1810 by Walter Scott. The 1st edition 1st print (or 1st edition 1st edition) was in 1810. This is also 1810 but is the "third edition" in what we would call "1st edition 3rd impression" in today's terms. Photo 4 shows a rectangular piece of the walnut style fine binding cut off but it is only a layer and not through the book cover. Photo 5 shows a private home library label on the inside cover. The title page has light foxing around the page edges but binding and other pages inside are in superb condition especially as the book is 214 years old (this book was published when Napoleon was conquering Europe.wow!). Measures 21cm tall x 13cm wide x 3.5cm thick. Weighs 625 grams. NOTE: THIS IS THE ONLY 1810 1ST EDITION (3RD EDITION / IMPRESSION) FOR SALE ON ABEBOOKS AT TIME OF LISTING!
Seller: REAYTRO, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Scott, Sir Walter. The Lady of the Lake. John Ballantyne & Co., Edinburgh, First edition,, 1810.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto. Measures 8 ¾ in. x 10 ¾ in. Portrait, title page, dedication page, argument, contents, fly title to Canto 1; (1)-290; fly titles to all the 6 Cantos present. Notes fly title, Notes: (i)-cxxix. Frontispiece portrait engraving of Scott by Heath after a painting by Saxon; the half title before the portrait is not present. Page 86 with the e're reading, without the line beginning: End under the text at p. 288; watermarks: Balston, 1809, 1810. Todd & Bowden press figures variant: in the Notes p. xxiv no figure rather than: 11. Page 55-56 shows a crease to the upper portion of the page, and pp. 55-56, 167-168, 169-170, 171-172 show small paper repairs to the upper margins. Full dark brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, title in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Dark green silk end papers. Gilt designs on inner leather turn-ins. Front outer cover hinge is cracked; light wear to cover corners. Slight tanning to portrait with off-setting to title page, age-related tanning to text pages. Bookplate of William G. Mather (1857-1951), a Cleveland, Ohio-based book collector. Weight is 5 lbs. Postage may be extra for this item.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait by Heath after Saxon. [viii], 290, cxxix, [i] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Van Antwerp 8; Ruff 86 Contemporary blue straight-grained morocco, covers tooled in gilt and blind with wide outer border, spine in six compartments, a.e.g. Light wear to extremities, small scuff to spine, a very pretty copy Engraved frontispiece portrait by Heath after Saxon. [viii], 290, cxxix, [i] pp. 1 vols. 4to
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
SCOTT, Walter. THE LADY OF THE LAKE;; A poem. John Ballantyne, Edinburgh, 1810.
Price: US$1120.00 + shipping
Description: 4to, pp. 290, cxxix. Copious notes. Frontis portrait. Off-setting to the title-page from the portrait, some contemporary notes on the verso to the half-title. Bound in contemporary full calf (covers separate and first signature separate, amorial bookplate). The interior is nice and clean with wide margins. Tinker 1865; The Lady of the Lake marked the height of Scott's popularity as a poet. 25,000 copies sold in eight months, it broke all records for the sale of poetry, and Scott's fame spread beyond Great Britain to the United States. In the Edinburgh Review, Francis Jeffrey felt it far exceeded its predecessors: the story was 'constructed with infinitely more skill and address' and there was 'a larger variety of characters, more artfully and judiciously contrasted' The poem is considered by critics to be "the most interesting, romantic, picturesque, and graceful" of Scott's works, as well as the most read (Thomson); it is a perfect guide-book to the fairy scene of the Trosachs and Loch Katrine in the Western Highlands of Perthshire.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1210.25 + shipping
Description: Quarto. Half-title, portrait frontispiece of Scott by Heath after a painting by Saxon. 290 pages, cxxix (with errata printed on last page). The popularity of his earlier works printed in octavo led him to begin some editions in quarto (in this case with wide margins). Of this large paper edition only 2050 copies were printed, and it went through eight editions in 2010. Scott who is regarded as father of the Scottish Baronial style wrote in this majestic poem of Loch Latrine in the Southern Highlands (which also drew flocks of tourist to this beautiful area). These stories in verse of feudal times captured the emotions of Rossini while his descriptions of the Scottish Highlands caused Victoria and Albert to build one of their great houses there. James Joyce in 1924 felt his memory was in decline so he took this as one of his favorite poems and memorized 500 lines as an exercise in works he considered excellent. A lovely copy bound in full calf with triple gilt ruled borders and a floral boarder in blind., rebacked to style retaining the original morocco spine label gilt, all edges marbled, endpapers renewed. No names or bookplates. A clean, bright, wide margined copy without names or bookplates.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, demy quarto (11 1/4" x 8 3/4"), pp. (10), (1-3), 4-290, (i-iii), iv-cxxix, (1) blank, engraved frontispiece portrait March 1st, 1810, sheets untrimmed. Original brown paper covered paste boards with original printed paper lettering piece on the back. Fine clean bright uncut copy as issued in original boards. Boards are detached and worn at the edges & extremities. The sheets are remarkably fresh with only the slightest occasional foxing. H9292 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping. All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo.(10), 433 pp. Half-title. Somewhat later black straight-grain morocco, gilt, and marbled endpapers, gilt title on spine (dull), a.e.g.; some scattered foxing and spots in margins of text; cracking along the spine and its extremities, and splitting along the rear leather joint and corresponding hinge. Eighth edition. The gilt edges conceal a contemporary double fore-edge painting, each with an ink manuscript identification at the edge of the endpaper just above the painting: (1) "Rodmarton Place, Gloucestershire," the country house and its outbuilding sitting amidst a grove of trees, and (2) "Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire," the manor, several employees, and some farm animals also amidst a grove of trees. "Ainderby Teeple," possibly the binder, blindstamped in the upper cover.
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$1844.43 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: half-titles and title-page. [10], 180, [2] pp. 25cms with wide margins. Printed by James Ballantyne. 16pp ADVERTISEMENT PAGE : These Ballads have been already published in different collections, some in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, others in the Tales of Wonder, and some of both these Miscellanies. They are now first collection into one Volume. The Songs have been written at different times for the Musical Collections of Mr George Thomson and Mr Whyte. Bound in at the front free-end paper is a small publishers slip noting a set of Prints that illustrate 'The Lady of the Lake' with be published speedily as well as a portraiyt of the author engraved by Fittler [dated August 1, 1810]. Bound at a later date [but not recently] a simple and plain maroon buckram binding with gilt titles to the spine and new end-papers. Size: Large Paper 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Quarto (large paper). Measures 8 ¼ in. x 10 ¾ in. Pagination: [i]-cxxix (these pages are the "Notes" which in this copy are bound in at the front.) and [1]-290 pp. Portrait, title page, dedication page, argument page, half-title for Notes, Notes with errata notice and imprint, contents page, fly -title for Canto 1, text with fly-titles to all the Cantos present. The half-title before the portrait is not present. Frontispiece portrait engraving of Scott by Heath after a painting by Saxon. (The lower edge of this portrait shows a small damp stain.) This copy has two of the four possible watermarks "1809" and "W. Balston 1810 4." It also has the correct e're reading on page 86. Without the line beginning: End, under the text on p. 288. Todd & Bowden press figure 11 on p. xxiv. Full red morocco with five raised bands on the spine, gilt titling and a design incorporating a shamrock form in compartments on the spine. Richly gilt borders around the covers with a gilt-stamped design in the center of the covers. All edges gilt, marbled end papers. This copy is preserved in a two-tone polished wood slip case. The binding shows skillful restoration to the top edge of the spine and the cover corners. Some rubbing is present to the outer cover hinges and to the cover edges. "Lady of the Lake" established the reputation of Scott, who is probably the most popular English author after Shakespeare. It was popular and widely read. Weight is 5.5 lbs. Postage may be extra for this item.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.