The Lay of the Last Minstrel by Sir Walter Scott, First Edition (13 results)

Cloth Bds. 1st Edition. Chipped. cloth split at folds. hinge crack. text clean / pages lightly toned at edges. gilt top edge. Fair-Good / brown cloth stained with corner wear. spine-ends.

Brown Pictorial Card. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. With Frontispiece (illustrator). Undated Circa 1910. Please Email for further details Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾". Not Signed or Inscribed. Paperback.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition Thus; First Printing. New York: D. Appleton. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1869. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Soft Cover. 647 pages This scarce vintage volume is lacking the rear cover. The front cover has wear and light rubbing. The spine is chipped and has been repaired at the center lengthwise with a piece of scotch tape by a previous owner. Small tape repairs inside front hinge. Light foxing and dust soiling to pages. Pages 417-647 have light damp staining. It starts in margins of the lower corner and fore edge and by the end of the book it spreads to about the lower third. Soiling and age toning to back of last page. 4 by 6 1/2 inches. Soft Cover. ; This rare vintage paperback's Contents include a 20 page Memoir of the Author, Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, Lady of the Lake, Don Roderick, Rokeby, Balads, Lyrics, and Songs. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 647 pages . bx 21 s.

Disbound. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Original, complete newspaper in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 170 grams . A long narrative poem. First published in this edition 1922 fifth printing 1932.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Thus. IN GOOD CONDITION. With Notes and a Chronological Summary of His Life and Index. xxx, (1), 160pp, bound in rounded WOODEN BOARDS, MADE OF WOOD GROWN ON THE LANDS OF ABBOTSFORD (Scott's home), with a gilt decorated, leather backstrip. Front cover shows a portrait vignette of Sir Walter Scott by Sir Henry Raeburn, along with 4 smaller vignettes of Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh Castle, Sir Walter Scott's Tomb at Dryburgh Abbey and Abbotsford. The back cover has a vignette of a street scene. Covers have inner dentelles, silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt, along with 2 (of 4) pearlized buttons on the back cover, meant to keep the back cover suspended, protecting the vignette. Includes 6 mounted albumen photographs. A few pages show edge wear/chips (not affecting the text).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition (Unstated). B&W Illustrations; 647 pages; Light wear to cover and spine edges. Title page is included but separated from binding. Binding is otherwise tight. Foxing to illustration plates. No markings or other defects. ; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Sir Walter Scott, the most popular author of his day, had an abiding interest in the old Border ballads, the inspiration for this work. First edition in an extraordinary 'Gothic' binding, green cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt, with Gothic arches blind stamped into the front and rear boards. An only 'Good' copy, with worn tips, dusty, and the spine and front board dulled, the back board brighter, all edges gilt, 354 pp. Illustrated throughout by one hundred superb engravings by Birket Foster and John Gilbert.

THREE QUARTER BROWN LEATHER. Condition: VERY GOOD. FIRST EDITION THUS. . XXIV, 624 PAGES. FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT OF SCOTT, ENGRAVING "MONUMENT AT EDINBURGH" ON HALF TITLE PAGE (SMALL BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER STAIN). GOLD GILT LETTERING AND DECORATION ON THE SPINE. THREE EDGES GOLD GILT. SOME GENERAL WEAR. DESPITE THE FLAWS, THE BOOK IS CLEARLY CLEAN STRONG TIGHT AND VERY PRESENTABLE. Size: 24MO.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Cover Art (illustrator). First Edition. -------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a solid Good to Very Good example, marbled boards with quarter-bound leather (spine and corners), binding looks contemporary or certainly mid 19th century, text block edges are marbled as well, some wear rubbing to boards, tips and edges of boards, some foxing throughout with the foxing being heavier to the first 75 to 80 (or so) pages (see scans), -old pencil note from a bookseller on first blank endpaper stating "1st Edition wants half title", the half title page is not present but that is not uncommon for this title, ---overall a quite tidy copy of the 1st edition of Scott's first real book, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 8.5w x 10.75h Inches. Not Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Large hardcover, 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Recently, professionally, rebound in mustard yellow cloth - clean and without labels or lettering. New gray endpapers. Original free endpaper preserved, with early ownership name. Title page dated 1805. 319 pages. Printed in a large font and with wide margins. Pages slightly toned from age, and with mild foxing here and there. Text block tight and square. This printing has Longman, Hurst, etc on the title page as publishers and Ballantyne, Edinburgh as printer. Scott was in his early thirties when he composed the Last Minstrel; it would be a full decade until he began writing the novels for which he is chiefly remembered. Please email with questions or to request photos.

252 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. 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 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 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.

Leather. Condition: Fair. None (illustrator). First edition. Six early editions of Sir Walter Scott's poetry, bound in five volumes. With five of the poems being first editions, some first impressions. Very scarce to have so many quarto editions in one collection. Being The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1808), Longman,Hurst, Rees, and Orme; . Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field (1808) Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; Lady of the Lake (1810) John Ballantyne and Co ; . Rokeby (1813) John Ballantyne and Co; The Vision of Don Roderick A Poem (1811) John Ballantyne and Co. The Lord of the Isles A Poem (1815) Archibald Constable and Co. With 'Rokeby' and 'The Vision of Don Roderick' bound together in volume IV. 'Lay of the Last' is an Eighth edition and stated to title page, 'Marmion' is a first edition with half-titles. Lacking publisher"s adverts. 'The Lady of the Lake' is a first edition, later printing. Does not have the issue points regarding canto six. 'Rokeby', is a first edition first printing, a scarce work which had only 25 copies of the large-paper edition printed. With the issue points of page 39 being correctly numbered, page 81 shows the signature as a capital L with the press figure 7. Page 329 has the signature "2T". This copy has publisher"s adverts stating new editions of Scott"s works and also a list of illustration volumes that can be purchased to be bound in with the poems and is complete with half-titles. "The Vision of Don Roderick" is present to the rear of this volume. This is the first edition, first impression with line two of page three beginning "May swell". This copy has been bound without publisher"s adverts so cannot establish any further issue points. Does however, have its half titles. The Lord of the Isles is a First Edition with the watermark "W Balston 1814" to page 38, Page 37 line 8 has an inverted quotation mark before "Till". Page 87 has the press figure "10" to the bottom of the page. With half-titles. Only 'Rokeby' has its publisher's adverts. Prior owner's inscription to the recto of front endpaper to all volumes, Robert Stedder. None of these volumes are illustrated. Sir Walter Scott is a celebrated historical novelist, poet and author. Several of these poems were inspired by historical events. 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel' is a long narrative poem written in six cantos. It is a romance in the Gothic style. And discusses a tale of a sixteenth century Border feud. 'Marmion' is a historical romance regarding 16th century Britain and the Battle of Flodden. 'The Lady of the Lake' is set in the Trossachs region of Scotland. Each canto of this six canto poem concerns the action of a single day. 'The Vision of Don Roderick' celebrated the Duke of Wellington's victories during the Peninsular War. 'Rokeby' is set in Teesdale during the English Civil War and tells the tale of attacks on castles and the Lord Rokeby. 'The Lord of the Isles' is another narrative poem by Scott, which regards Robert Bruce. In uniform full calf bindings. Externally, worn. Heavy rubbing to the spines of all volumes resulting in large portions of loss to the leather. To volumes I, II, III and IV both boards are detached but present. To volume V the front board is detached but present. The rear hinge and joint are weak and held by one cord only. Front endpaper to volume I is loosening. Inscription of one M K Fortescue to the verso of front endpaper to volume I. Prior owner"s inscription, "Robert Stedder" to the recto of front endpaper of all volumes. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are generally bright. Heavy scattered spotting to the first and last few pages to volume II. Otherwise, all volumes have just the occasional light spots to pages. Fair. book.