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ROKEBY ; A POEM by SIR WALTER SCOTT - Fine Colour-Stained Calf Binding 1813
ROKEBY ; A POEM by SIR WALTER SCOTT - Fine Colour-Stained Calf Binding 1813
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ROKEBY; A POEM
In Six Cantos
By Sir Walter Scott
Published by John Ballantyne, Edinburgh, 1813. Fourth Edition. Fine leather binding, calf stained in brown, green and maroon and with gilt decoration, marble endpapers, pp 413, [1].
CONDITION
A very good copy. The leather binding remains in good condition with no cracking to the hinges. A good solid copy. Endpapers very good. All contents present and the pages are in lovely clean condition throughout. Neat name written to front endpaper and again to the half-title page. Overall a very good copy printed the same year as the first edition.
Rokeby (first published in 1813) is a narrative poem in six cantos by Walter Scott. It is set in Teesdale during the English Civil War.
At Oswald's instigation Bertram makes an attempt on the life of Philip, which he mistakenly thinks has succeeded, and an attack on Rokeby Castle, in which the castle is set on fire. Wilfrid and Matilda, through the efforts of Redmond, are able to escape the blaze. It emerges that Redmond, now in Oswald's hands, is the long-lost son of Philip, and that Philip has survived the assassination attempt. Oswald tries to force Lord Rokeby to accept a marriage between Wilfrid and Matilda, but this is prevented by Wilfrid's death. Bertram kills his master Oswald to avoid further bloodshed, but is killed in his turn. Philip is reunited with his son, and the young lovers marry.
In Six Cantos
By Sir Walter Scott
Published by John Ballantyne, Edinburgh, 1813. Fourth Edition. Fine leather binding, calf stained in brown, green and maroon and with gilt decoration, marble endpapers, pp 413, [1].
CONDITION
A very good copy. The leather binding remains in good condition with no cracking to the hinges. A good solid copy. Endpapers very good. All contents present and the pages are in lovely clean condition throughout. Neat name written to front endpaper and again to the half-title page. Overall a very good copy printed the same year as the first edition.
Rokeby (first published in 1813) is a narrative poem in six cantos by Walter Scott. It is set in Teesdale during the English Civil War.
At Oswald's instigation Bertram makes an attempt on the life of Philip, which he mistakenly thinks has succeeded, and an attack on Rokeby Castle, in which the castle is set on fire. Wilfrid and Matilda, through the efforts of Redmond, are able to escape the blaze. It emerges that Redmond, now in Oswald's hands, is the long-lost son of Philip, and that Philip has survived the assassination attempt. Oswald tries to force Lord Rokeby to accept a marriage between Wilfrid and Matilda, but this is prevented by Wilfrid's death. Bertram kills his master Oswald to avoid further bloodshed, but is killed in his turn. Philip is reunited with his son, and the young lovers marry.
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