Kenilworth Romance by Scott Walter, First Edition (30 results)

Leather Binding. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Separate. Kenilworth, a Romance. This book is in fair condition, with some signs of aging, wear, and damage; the headband is severely damaged, and the book is split at page 256. The book is still held together. *** Please note that some items may be heavy or oversize, and therefore may require an additional shipping cost; please contact the seller if you require a shipping estimate on the item before purchase. ***.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition from Columbia University Press. Review copy, with the publisher's review slip laid in at the front. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are age toned. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket shows just a little light wear, mostly around the corners. 541pp.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Includes previous owner's signature. Series; The waverley novels. Physical description; xiii,368 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Subjects; Scott, Walter (1771-1832). Scottish Literature. Genres; Illustrated. Novel. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth, edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Includes previous owner's signature. Series; The waverley novels. Physical description; xiii,368 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. Subjects; Scott, Walter (1771-1832). Scottish Literature. Genres; Illustrated. Novel. 1 Kg.

Navy Hardback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition Thus. 1993. xvi, 541pp plus map to rear. Part of the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverly Novels. With acknowledgements and a general introduction. Foreword by David Daiches. Going back to the original manuscripts, a team of scholars has uncovered what Scott originally wrote and intended his public to read before errors, misreadings and expurgations crept in during production. The Edinburgh Edition offers you:* A clean, corrected text* Textual histories* Explanatory notes* Verbal changes from the first-edition text* Full glossaries. "In his ever-popular romance of Tudor England, Scott brilliantly recreates all the passion, brutality, verve and vitality of the Elizabethan world. Only two of his novels end tragically - Kenilworth ends with the death of Amy Robsart, who unwisely loved Queen Elizabeth's favourite, the Earl of Leicester." Very slight soiling to top edge. Book and unclipped dust jacket otherwise both in excellent condition. No inscriptions.

Half-Leather. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Vols 2 and 3 only, thus lacking vol.1 to complete. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, which are lightly rubbed. Spine gilt faded,heads of spines rubbed with slt loss. Collates thus :Vol.2. [vi], [1], 4-332pp. The first state of this vol. reading "here" for ere on p.119, line 4. Vol.3. [vi], [1], 4-346pp. Both vols carry the half title page.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Original plain grey boards with green paper spine with original title labels. "Elizabeth Arabella Barry Cottage Malvern Wells 1821" on front pastedown (1) and similar (2-3). All halftitles and titles present. Loose in (1) is a flier for Illustrations of Kenilworth and a 4p catalogue (January 1821). Only slight spotting. Texts generally very good. Title labels rubbed and chip (3) removes volume no. Spines VERY WORN with SOME LOSS. Boards quite clean but minor damp marks (3). BOARDS DETACHED (1). A good original set in need of some restoration. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1400g.

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, 3 vols., pp. [ii], 320; 339, [1]; [ii], 348. Half-titles and advertisements discarded. Slightly later half calf, spine divided by gilt rules and lettered in gilt, marbled boards, edges marbled. Several bifolia partly sprung, title-pages toned and a few gatherings rather spotted, a bit of other light soiling and spotting. Rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, joints cracking at head. The first edition of Scott?s historical novel set in Elizabethan England, which re-ignited the intrigue surrounding Amy Robsart?s (1532-1560) death. Scott finished the book on the 27th of December, 1820, and the printing was completed by the 5th of January, 1821. Todd & Bowden 149Aa.

Hardcover. In three volumes. First edition. 8vo., cont. half calf, marble boards, 320; 339; 348pp. Binding quite rubbed a good copy.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. 3 vols. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled boards. Covers slightly worn and rubbed with leather cracking at hinges, front board of vol. 2 just held by the bands, front board (along with prelims) of vol. 3 detached, otherwise near very good with text blocks clean and sound. Small owner stamp and ink name.

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of William Mundy. Very good copies in half aniline calf over marbled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 volumes, 20 cm. Subjects; Leicester, Robert Dudley Earl of 1532?-1588 ; Fiction. Dudley, Amy Robsart Lady 1532-1560. Kenilworth Castle (Kenilworth, England). Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603. Romans, nouvelles. 1 Kg.

FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Half titles. Contemp. half olive green sheep, spines ruled & directly lettered in gilt, devices in blind; spines darkened, a little rubbed, one corner knocked. A good-plus copy. Todd & Bowden 149Aa. 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'. Set during the reign of Elizabeth I, Kenilworth was widely praised by contemporary critics for its 'vivid and magnificent' portrayal of the Virgin Queen.

FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Half titles, 4pp ads vol. III. Contemp. half calf, gilt rules, brown leather labels, sl. chipped vol. II; spine darkened & a little rubbed. Ronald Taylor booklabels. Todd & Bowden 149Aa. With printer's imprint on verso of two of the three titlepages; line 4, p119 vol. II in the second state, reading 'ere' for 'Here'. Set during the reign of Elizabeth I, Kenilworth was widely praised by contemporary critics for its 'vivid and magnificent' portrayal of the Virgin Queen.

In three volumes. First edition. Tall 12mo., cont. half calf, marble boards, leather spine labels, 320; 339; 348, (4)pp.ads. With the half-titles (in duplicate as noted by Todd & Bowden). Boards rubbed o/w a very good set. Todd & Bowden A199Aa.

1st edition. Provenance: Bookplate of William Mundy. Very good copies in half aniline calf over marbled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 3 volumes, 20 cm. Subjects; Leicester, Robert Dudley Earl of 1532?-1588 ; Fiction. Dudley, Amy Robsart Lady 1532-1560. Kenilworth Castle (Kenilworth, England). Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603. Romans, nouvelles. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. First edition. 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.

3 vols. 12mo, original boards; old gilt calf spines; in an ill-fitting later cloth slipcase. First edition. Old ink signature at head of each title page; joints a little cracked but still very sound; some light scuffingand rubbing to corners. Half-titles present.

Condition: Very good. Historical romance novel, part of the Waverley novels. Imprints to the verso of the title and last pages. No half-title pages. 3 Pages of adverts at the rear of Volume III. Light and scattered foxing to pages. Toning to the speckled edges. Vol I - 320 Pages; Vol II - 339 Pages; Vol III - 348 pages. 1st Edition. Condition: Very good. Binding: Hardcover. Marbled boards over leather. Edge-wear to extremities. Lacks some of the header and footer of Vol II. Rubbing with some foxing to the boards. Gilt to spine.

Hardback. Condition: Good Only. None (illustrator). First edition. 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. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Three volumes; size of the bindings: 4 ¾ in. x 8 1/8 in. Vol. I: [4], [1]-320 pp. with imprint at the bottom of page 320; Vol. II: [4], [1]-339 pp. with imprint at the bottom of page 339; Vol. III: [4], [1]-348 pp. with imprint on p. 348 + 4 pp. publisher's catalogue. All three volumes have their half-titles and second half-titles. Bound in full, dark brown morocco leather by Zaehnsdorf, with their gilt stamp on the lower front inner turn-in, five raised bands on the spine, with gilt titling, double-line borders, and richly gilt inner dentelles, brown watered silk endpapers, top-edge gilt. The fore and lower edges of the book have not been trimmed in binding. Fading to the spines and cover margins. The lower spine of Vol. III shows a small abrasion to the leather and there us light wear to the cover corners. With the bookplates of Cleveland, Ohio-based book collector, William G. Mather (1857-1951), on the reverse of the front free endpapers. Weight 3.5 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 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.

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.

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 Queen's favourite, Robert Dudley, first Earl of Leicester. NCBEL III 673. Todd 149Aa.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. First Printing. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a first edition 1821 copy of Kenilworth; A Romance - by the author of "Waverley," "Ivanhoe," &c., aka Sir Walter Scott. The story is told across three volumes, and each volume is in various ranges of very good condition in a navy blue and gilt cover. The books also have marbled edges and very light and sporadic spotting. There is one oddity in the collection however, as though all three books have the same style of cover and colors, the spine of volume 3 does not match the spine of the other two volumes (see pictures once uploaded). In terms of condition: Volume 1 is in good/very good condition with some chipping on the top of the spine and discoloration and wear on the hinges and corners; Volume 2 is in very good condition with the same hinge and corner condition, but less chipping on the spine; and volume 3 is in very good condition with even less wear.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). First. 3 volumes, slim 8vo, handsomely bound by Zaenhsdorf in full burgundy morocco, gilt spines and covers, inner dentelles, top edges gilt. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1821. First Edition. Near fine.

First Editions. Small Octavo. In three volumes. Each volume with two half-titles, 320, 339 and 348pp., only volume two has imprint on the verso of title, volume two has "ere" on p. 119 and p. 338 "having" . lacks ads and lacks one blank at rear of volume three. Spines of volumes two and three mis-numbered. Bound in 3/4 black morocco over marbled paper covered boards, spines flat with lettering and rules in gilt, contemporary bookplate of John Fitzherbert Ruxton. A very nice, handsome set.

FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Half titles, 4pp cata. vol. III; each vol. with retained blanks from earlier binding with the signature of H.J.D. Waddilove 1823. Later half brown morocco by J. McKelvie ; sl. rubbed, spines sl. faded. t.e.g. v.g. Todd & Bowden 149Aa. With printer's imprint on verso of all three titlepages; line 4, p119 vol. II in the second state, reading 'ere' for 'Here'. Set during the reign of Elizabeth I, Kenilworth was widely praised by contemporary critics for its 'vivid and magnificent' portrayal of the Virgin Queen.

[SCOTT, Walter]. Kenilworth; A Romance. By the Author of "Waverley," "Ivanhoe," &c. Original boards, printed paper spine labels, housed in custom cloth slipcase. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co, 1821. 3 Vols. First edition. Worthington 11. Rebacked in period-style paper, spine labels laid down, some wear to spine ends of Vols. One and Two, faint scattered foxing, else a very good untrimmed set.