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Scott, Sir Walter. ROKEBY: A POEM ... The Fourth Edition. Edinburgh: Printed for John Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London; By James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh, 1813. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-3] 4-413 [414: blank], inserted engraved vignette title leaf and inserted engraved plates with illustrations by Thomas Stothard, nineteenth century tan crushed morocco with elaborate tooling in gold and blind, black leather labels affixed to spine panel, a.e.g., maroon endpapers. Later edition. A long poem set in 1644 during the English Civil War with a touch of the supernatural; a haunted glen. Private owner's bookplate affixed to recto of front free endpaper. Binding rubbed at edges, slight loss to one of the spine labels, plates foxed, some scattered foxing and darkening to text block. Externally a nice copy in a handsome binding. (#95077)
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