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Sir Walter Scott. Ivanhoe; a Romance. Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1820....
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A very fine copy in original boards
Sir Walter Scott. Ivanhoe; a Romance. Edinburgh:
Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1820.3 volumes, 8vo (198 x 121 mm). Half-titles, Author's Advertisement leaf in Vol. I, and 4-page publisher's advertisements at end of Vol. III. Original bluish-gray boards with tan paper backstrips, printed paper spine labels, uncut; cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL HISTORICAL NOVELS. This copy with points of the first state as listed by Worthington with one exception. The points in vol. I: pagination ends on p. 298; forme-mark on p. [iii] is 9; "Peter" is first word on p. iv, line 6; p. v, line 12 the second and fourth words are "which," not the third as noted in Worthington, but with the 6 forme-mark; "observed" is first word on p. vi, line 14; without commas on p. ix, line 1 or p. xii, line 5 after "fought" or "people" respectively; "toilsome" reading on p. xv, line 3; no forme-marks on pp. xvi, xix, or xxiv, forme-marks of "9" and "12" on pp. xxviii and xxx respectively; a comma after "paste" on p. xxix.
Scott began writing Ivanhoe in July 1819, and had finished by 10 November of that same year. When finally published on 18 December after a series of delays, the novel proved to be a spectacular success. Francis Jeffrey wrote in the Edinburgh Review, that it showed "... at least as much genius as any of those with which it must now be numbered," and in less than two weeks, the entire first printing of 12,000 copies had been sold out. A FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS.
Condition: Minor wear to joints and spine ends, with minor splits or small losses; corners a little bumped and worn; spine labels a little darkened and rubbed. Owner's signature clipped from upper front free endpaper at head in Vols. II and III; small triangular internal hole/pull on blank for margin of A8 (Dedicatory Epistle) in Vol. I.
References: Grolier, English 71; Worthington 8.
Provenance: Margaret Gibson (signature dated "1866" on front free endpaper in Vol. I); purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1969. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 June 27 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6295 (go to Auction Home page)
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