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 1813ROKEBY; 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.

of Dunedin and bound in two volumes

cloth with gilt title to spine

but the eloquent ant manages to win a reprieve

Running throughout the collection like a continuous thread are the letters and diaries of Jane Maria Richmond (1824-1914)

under medical advice

Educated and cultured

[which] first appeared in the "Southern Literary Messenger

They were among the first sketches of American life to show the frontier folk to themselves as they really were and to make fun of American manners and speech in a way at once good natured and sardonic

binding is tight and square with all contents present

Every chapter

agreed with the Dalziel Brothers to make a series of drawings larger than usual to be thoroughly representative of rustic English scenery

Contents include John Hawkins and the African slave trade