Ivanhoe.

SCOTT, Sir Walter (1771-1832), [LANG, Andrew, introduction], [LALAUZE, Ad., illustrator].

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910. [Historical Fiction] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a later printing thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] lvi; 673 [3]. With 12 etched plates by Lalauze, including a frontispiece. Contemporary red full calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and gilt roll-tooling to boards. All edges and endpapers marbled, with gilt dentelle to turn-ins. School prize plate to front pastedown, dated 1912. Light spotting to endpapers and facing blanks, otherwise internally crisp and clean. Sunned and rubbed to spine, with a few marks. Very good. Scott's classic late 12th century tale of the dwindling Saxon nobility on the eve of Richard I's capture by Leopold of Austria, also featuring the first modern characterisation of Robin Hood. Item #70960

Price: £45.00