It would be difficult to assign any good reason why the author of Ivanhoe, after using, in that work, all the art he possessed to remove the personages, action, and manners of the tale, to a distance from his own country, should choose for the scene of his next attempt the celebrated ruins of Melrose, in the immediate neighbourhood of his own residence. But the reason, or caprice, which dictated his change of system, has entirely escaped his recollection, nor is it worth while to attempt recalling what must be a matter of ...
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It would be difficult to assign any good reason why the author of Ivanhoe, after using, in that work, all the art he possessed to remove the personages, action, and manners of the tale, to a distance from his own country, should choose for the scene of his next attempt the celebrated ruins of Melrose, in the immediate neighbourhood of his own residence. But the reason, or caprice, which dictated his change of system, has entirely escaped his recollection, nor is it worth while to attempt recalling what must be a matter of very little consequence.
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Collins' Pocket Classics series. Hardback. 6" x 4". Good+/ No dj. 564pp with illustrations by A. T. Smith and including Notes & 4pp Publishers catalogue. Maroon endpapers. Maroon cover swith gitl decoration & title on spine.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Fair. No Jacket. 8vo. Cover is bumped, sunned and with edge wear. Pages clean, browning with edge wear and loose. The gutter is damaged. On the feb the owner signed it and stamped.
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Very Good. No Dj. Book 12 mo., hardcover, VG in maroon boards. Top pages edged in gilt. a historical novel set in the Scottish Borders in the 1550s on the eve of the Reformation, it is centred on Melrose Abbey. 496 pp.