Author: [Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832].
Title: Clara Mowbray, or, St. Ronan's Well: An affecting narrative. By the author of Waverley, Kenilworth, Pirate, & c.
Description: London: Dean & Mundy, Threadneedle-Street, 1824. 16mo (16 cm), recent buff wrappers and flyleaves. Hand-colored folding frontis., [3], 6-38 pp.
A concise edition of Walter Scott's tragic novel, St. Ronan's Well, set in a fictional Scottish village by that name. With a frontispiece consisting of four illustrations, captioned as follows: "Tyrrel's interview with Clara Mowbray", "Bulmer disguised as Tyrrel marrying Clara Mowbray", "The duel between Tyrrel & Bulmer," and "Affecting death of Clara Mowbray." The frontis. carries a copyright date of 1824.CONDITION: Offsetting from frontis. on title page, light foxing throughout, text and images sound and clean, sympathetic new covers, a very appealing item.
Item #5329
Seller ID: 5329






