1814
by SCOTT, Sir Walter
1814. SCOTT, Sir Walter. THE BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN, OR THE VALE OF ST JOHN. IN THREE CANTOS. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. 16mo., brown quarter-calf leather & marbled boards. Fourth Edition. A fantastic piece of prose from one of England's most influential authors and an interweaving of three stories, all with a Lake District setting: the eighteenth-century courtship of Arthur and Lucy, the Arthurian Legend of 'Lyulph's Tale', and the twelfth-century romance of Sir Roland de Vaux. Arthurian romance, action and England at its most chivalrous. Good (contents clean & tight; spine quite waorn & front cover detached). $75.00. (Inventory #: 3027)