Walter Scott — Kenilworth a Romance in Three Volumes

Edinburgh , Archibald Constable and Co; and John Ballantyne, 1821. First edition. Hardback. The complete set of this historical novel from Sir Walter Scott. First edition. Each volume features its original half title, and is bound in its original publishers' bindings. Kenilworth is a novel of selfishness versus selflessness and ambition versus love. The title refers to Dudley's Kenilworth Castle in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The novel opens, however, at Cumnor Place, near Abingdon in Berkshire. Much of the novel gives a fair depiction of the Elizabethan court, involving representations of historical figures such as Mary Queen of Scots, William Shakespeare, and the Earl of Essex, Sir Christopher Blount. Complete in three volumes. In original publishers bindings. Externally, all volumes are a trifle rubbed, with wear and loss to the spines.Backstrips are lifting in places. Two front, and three rear hinges are slightly strained. Internally, all volumes are generally firmly bound, and bright throughout. Light spotting to the text block edge, with some light marginal foxing to volume one. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .