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Reprint, (from 1923 Scribner's first illustrated trade edition.) Hard cover, large 8vo, in black cloth covered boards with applied chromolithographed cover art, titles printed to spine in gold, illustrated endpapers, color illustrated title page, plus nine additional full page color illustrations by American Artist Charles Bosseron Chambers (see below). COLLATION: xxxiii, [xxxiv-xxxvi], 422pp, plus 1 pg. series advertising for Scribner's "Illustrated Classics for Young Readers." CONDITION: Very Good. A few light scuff to covers. Pages moderately age toned, otherwise sound, square and with no obvious shelfwear. With lengthy introduction and Notes following text, best for the enthusiastic, young adult (or older) reader, perhaps. In his introduction datelined Abbotsford, Dec. 1831, prolific Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) dives deep into the historical background of 15th century French, English and continental politics, with historical facts about France's King Louis XI and changes evolving in the feudal system with consequent erosion of the values of chivalry. This book was one of the most popular of Scott's "Waverley Novels," a series of historical fiction which became a publishing sensation in the early nineteenth century. [It was also adapted into a wonderfully cheesey 1955 MGM swashbuckler of the same name, starring Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall and Robert Morley as the nasty King Louis XI. Blurb from IMDB: "Scottish knight in France to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue."] **St. Louis-born Artist C. Bosseron Chambers (1882-1964) trained in Europe, later working in Florida and New York, became known for his book illustrations, society portraiture and Catholic religious imagery.
Ref: ILLUS 9472
$40.00