Title: The Lay of the Last Minstrel (A Poem)

Author: Sir Walter Scott

Publisher: Charles S. Francis, 252 Broadway, New York

Publishing Date: 1841

Edition: "A new edition with the author's latest corrections"

Binding: Cloth hardcover

Pages: 249 pp. including extensive appendix notes

Illustrated: Frontispiece illustrated engraving

Interior Condition: Solid binding, complete and intact. Moderate foxing, previous owner name written in pencil on front endpaper

Exterior Condition: Sunned spine, thumb pull tear at top of spine, moderate rub marks

Dust Jacket: No

Size: 12mo

Comments: The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) is a long narrative poem by Walter Scott. Lady Margaret Scott of Buccleuch, the "Flower of Teviot" is beloved by Baron Henry of Cranstown an ally of the Ker Clan, but a deadly feud exists between the two border clans of Scott & Carr/Ker, which has resulted in the recent murder of Lady Margaret's father, Sir Walter Scott of Buccleuch by the Kers on the High Street in Edinburgh.