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Arthur Erskine's Story: a Tale of the Days of Knox
by Alcock, Deborah
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: T Nelson and Sons, 1884. No dustwrapper, some wear to the spine ends, bevelled edges and corners of green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles and decoration on the spine is rubbed but still readable, as is the gilt title and red-and-black illustration of John Knox's house on front board. Minor foxing to outer pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being a historical tale set in Scotland at the time of the Reformation in the mid sixteenth century. No author's name given (''By the Author of 'The Spanish Brothers', 'The Czar: a Tale of the Time of the First Napoleon' etc' '' but author's name, according to the British Library, was Deborah Alcock (1825-1913). She was the daughter of the Anglican Archdeacon of Waterford and wrote many other novels of the same type. 520pp plus 8pp adverts.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005758
- Title
- Arthur Erskine's Story: a Tale of the Days of Knox
- Author
- Alcock, Deborah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- T Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1884
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Historic-Fiction, Scottish-Fiction, Religious-fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Religion; Scotland; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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