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The Fair Maid of Perth
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine, blue calfbound limp boards, no d/j, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; top edges gilt.
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson, n.d. (?1950). hardback. Fine, blue calfbound limp boards, no d/j, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; top edges gilt.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Scott's 1828 novel, one of the Waverley novels was inspired by the bizarre, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch. It is set in Perth (known at the time as Saint John's Toun, i.e. John's Town) and other parts of Scotland around 1400.
Synopsis
The Fair Maid of Perth (or St. Valentine's Day) is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. Inspired by the strange story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth and other parts of Scotland around 1400. The book had been intended to include two other stories in the same volume: "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror" and "Death of the Laird's Jock", and was to have been titled St. Valentine's Eve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC79973
- Title
- The Fair Maid of Perth
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine, blue calfbound limp boards, no d/j, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked; top edges gilt.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- n.d. (?1950)
- Pages
- 572
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, historical fiction, pocket, Walter Scott
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_\"\" x 4\"\")
Terms of Sale
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
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