Fair Maid of Perth, The ( Volume XXIV )
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: George D. Sproul, 1902. Book. Very Good. Three Quarter Leather. Limited and Numbered Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 464 pages, #359 of a thousand limited edition, gilt edged top, marbled boards, leather was apparently originally green but has faded to brownm vwery gentle wear. The Midlothian Edition.
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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- Bookseller
- Good Old Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000010639
- Title
- Fair Maid of Perth, The ( Volume XXIV )
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited and Numbered Edition
- Publisher
- George D. Sproul
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Rob Roy, Limited Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...