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Queens' Play
by Dunnett, Dorothy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Cassell, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Barbosa -- Dustwrapper. list of characters. At the beginning of the text. There is a double page map showing France and the various towns in the story. Green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by Barbosa, with pink and white colour titles to the front panel and backstrip. The second of the Lymond sequence of books. Francis Crawford of Lymond, an outlawed Scottish soldier of Fortune, is sent to France by Mary of Guise to protect her daughter Mary Queen of Scots. As he gets closer to the would-be murderer of his charge, he brings himself and Mary closer to their own deaths. Minor softening of the head and of the heel of the backstrip with a trace of foxing to the top text edge. A little age toning of the textblock edges and of the pages. Light rubbing of the wrapper edges and sunning to the backstrip. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [16], 3-432, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Barbosa -- Dustwrapper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Inventory No: 0114757. .
Synopsis
Dorothy Dunnett was born in 1923 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Her time at Gillespie's High School for Girls overlapped with that of the novelist Muriel Spark. From 1940-1955, she worked for the Civil Service as a press officer. In 1946, she married Alastair Dunnett, later editor of The Scotsman . Dunnett started writing in the late 1950s. Her first novel, The Game of Kings , was published in the United States in 1961, and in the United Kingdom the year after. She published 22 books in total, including the six-part Lymond Chronicles and the eight-part Niccolo Series, and co-authored another volume with her husband. Also an accomplished professional portrait painter, Dunnett exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions and had portraits commissioned by a number of prominent public figures in Scotland. She also led a busy life in public service, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland, a Trustee of the Scottish National War Memorial, and Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival. She served on numerous cultural committees, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1992 she was awarded the Office of the British Empire for services to literature. She died on November 9, 2001, at the age of 78.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0114757
- Title
- Queens' Play
- Author
- Dunnett, Dorothy
- Illustrator
- Barbosa -- Dustwrapper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Lymond series – number two, Scotland, France, Francis Crawford of Lymond, Mary Queen of Scots, 16th century, thriller Literature & Literary; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Barbosa -- Dustwrapper Unbranded Dunnett, Dorothy Queens'
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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