Other Men's Heroes - Scots honoured on the world's stamps
by Alwyn James
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0904265544
- ISBN 13
- 9780904265545
- Seller
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Macdonald Publishers, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. h/b 171 pages, condition is very good, Signed inscription to the title page. Scotland's unequalled roll-call of prominent inventors and explorers, engineers and doctors, soldiers and statesmen, has attracted many an author in the past. Other Men's Heroes is unique, however, in its selection of Great Scots and in its illustrations. It tells the stories of the Scots who have been honoured outside their own country on the postage stamps of other nations, presented with full-colour reproductions from a superb portfolio of stamps from-more than 60 countries, depicting nearly 50 different Scots. The chapters of the book group the biographies under such headings as Explorers, Administrators, Royal Scots - including the Stuarts and the present Queen Mother - and Doctors; and Scotland's literary heritage is underlined by the inclusion of the men who gave the world Long John Silver, Dangerous Dan McGrew, Sherlock Holmes, DrJekyll and Tam O'Shanter. This is a book about other nations' acknowledgements of the contribution made to the world community by a varied collection of Scots, with the stamps providing a delightful - accompaniment as colourful as the characters themselves.
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- Bookseller
- Hanselled Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 079613
- Title
- Other Men's Heroes - Scots honoured on the world's stamps
- Author
- Alwyn James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0904265544
- ISBN 13
- 9780904265545
- Publisher
- Macdonald Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1982
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Hanselled Books has been providing Quality Online Service since 2002. We were an exclusively web based business but in October 2009 we opened retail premises in Burntisland Fife, allowing us to expand the range of books on offer.We stock a range of second-hand and new books; we are particularly strong in Scottish Interest and difficult to find titles. With over 16,000 book titles in stock we are sure you will find something to suit your wants.
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