THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS
by Jane Porter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. Reprint. Hardcover. Light general wear to black cloth covered boards, bottom fore corners worn. ; Bright solid book, hinges intact. Black cloth covered boards with full color, full page illustration pasted on front board. Decorative endpapers, all 8 color plates by N.C. Wyeth are present. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 503 pages; This version of the 1810 Scottish classic by Jane Porter, first published by Scribner's in 1921, is well enhanced by Wyeth's full page color illustrations. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20932
- Title
- THE SCOTTISH CHIEFS
- Author
- Jane Porter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- scotland, n.c. wyeth
- Bookseller catalogs
- British Fiction; Fiction / Historical;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...