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Scottish Pageant
by Mackenzie, Agnes Mure (illus. Joan Hassall)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue clothbound boards (some sunning on cover, fading on spine), gilt spine titling, text b
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1946. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue clothbound boards (some sunning on cover, fading on spine), gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp (top edge black). Owner's neat inscription ffep.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Agnes Mure Mackenzie CBE (1891-1955) was a Scottish historian and writer who wrote a 6-volume history of Scotland. Towards the end of her life she also wrote a 4-volume Scottish Pageant (oif which this was the first) presenting translated excerpts of important documents from Scottish history.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133233
- Title
- Scottish Pageant
- Author
- Mackenzie, Agnes Mure (illus. Joan Hassall)
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue clothbound boards (some sunning on cover, fading on spine), gilt spine titling, text b
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oliver and Boyd
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 261
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, history, Scotland, anthropology, Mackenzie, Hassall
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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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...
- Crisp
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- Spine
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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