The Fair Maid of Perth; or, St. Valentine's Day
by Scott, Sir Walter
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd.. Hardcover. Good. Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., London. Undated but prize presentation plate to front pastedown dated 1942. Book Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Mid-blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding firm with corners bumped and rubbed. Spine ends rubbed and chipped. Boards scuffed and marked and spine edges rubbed. Content clean and bright. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 374 pages. All books are individually described.
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
- Soin2Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000453
- Title
- The Fair Maid of Perth; or, St. Valentine's Day
- Author
- Scott, Sir Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Pages
- 374
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