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The Marked Man
by TREVOR, Meriol; BIRO [Val] (DJ design)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Spine slightly cocked, bruising to spine ends, spotting to top edge. Scuffed patch to ffep, inscribed by Trevor in black pen below: "To Sheila/ with love from Meriol/ 1974." Else, clean and tight. In Val Biro's wintery dust jacket: edgewear and creasing, especially to spine ends. Still, a pleasing copy of the second novel (of six) in Trevor's Luxembourg series, unusual inscribed. Meriol Trevor (1919�2000) was a British novelist and biographer, whose "Catholicism and understanding of history quietly underlaid all her work" (Matthews, 2000). Trevor's two-volume biography Newman won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1962. From 1973 (and unmentioned in Matthews obituary), Trevor successfully turned her hand to historical romance, publishing two series, the Warstowe Saga and the Luxembourg series, the latter set mostly in Luxembourg during the Napoleonic wars. Caitlin Matthews (2000) 'Meril Trevor: Obituary,' The Guardian; Melanie Betinelli (2020) 'A Fine Romance: Meriol Trevor and Georgette Heyer,' The Wine-dark Sea Blog;
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2202
- Title
- The Marked Man
- Author
- TREVOR, Meriol; BIRO [Val] (DJ design)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed & Association Copies;
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
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