London: Barrie & Jenkins. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0214200108 . Ex-library with typical library stamps on FFEP, page edges and title page. Card pocket has been removed from BFEP, taking some page surface with it, red cloth boards have library tape residue present. DJ is price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Ex-Library; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 219 pages; "McAuslan in the Rough is the second collection of short stories by George MacDonald Fraser featuring a young Scottish officer named Dand MacNeill. It is a sequel to The General Danced at Dawn and concerns life in a Highland regiment after the end of the Second World War. It is slightly more comical in tone than that first collection. Some of the stories are set in North Africa; other in Scotland after the regiment's return to Scotland and the retirement of the old Colonel." .

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Seller: Ainsworth Books (CA)
Seller's Inventory #: 17942
Title: McAuslan in the Rough
Author: Fraser, George MacDonald
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0214200108
ISBN 13: 9780214200106
Publisher: Barrie & Jenkins
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: 0214200108, scotland, Short Fiction

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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.

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