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Quentin Durward Hard cover - 1923

by Scott, Sir Walter, Bart

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  • Hardcover

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New York.: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1923. Year and publisher colophon on copyright page.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Beautiful title page; most other plates have edge toning, leaving images clean. Cover image blemished. Top spine beginning wear. Titles clear.. Chambers, C Bosseron (Illustrated by).. 1 422 p. Black cloth over boards, gold spine titles. Full color paste-on cover. Orange & grays end paper illustration. 2 Introductions. 9 color plates plus title page. Notes by chapter at back. Early 20th century youth classic Scribner's series with vibrant color plates. Set in the 15th century, this romance is of an era when the selflessness of chivalry at its height was giving way to egotism and greed, as with Louis XI of France. The simple romance of Quentin Durward serves as a theme set against the background of a changing European scene toward tyranny.
Used - Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Beautiful title page; most other plates have edge toning, leaving images cl
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  • Title Quentin Durward
  • Author Scott, Sir Walter, Bart
  • Illustrator Chambers, C Bosseron (Illustrated by).
  • Binding Hard cover
  • Edition Year and publisher colophon on copyright page.
  • Condition Used - Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Beautiful title page; most other plates have edge toning, leaving images cl
  • Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons., New York.
  • Date 1923
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Alibris.95740002891

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