The Scottish Chiefs
by Porter, Miss Jane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co, 1885. Miss Porter (1776-1850) first published this history in 1810; she revised it in 1831into a Standard Edition. This copy has no publication date, but Quercus judges it to be from the mid-1880s - a "Caxton Edition." A Very Good Plus to Near Fine copy. Tan decorative cloth binding; fancy floral designs filled in black; spine title block is gilt. Clean text; 676 pages, indexed. Mild bumps and rub at head & foot of spine. Previous-owner label on the Second free endpaper. An attractive and solid copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Later Printing.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002728
- Title
- The Scottish Chiefs
- Author
- Porter, Miss Jane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing.
- Publisher
- Belford, Clarke & Co
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1885
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scottish Interest;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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