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Under the Red Dragon
by James Grant
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$314.19NZ$282.77
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About This Item
London & New York: George Routledge and Sons, c1875. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A charming copy of this novel by Scottish historian James Grant. James Grant (1822-1887) was a Scottish novelist and a distant relation of celebrated poet, Sir Walter Scott. He wrote around ninety books, including fifty-six novels, most of which focused on the history of Scotland, including many memoirs and histories as well as his fiction writing. His books were all published by Routledge and Sons as yellowbacks, cheap novels produced in competition with the penny dreadful. This edition has been rebound from a yellowback copy.Undated ownership bookplate to the front pastedown to 'James Maclean, 33 Cowley Road, Oxford'. Most likely belonged to James Noël MacKenzie MacLean (1928-1978), a Scottish historian and author who studied at Lincoln University, Oxford.In a half calf binding with gilt spine.Undated, dated from copies on Library Hub. Externally very smart, very minor shelfwear to extremities. Undated ownership bookplate to the front pastedown to 'James Maclean, 33 Cowley Road, Oxford', and stamp of same name to front endpaper. Internally pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 748R22
- Title
- Under the Red Dragon
- Author
- James Grant
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- c1875
- Size
- 6.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- scottish history scottish literature novels scottish literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- New
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- Calf
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