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Caprice and Rondo : The House of Niccolo
by Dorothy Dunnett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New In a Like Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0679454772
- ISBN 13
- 9780679454779
- Seller
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West Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
$26.75$13.38
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About This Item
NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1998. Beige boards to the black cloth binding the titles in bright gilt to the spine and framed and impressed in gilt to the front.A tight and perhaps unread copy.Fored edges are rough cut.. First Edition. 1/4 Back Cloth Hard Cover. As New In a Like Jacket. Illus. by Mapped End Paper/Lineage Etc.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Dorothy Dunnett was born in 1923 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Her time at Gillespie's High School for Girls overlapped with that of the novelist Muriel Spark. From 1940-1955, she worked for the Civil Service as a press officer. In 1946, she married Alastair Dunnett, later editor of The Scotsman . Dunnett started writing in the late 1950s. Her first novel, The Game of Kings , was published in the United States in 1961, and in the United Kingdom the year after. She published 22 books in total, including the six-part Lymond Chronicles and the eight-part Niccolo Series, and co-authored another volume with her husband. Also an accomplished professional portrait painter, Dunnett exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions and had portraits commissioned by a number of prominent public figures in Scotland. She also led a busy life in public service, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Library of Scotland, a Trustee of the Scottish National War Memorial, and Director of the Edinburgh Book Festival. She served on numerous cultural committees, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1992 she was awarded the Office of the British Empire for services to literature. She died on November 9, 2001, at the age of 78.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mulberry Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 900979
- Title
- Caprice and Rondo : The House of Niccolo
- Author
- Dorothy Dunnett
- Illustrator
- Mapped End Paper/Lineage Etc.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New In a Like Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0679454772
- ISBN 13
- 9780679454779
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Historical Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mulberry Books
Biblio member since 2005
West Jeddore, Nova Scotia
About Mulberry Books
We are a small knowledgeable books seller with many years experience.Our shop is located in West Jeddore, Nova Scotia,Canada. All requests and E-mails are replyed to promptly.Call us for inform ation we are happy to help.
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