The Highland Clearances
by John Prebble
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Secker & Warburg, 1967. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1967. Fourth Impression. 352 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Clean pages are bright with noticeable foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Books has a backward lean. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Moderate water staining to surfaces. Mild foxing. Heavy rubbing and marking all over.
Synopsis
From the rear panel: This is the story of how the Highlanderss were deserted and then betrayed by their own clan chiefs – and of the famine and pestilence which followed their eviction from the Glens to make way for sheep.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1714395353DPB
- Title
- The Highland Clearances
- Author
- John Prebble
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.