NY: Delacrote Press, 1978. Illustrated end papers, textblock is clean and tight, b&w and colored photographs. All page edges are straight and sound. Orange cloth, lightly bumped at foot of spine. Unclipped dust jacket, small chip to back corner on head of spine, tear to back top and bottom edges, illustrated and mylar sleeved. 208pp., including bibliography and index.. First U.S.A. Abridged Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar). Illus. by B&W Photographs/Colored Photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

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Since 1969 Antonia Fraser has written many acclaimed historical works which have been international bestsellers and is the recipient of many literary awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. These include the biographies Cromwell: Our Chief of Men and King Charles II and the history Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot . Three highly praised books focus on women in history: The Weaker Vessel: Women’s Lot in Seventeenth-Century England , The Warrior Queens , and The Six Wives of Henry VIII . Her most recent book was Marie Antoinette . She is editor of the series Kings and Queens of England . Antonia Fraser is married to the playwright Harold Pinter and lives in London.

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Bookseller: Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SB14953
Title: Mary Queen of Scots
Author: Fraser, Antonia
Illustrator: B&W Photographs/Colored Photographs
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good+ (in mylar)
Edition: First U.S.A. Abridged Edition
ISBN 10: 0440052610
ISBN 13: 9780440052616
Publisher: Delacrote Press
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1978
Keywords: Rulers of Scotland, Scottish Monarchy, Scottish Royalty, History of Scotland
Bookseller catalogs: Biography & Autobiography; European History & Travel;
Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

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