THE SCOT IN HISTORY A Study of the Interplay of Character and History
by Notestein, Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1947. First American Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. xvii, (1), 371 pages; Clean and secure in original pale green cloth binding on very good dustjacket (price-clipped). "The folklore of the English-speaking people is filled with the exploits of the early Scots; there are innumerable stories about them, comic and otherwise; but little is known about how they came to be their hardy, dour, genial selves. Wallace Notestein in this learned but informal and amusing book tells what happened to mould the character of an extraordinary people, how they have been shaped and changed by history, and how their character has also shaped that history. In medieval times the Scots were regarded by the English and by the European people as little short of batbatians; they were looked upon as treacherous and cruel. Even as late as the seventeenth century the Scot was thought of as not wholly civilized; murders in the dark alleyways of Edinburgh were common, and the Border men of the ballads were still cattle and sheep thieves. .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42416
- Title
- THE SCOT IN HISTORY A Study of the Interplay of Character and History
- Author
- Notestein, Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition; Second Printing
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Scots in history
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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