The Steel Bonnets: Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers by Fraser, George MacDonald

London: Collins Harvill, 1986. Reprinted. Hardcover. Octavo, 404 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Spine is cream with blue and black print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, smudging/shelf wear. Price unclipped: "￡12.95". Boards in black cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, slight peripheral toning, mildly shaken binding. Maps on endpapers, iIllustrated with b&w plates. 1368953. FP New Rockville Stock.

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group), 1986-09-08. Hardcover. Very Good. 10x6x1. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Small stain to front board. Foxing to edge. Pages unmarked. xi, 404 p., 24 cm. <br> "The story of the Reivers dates from the 14th century and continued through into the late 17th century. It concerns the border between the two sovereign countries of England and Scotland. In those days, this Border displayed all of the characteristics of a frontier, lacking law and order. Cattle rustling, feuding, murder, arson and pillaging were all common occurrences. It was a time when people owed their tribal or clan loyalty to their blood relatives or families. And it was common for these families to straddle the Border. The Reivers were the product of the constant English-Scottish wars that would often reduce the Border area to a wasteland. The continuing threat of renewed conflict offered little incentive to arable farming.

London: COLLINS HARVILL, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint of 1971 Edition. cloth, 404 pages, illustrated, frontis, 18 full page b & w plates,map endpapers, one full page plate. five line ink inscription of former owner on half-title, else a clean, bright copy, In protective mylar jacket. Four hundred years ago, when Queen Elizabeth reigned in a comparatively peaceful England, the people of the English-Scottish frontier country were living in the grip of systematic raiding, feud, and oranized gangsterism. This was the work of the Border reivers - the rustlers and marauders who raided night after night in the hills and farmlands From Berwick to the Solway. Much info for geneologists on numerous familes i.e.; Humes, Kerrs, Fenwicks,Johnstones,Maxwells, Armstrongs Elliots, Grahams, Scotts, Carletons, Bells, Carlisles, Littles, Rutherfords, Nixons, Ridleys and many more. The author is the well known fiction writer, and creator of "Flashman" Size: 8 vo,..