The Scottish Chiefs (Scribner Illustrated Classics)
by Jane Porter / Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith / Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus (or better) in Good Plus dust jacket
- Seller
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Milton, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1921] 1941. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Plus (or better) in Good Plus dust jacket. N. C. Wyeth. Deep blue cloth binding, color illustration paste-on the front cover, light rubbing to edge of front cover, otherwise bright clean and unmarked. Binding is tight as are the covers firmly attached, illustrated end pages, gift inscription on backside of front fly leaf, o/w unmarked, very clean pages, bright color plates. Dust jacket is worn, with edge wear, soiling and discoloration; dust jacket not price-clipped and shows $2.00, and now protected in a clear archival sleeve. An uncommonly above average condition with the scarce dust jacket. Introduction by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Color illustrated title page, plus 9 more full color plates. xc + 503 pp., plus 9 plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Country Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13684
- Title
- The Scottish Chiefs (Scribner Illustrated Classics)
- Author
- Jane Porter / Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith / Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth
- Illustrator
- N. C. Wyeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus (or better) in Good Plus dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- [1921] 1941
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North Country Books
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Milton, Vermont
About North Country Books
General used, collectible and antiquarian books. Also paper, ephemera and posters. I am now in my 14th year of full-time book selling.
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- O/W
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