Heinemann, 1931, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: No, Reprint
XVI, 332 pages, includes bibliography, and a tissue guarded frontispiece of the death mask of Mary Queen of Scots. Original boards with coat of arms on front panel, and gilt titling to the spine. The spine section is darkened . there is red marks on the rear panel, which are not too intrusive. . The edges of the text block slightly darker with age and the original bookseller's name sticker is on the front paste down. "This book is an attempt to retell, once more after many thousand times, the story of that Queen from her childhood until the beginning of her end. It has no claim to be eight history, nor is it based upon any special knowledge. I have no more about the Queen of Scots and many writers of fiction who have grappled with this rich and perplexing thing during the last two centuries. At the same time, I, like no doubt that for me, have tried to keep as closely as possible to record fact, gleaned from the works of scholars, who have devoted semi-years to the subject, and when possible, from contemporary record." Page VIII Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0222291.
XVI, 332 pages, includes bibliography, and a tissue guarded frontispiece of the death mask of Mary Queen of Scots. Original boards with coat of arms on front panel, and gilt titling to the spine. The spine section is darkened . there is red marks on the rear panel, which are not too intrusive. . The edges of the text block slightly darker with age and the original bookseller's name sticker is on the front paste down. "This book is an attempt to retell, once more after many thousand times, the story of that Queen from her childhood until the beginning of her end. It has no claim to be eight history, nor is it based upon any special knowledge. I have no more about the Queen of Scots and many writers of fiction who have grappled with this rich and perplexing thing during the last two centuries. At the same time, I, like no doubt that for me, have tried to keep as closely as possible to record fact, gleaned from the works of scholars, who have devoted semi-years to the subject, and when possible, from contemporary record." Page VIII Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0222291.