De Angeli, Marguerite

Black Fox of Lorne An Heroic Tale of Twin Brothers in 10th Century Scotland

Hardcover, Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday & Company, 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. "The story is like a panorama of Scotland in the tenth century after Christ. Loyal clansmen at war with marauding Picts and invading Englishmen; staunch crofters and kindly shepherds; arrogant, powerful lairds - all move through a landscape of heather-topped hills, windswept, forbidding castles." Ships same or next business day. Text block is slightly pulled away from spine ends, boards are slightly curved, 1/4-inch tear on tail edge of full title page, tiny bumps on corners and spine ends, slightly dirty on head edge; otherwise, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has normal edge and shelf wear, small tears along head edge, tiny chips on corners and spine ends, lightly tanned on interior, tape on interior at stress points, price-clipped. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 191 pages. [Item #69510]

Price: $45.00