THE HOUSE OF STUART: Its Rise and Fall.
Pp. xii+238, 24 plates, index; med. 8vo; turquoise boards, spine lettered in gilt, faint mark near fore-edge of lower board; dust wrapper, faintly foxed on flaps and reverse, edges a trifle rubbed; inked gift inscription (dated 1982) on upper free endpaper, the endpapers lightly offset, 2 tiny ink stains to top edge of a couple of leaves, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1980. First edition. *'Considers the Stuarts both individually and collectively during the long and sometimes turbulent years of their ascendancy, outlining their characters and assessing the achievements and failures, the strengths and weaknesses'[wrapper blurb]. Item #179778
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