Mary Queen of Scots Tapa dura - 1978

Random House Publishing Group, 1978. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 1978. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group, 1978. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Delacorte Press, 1978. Hardcover. Used: Good.

NY: Delacrote Press, 1978. Illustrated end papers, textblock is clean and tight, b&w and colored photographs. All page edges are straight and sound. Orange cloth, lightly bumped at foot of spine. Unclipped dust jacket, small chip to back corner on head of spine, tear to back top and bottom edges, illustrated and mylar sleeved. 208pp., including bibliography and index.. First U.S.A. Abridged Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+ (in mylar). Illus. by B&W Photographs/Colored Photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.

This is a near-perfect copy of the first US abridged edition (1978), and the second printing overall, of Lady Antonia Fraser's renowned biography Mary Queen of Scots.
Mary remains one of the most romantic and fascinating figures in British history and this book tells her story perfectly. Mary became Queen of France at age 16, then was widowed and returned to Scotland as Queen at age 19. From then on, her life was nothing but controversy, danger, violence, politics, two terrible marriages, and imprisonment, until she was beheaded in 1587, age 44, on the order of her cousin Queen Elizabeth.
All of this is masterfully told in 208 pages. The book also includes loads of photos, in color and black and white.
As you can see, the dust jacket has a small nick out of it. The spine of the jacket is completely faded out. The book has a little fading to the top and bottom of the cover.
Inside, it is perfect.

Delacorte Press, 1978-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!