Other Men's Heroes: Scots Honoured on the World's Stamps Tapa dura - 1982

Hardback. Very Good.

Macdonald, 1982. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:0904265544

MacDonald & Company (Publishers), Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Edinburgh: Macdonald Publishers, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. h/b 171 pages, condition is very good, Signed inscription to the title page. Scotland's unequalled roll-call of prominent inventors and explorers, engineers and doctors, soldiers and statesmen, has attracted many an author in the past. Other Men's Heroes is unique, however, in its selection of Great Scots and in its illustrations. It tells the stories of the Scots who have been honoured outside their own country on the postage stamps of other nations, presented with full-colour reproductions from a superb portfolio of stamps from-more than 60 countries, depicting nearly 50 different Scots. The chapters of the book group the biographies under such headings as Explorers, Administrators, Royal Scots - including the Stuarts and the present Queen Mother - and Doctors; and Scotland's literary heritage is underlined by the inclusion of the men who gave the world Long John Silver, Dangerous Dan McGrew, Sherlock Holmes,… Leer más

Edinburgh: Macdonald Publishers , 1982. Hardcover Other Men's Heroes: Scots Honoured on the World's Stamps.Used. 8vo. 23 x 15 cm. 173 pp. + 32 colour plates +[3] (blank) pp. B/w. illustrations of stamps in text. Original red cloth; gilt spine title. Dustwrapper. ISBN 0904265-54-4. First editionVG/ VG some foxing to endpapers. The text consists largely of short biographies of the famous Scots depicted: these are arranged in groups e.g. 'Explorers and Trail Blazers', 'Builders of New Nations', 'The Scottish Pen', etc.; includes dustjacket (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.

Edinburgh:: Macdonald Publishers,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0904265544 . Color illustrations. First edition. About fine in like dust jacket. .

Macdonald Publishers Ltd ,Edinburgh, 1981-11-19. Hardcover. Good.