Glencoe And Culloden de John Prebble - 1999

London: Folio Society, 1996. Book. Fine. Hard Cover in Slipcase. First edition thus. Two book set together in one slipcase. Both books in pristine condition, appear unread. Slipcase good only. Intact but significant wear to exterior. Scuffing and a couple very small tears to the paper around the edges. .

London: Folio Society, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Harry Brockway. Two-volume set comprising 'Glencoe' and 'Culloden'. In illustrated black and white cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Both books are tightly bound and text is clean and bright. Maroon end papers. Illustrated throughout with engravings by Harry Brockway. The slip case is red and is in very good condition. If shipping outside the UK, please contact us for shipping costs.

London: Folio Society. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1996. Hardcover. Two volumes in attractively designed black/white cloth boards; stiff, clean , crisp, and unmarked; about new, in a tidy slipcase with gilt titles. .

London:: Folio Society,. Fine. 1997. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Second printing thus. Both volumes are fine and housed in a fine slipcase. .

London, England: The Folio Society, 1998. 3rd Printing. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Glencoe: The Story of a Massacre - xv, [2] maps, 262pp w appendix, bibliography and index. Culloden - 309pp w appendix, bibliography and index. Both volumes illustrated w indexed engravings unique to this Folio edition. Red endpapers. Matching illustrated cloth binding si clean and without wear. Bindings square and sound. Octavo. Red slipcase w gold lettering to one side is structurally sound showing faint adhesive ghost to bottom open corner of lettered side. Third Folio printings, 1998, stated. Additional shipping may be required for this two-volume set.

London: Folio Society, 1997. Second Printing. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo. Glencoe: The Story of the Massacre": frontis.

London: The Folio Society, 1997. Second printing. Both volumes fine. Original dark red slipcover with gold lettering lightly scuffed on lower edge, faintly smudged on rear edge, else near fine. . Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Brockway, Harry. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Folio Society. Collectible - Very Good. Collectible - Very Good. From the library of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his custom bookplate on front pastedown. Slipcase Very Good. 2 Volume set. (Folio Society, Scottish history, Scotland, Great Britain, military history, war novel, Scottish clans) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

This is a matching set of two historical books by the Canadian-English journalist John Prebble (1951-2001). Prebble was the preeminent authority on Scottish history. He wrote Culloden in 1962 and, in 1966, Glencoe: The Story of the Massacre. In 1996, the Folio Society published the two books together, with commissioned covers and wood engravings by the English artist Harry Brockway. The books were best-sellers and the copies I have are from the third printing.
Cloth covers with Brockway's art. Lovely creamy paper. No shelfwear. They have not been read and are in mint condition.
The stories:
Glencoe
'You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebels, the MacDonalds of Glencoe, and to put all to the sword under seventy.'This was the treacherous and cold-blooded order ruthlessly carried out on 13 February 1692, when the Campbells slaughtered their hosts the MacDonalds at the Massacre of Glencoe. It was a bloody incident which had deep repercussions and was the beginning of the destruction of the… Leer más

The Folio Society 1996. 2 VOL SET IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xv+262pp, vol 2- 309pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & chafing)