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London : Frederick Warne and Co., No date. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original color decorated gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Some foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 563 pages : 19 cm, ill. frontis. Subjects; Romance. 20th century literature. English fiction ; romance. Miss Jane Porter ; author.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers, 1840. Revised and Amplified Illustrated Edition. Decorative cloth. Near Fine. B&W glossy photos. 8vo, tartan red & green plaid tartan cloth with gilt lettering & Scottish thistle on front cover; Preface to 1828 edition + Retrospective Introduction by the author [viii-xlvi pp.], illustrated with 18 glossy B&W photos of Scottish scenes [tissue guard on front frontispiece]; top page edges gilt [t.e.g.]; Vol. I: xlvi + 303pp. / Vol. II.: 341pp. + Appendix: 343-355pp., = ~ 702 pages overall. "A romantic, suspenseful novel of Scotland's 14th-century heroes, Sir William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. First published in 1809 to spectacular success throughout Europe"--Goodreads<br /> <br /> Jane Porter (1775 - 1850) was an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. Her bestselling novels, Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) and The Scottish Chiefs (1810) are seen as among the earliest historical novels in a… Read More