Physical description; 128 pages : illustrations (part color) ; 29 cm. Subject; Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587.
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Seller: Aspen Book Co., Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. unknown (no specific statement visible). This hardcover edition is in good condition, with a dust jacket that shows minor wear and creasing along the edges. The binding remains intact, and the pages are clean without inscriptions or library markings. The spine and cover are well-preserved, making this a solid copy for collectors. worn, with minor edge wear and some creasing. Seller Inventory # A30-B7-CIZ-DRJ-0374
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. Seller Inventory # 0442299621-7-1-29
Seller: Eighth Day Books, LLC, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Binding firm, text unmarked, previous owner's plate on endpaper. Cover shows some shelfwear. Dust jacket shows some shelfear and chipping with tape. Seller Inventory # 248726
Seller: William H. Allen Bookseller, Shillington, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Worn. Address Sticker On Front End Paper. Seller Inventory # 621262
Seller: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket has minor wear, rubbing, creasing and soil. Book has minor wear. Corners rubbed. Binding tight. No writing. 128 pages including index. Detailed discussion of the needlepoint owned by Mary Queen of Scots, black and white and color illustrations and brief diagrams showing how to make needlepoint and lace net stitches. Size: 8.75 x 11.25. Seller Inventory # 040475
Seller: Smith Family Bookstore Downtown, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Text clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Boards have very light wear. Edges of pages have light wear. Dust jacket has light wear. Seller Inventory # 5052520
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
hardcover, Condition: Good, Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, c.1973, 1st., 8-3/4"x11", cloth, 128pp., illusts., VG-/VG- $. Seller Inventory # 101783
Seller: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Published 1973. Hardcover, 128 pp.; 29 cm; First Edition (with full number line); illustrated with frontispiece and 89 plates, many in color, with stitch diagrams and a genealogical table. In Very Good condition with a Good+ dust jacket. Burnt orange cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, with mild shelf and edge wear and some color loss at corner tips. Some color loss at head and foot of spine. Binding tight. Previous owner's bookplate and ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Pages mildly toned at edges, otherwise clean and unmarked. Illustrated dust jacket reproducing the MARIE STVART octagon panel on front and the Sheffield Portrait on rear, with a few small nicks and tears, creasing along edges and mild overall shelf and edge wear. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. First comprehensive study of Mary Stuart as a needlewoman. Every known piece bearing her cipher or monogram is reproduced, with others attributed to her, drawn from the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Scottish Museum, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Hardwick Hall and Oxburgh Hall. Sections cover the French childhood, the Scottish reign and the Lochleven imprisonment, the Chartley inventory, and the Oxburgh hangings worked alongside Bess of Hardwick during the years in English custody. Emblem sources in Gesner, Belon, Paradin and Vinciolo are traced to individual panels, and a keyed diagram identifies every panel of the Marian hanging. Swain was awarded an MBE in 1989 for her work on embroidery and advised the National Trust for Scotland; her other books include Historical Needlework (1970) and Scottish Embroidery, Medieval to Modern (1986). Contents: Author's Note; FRANCE: Childhood; The Queen-Dauphiness; Needlework in France; Ladies' 'works'; SCOTLAND: The Queen of Scots; Lochleven; The Queen's movables; Little flowers on canvas; ENGLAND: The Daughter of Debate; The thread is cut; The Chartley inventory; The Oxburgh hangings; Envoi; Further Reading; Index. Seller Inventory # 20260915020
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Open copy. Interior pages in nice condition. Book has minor to mild shelf wear along edges. Noticeable foxing along top and side edge. Seller Inventory # 99219
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Edition, First Printing. Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1973. first printing. 128pp., index, black and white, color illustrations and photographs. 4to. small nameplate on first page, fine unread hardcover, fine d/j. Seller Inventory # 101415