London: Hodder & Soughton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First English Edition. INSCRIBED by author on full title page. "Very much enjoyed; a fine subject treated with great energy and imagination, and a gusto that Hazlitt would have admired." -- Richard Holmes. Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Book's spine is slightly skewed and loose, small bump on bottom left corner of back board, some wearing on both ends of spine, pages are tanned. Pages remain clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has very slight edge wear. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 415 pages; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: Good Books In The Woods (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 45681
Title: The Maid of Buttermere
Author: Bragg, Melvyn
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: Hodder & Soughton
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1987

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