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1883 · réf. 060641 — London: George Routledge and Sons 1883. Re-issue . Hardcover. Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : No date Circa 1880s. First published in 1882. Hardback. Yellow colour pictorial covers paper covered boards. A bright tight and clean copy. Neat owner name to fly-leaf; no internal markings to text however Margaret Tait owner has written under author's name other works he has written. Moderate wear. GOOD. 446 pages. 2pp adverts. Tight and clean. SCARCE. Only 5 copies recorded in the UK: The National Library of Wales and Trinity College Dublin do not hold copies. Book now in an archival quality clear protective jacket. Will pack well. 'Victorian yellow-back novel'. 'Aide-de-camp' series of novels. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Literature Theology and History. JAMES GRANT 1822-1887 was a Scottish author; born in Edinburgh and was a distant relation of Sir Walter Scott. He was a prolific author writing some 90 books including many yellow-backs. Titles included Adventures of an Aide-de-camp One of 'The six hundred' The Scottish musketeers and The Scottish cavalier. Many of his 56 novels are about important characters and events in Scottish history. In 1853 he founded the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights. Grant is known today as an historian primarily because of his thoroughly-researched six-volume Old And New Edinburgh published in 1880 by Cassell. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. London: George Routledge and Sons. SCARCE. George Routledge and Sons hardcover