Steele (Isobel K.C.) and Jessie M. King. The Enchanted Capital of Scotland
£125
From a story told by a Merchant of Edinburgh…Noel G. Fyfe
Edinburgh, Plaid, [c.1946].
First edition. Large 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, price-sticker of 8/6 to front inside flap.
A great illustrated book centred on Edinburgh, published towards the end of the remarkable illustrator Jessie M. King’s life.
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A very good copy, in very good dust-jacket.
Illustrations and jacket artwork by Jessie M. King.
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