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Alexander Eddington.
Castles and Historic Homes of the Border: Their Traditions and Romance.
Published Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1949 reprint (previously issued 1926).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: Munro Press, Perth.
Size: 128x188x16mm.
Page count: text 134pp; plates 24pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: the dustjacket on this copy is somewhat discoloured and ragged, a small patch of substrate showing on the front where a sticker has been removed; plate pages a bit yellowed with age, but generally the book itself looks in good order, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £6.50
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(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

Weight without packaging: 277pp.

How to order this book

No particular medieval emphasis. Contents: Traquair; Branxholm; Cessford Castle; Ferniehirst Castle; Smailhom Tower; Hume Castle; Neidpath Castle; Wark Castle; Ford Castle; Berwick-on-Tweed; Picturesque Harden; Newark Castle; Hermitage Castle; Roxburgh Castle; Norham Castle; Gilnockie Tower; Drumelzier Castle; Elibank & Oakwood; Bemerside; Ashestiel.

Illustrations: 24 plates, tinted monochrome
Maps & plans: no

[No apparatus].

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