The Count of the Saxon Shore, or, The Villa in Vectis

PHOTOS
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PUBLISHER
Seely & Co. London.

BINDING
Green leather bound with gilt lettering and decoration, and school logo.

BOOK CONDITION
Cover is a little scuffed and scratched, but well preserved for age. Binding secure and fairly tight. Some foxing and wear to outer pages, but printed pages and illustrations are largely clean and unmarked.

DUST JACKET
No.

EDITION
Appears to be and specially bound edition for either the library, or possibly as a school prize, for St. Pauls Preparatory School, West Kensington. 1887.

DESCRIPTION
Attractive marbling to both endpapers and all page edges. Illustrated with sixteen brown toned plates. 12mo, 311 pp.

SYNOPSIS
A novel set in the time of the withdrawal of the Roman Legions from British shores. Including the fictionalised Isle of Wight setting of "The Villa in Vectis."