(decorated cloth; no dust jacket) [light external soiling, bumped at all corners, slight exposure of board at lower front corner, some wear to spine ends, vintage bookseller's rubber-stamped name (Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books, Long Beach, Calif.) on front pastedown; gilt/maroon decoration on front cover and spine still reasonably bright and attractive]. (B&W plates (photos and drawings)) Historical/religious fiction set in 17th-century England and America, backgrounded by the English Civil War, the execution of Charles I, the rise and rule of Oliver Cromwell, and so on. To escape all this... View More...
