The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy

The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Baroness Orczy

Hodder and Stoughton, 1966, black and white line drawings, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, blue and red ink colouring-in to most illustrations, tape residue to front and back endpapers, foxing to fore edges, dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping, tape, chipping and small tears, colouring to front of dustjacket  (see photographs)

“Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine. His friends and foes know him only as the Scarlet Pimpernel. But the ruthless French agent Chauvelin is sworn to discover his identity and to hunt him down.”