Devil Water

First edition. 376pp. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on printed red spine label. Top text block edge sprayed green. Family tree on front endpaper, map on rear endpapers. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan and fox. Some foxing to prelims. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected with Brodart-style sleeve, has some minor loss, small closed tears, chipping, shelf wear, not price clipped. Anya Seton was an American novelist, writing historical fiction or, in the term she preferred, biographical novels. She was noted for her extensive historical research.