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Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words, Rites, and Customs, Dying and Obsolete: Orally Corrected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Translated into English.
by Carmichael, Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh; Printed for the Author by T. and A. Constable, 1900., 1900. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION: LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies only. Quarto, pp. xxxii, 339, [1]; [7], vi-xi, [1], 350, [2]. Engraved portrait frontispiece of the Author as frontispiece to Volume I with tissue guard; numerous decorative initial letters and illustrations throughout text. Publishers' trade binding, white parchment with maroon labels with gilt tittles and decoration to spine; top edge gilt, others uncut. Binding very slightly surface soiled, with minor wear to spine tips. Contents clean and crisp with no annotation or inscriptions. An excellent set, in an unusually clean binding. First printing of Carmichael's magnum opus of Gaelic folklore and customs, mostly drawn from the Western Isles, which was eventually expanded to six volumes. The songs and verses are printed in parallel Gaelic and English text. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10911
- Title
- Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes on Words, Rites, and Customs, Dying and Obsolete: Orally Corrected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Translated into English.
- Author
- Carmichael, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh; Printed for the Author by T. and A. Constable, 1900.
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Theology & Religion
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Keel Row Books
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
About Keel Row Books
Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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