Carmina Gadelica, Ortha Nan Gaidheal, Hymns and Incantations. With illustrative Notes on Works, Rites, and Customs, Dying and Obsolete: Orally Collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Translated into English.
by CARMICHAEL, Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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YORK, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh/London: Oliver & Boyd, 1928. . Second edition, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xxxvi,335;339;xv,381,(i), uncut, quarter red buckram, gilt, with contrasting red cloth boards, t.e.g., b/w frontispiece with tissue guard, celtic vignettes throughout; foxing to prelims and margins, more especially to Volume II, half title to Volume I partially removed, rubbing to extremities, with a few marks to cloth, spines uniformly sunned, a good set.
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- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38084
- Title
- Carmina Gadelica, Ortha Nan Gaidheal, Hymns and Incantations. With illustrative Notes on Works, Rites, and Customs, Dying and Obsolete: Orally Collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Translated into English.
- Author
- CARMICHAEL, Alexander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh/London: Oliver & Boyd, 1928.
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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