The Seer of Kintail by Sutherland, Elizabeth - 1974

Constable & Co, London, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Brown coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with white and red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. This novel tells the story of the Brahan Seer -- of whose existence no documentary proof survives. Yet despite the lack of evidence, this legendary figure is as real to the Scots as is Bonnie Prince Charlie. Throughout the Highlands and Western Isles his fulfilled predictions are remembered with awe and his unfulfilled prophesies awaited with apprehension.  Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with a little rubbing of the book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages with a few marks to the text block edges. A little rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels.  Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 223 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; 17th Century; ISBN: 0094599203. ISBN/EAN: 9780094599208. Inventory No: 0208106. . 9780094599208