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STRANGE TALES OF THE WESTERN ISLES .. by Boyd, Halbert J[ohnston] - 1930

by Boyd, Halbert J[ohnston]

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STRANGE TALES OF THE WESTERN ISLES .. by Boyd, Halbert J[ohnston] - 1930

STRANGE TALES OF THE WESTERN ISLES ..

by Boyd, Halbert J[ohnston]

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Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-15] 16-295 [296], original dark orange patterned cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained orange, endpaper maps. First edition. "Scots legends retold, with 'great liberty in the way of alteration and addition.' " - Robert Knowlton. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978), Day (1963) or Reginald (1979; 1992). A bright, near fine copy. (#118396)
  • Bookseller L. W. Currey, Inc. US (US)
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  • Publisher Eneas Mackay
  • Place of Publication Stirling
  • Date Published 1930
  • Keywords Folklore; Legends; (Short Stories)

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Strange Tales of the Western Isles

by Boyd, Halbert J

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Stirling: Eneas Mackay [1930], 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 296pp. Patterned orange cloth. Map endpapers. There is a previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper. Locale:. (Fiction).
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Strange Tales of the Western Isles

by Boyd, Halbert J

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NY: Eneas Mackay. Good with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. No DJ faded .
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Strange Tales of the Western Isles
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Strange Tales of the Western Isles

by Boyd, Halbert J

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Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1930. No dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of orange boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with black titles on spine and front all still clear. of this hard-cover book. Nine stories by the author, based on traditional folklore and superstitions of the Western Isles of Scotland, some are traditional tales re-told by the author, who has, according to his foreword, "often to have taken very great liberty in the way of alteration and addition". Inscribed by the author on page before half-title "To Nurse Young / with kind regards from the Author / Yarrowlea 1st Dec/38". Yarrowlea was the author's house in Selkirk. 296pp, endpapers show a map from 1570 of the West of Scotland. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Maurits prins van Oranje (Dutch Edition)
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Maurits prins van Oranje (Dutch Edition)

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Amsterdam: Waanders uitgevers, 2000 507 pp.with B&W and color illustrations throughout. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Paper boards are bright and undamaged. Biography of Maurice, Prince of Orange. Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (14 November 1567, Dillenburg – 23 April 1625) sovereign Prince of Orange was stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (except in the province of Friesland) from earliest 1585 until his death in 1625.Maurice organised the Dutch rebellion against Spain into a coherent, successful revolt and won fame as a military strategist. Text in Dutch.. Large Format Softcover. As New. 7" x 10".
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