Stones of Aran: Labyrinth
by Tim Robinson
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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First Edition. First Impression. Hardcover. Lilliput Press (Dublin), 1995. 495 pages. Illustrated. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. As new throughout.
An exceptionally original work from a truly unique man.
Synopsis
Tim Robinson was brought up in Yorkshire. He studied at Cambridge University and worked as a teacher and artist in Istanbul, Vienna, and London. In 1972 he moved to the Aran Islands, where he gained fame as a mapmaker. He learned Gaelic and began preserving Irish place-names, winning respect as an environmentalist and a Ford European Conversation Award. Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage , published in 1985, won the Irish Book Award Literature Medal and a Rooney Prize Special Award for Literature in 1987. His other books include Stones of Aran: Labyrinth , Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara , and My Time in Space . Robert Macfarlane 's Mountains of the Mind (2003), about wilderness and the Western imagination, won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian First Book Award, among other prizes.
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- Bookseller
- Quinn Rare Books (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IL006
- Title
- Stones of Aran: Labyrinth
- Author
- Tim Robinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Impression.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 495
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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