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The Fabled Coast: Legends & Traditions from Around the Shores of Britain & Ireland (Signed)
by Kingshill, Sophia
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- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1847946321
- ISBN 13
- 9781847946324
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About This Item
Random House UK, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 510pp, with colour plate illustrations and some line drawings in text. Deep blue endpapers. Signed and inscribed by Sophia Kingshill on the title page, To Tessa with love from Sophia. In red boards with gilt lettering on spine (very slightly rounded at corners and spine ends, lightly bumped on edges). Gutter strained on title page spread, else internally neat, clean and tight.
Synopsis
SOPHIA KINGSHILL is the author of a previous book with Jennifer Westwood, The Lore of Scotland , which was published by Random House in 2009. She also writes for the theatre, and her plays have been performed in Scotland, England, and Norway. JENNIFER WESTWOOD was born in 1940 and studied English Language at Oxford, followed by Medieval Icelandic at Cambridge. A long-time member of the Folklore Society, she served as editor of FLS Books and also the journal Folklore. Her books include Albion: A Guide to Legendary Britain (1985), Gothick Cornwall (1992), Lost Atlantis (1997), On Pilgrimage (2003), The Lore of the Land (2005, with Jacqueline Simpson), and The Lore of Scotland (2009, with Sophia Kingshill). When she died in 2008, she left a wealth of material for her most cherished project, a collection of British sea and coastal legend, which is embodied in this book.
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- Title
- The Fabled Coast: Legends & Traditions from Around the Shores of Britain & Ireland (Signed)
- Author
- Kingshill, Sophia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- ISBN 10
- 1847946321
- ISBN 13
- 9781847946324
- Publisher
- Random House UK
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Legends, myths, coast, shorelines, the sea
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