NOTES ON ORKNEY AND ZETLAND: ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, SCENERY, AND CUSTOMS OF THE ISLANDS Vol. I Only
by Peterkin, Alexander
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
Edinburgh, London: Macredie, Skelly, and Company; and T. & G. Underwood, 1822. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. This is volume one, Part I. A visit to Orkney in 1818, Part II. A Chronicle of Orkney and Zetland, pp. 109 Appendix , presumed vol. 2 would have included Part III Political State of Orkney and Zetland which is stated in the contents of this volume, but not bound in. Simply bound in a green cloth with no title or gilt, minimal wear, joints firm. Contents clean and tight, original endpapers somewhat spotted, text block mainly clean, no inscriptions or annotations. A very good copy of this scarce and interesting account..
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- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034213
- Title
- NOTES ON ORKNEY AND ZETLAND: ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, SCENERY, AND CUSTOMS OF THE ISLANDS Vol. I Only
- Author
- Peterkin, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macredie, Skelly, and Company; and T. & G. Underwood
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- ORKNEY, SHETLAND
- Bookseller catalogs
- Topography and Travel - British;
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- G
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