Skea bessie (8 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: 37324620. 1793199327. 10/28/2026 2:55:27 PM.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Softcovers. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 1963. First edition. 62pp. and small black and white chapter header drawings. Jemima Bessie Skea (1923-1996) was a Scottish writer of prose and poetry, inspired by her native Orkney Islands. Her reputation grew from her regular contributions to The Orcadian newspaper under the name Countrywoman. Her first book, A Countrywoman's Calendar, dealt with the natural background of Orkney. In the present book of essays she deals mainly with her own childhood in Shapinsay, and the things that happened and the stories that were told there. The book is staple-bound inside the original light green card covers with black titling on the spine and front cover. The book is in very good condition with some shelf wear to the covers and the spine is sunned. There are slight bumps visible from the staples binding the pages near the spine edge of the covers. The contents are secure and clean with no inscription.…

Condizione: Very Good. 1962. Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condizione: Very Good. 1962. Paperback. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. . . . .

ISBN 0-903065-41-X. Hardback. No dustjacket, bound in pictorial boards. Very Good condition, with slight browning to edges of interior pages, slight waterspotting on top edge, brown rectangle between front endpaper and title page, back endpaper and last page of book, minor rubs to cover corners. Tight, sound, unmarked copy, except for red remainder dot on bottom edge. No statement of later printing on copyright page. …

First edition thus. [vi] + 165pp; illustrations by Isobel Gardner. Soft covers. No inscriptions. Fine. [Shapinsay-born Bessie Skea (1923-1996) was a regular and popular contributor under the name 'Countrywoman' to the columns of The Orkney Herald and later to The Orcadian newspapers over a period of nearly 40 years].…