The merkat press edinburgh (2 risultati)

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Ex library copy with remains of number label on spine of unclipped dustwrapper, paper label and barcode on f/ep, ink stamps on title page and on top and bottom page edges. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends of black boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in 1878, a description and hstory of the remote island of St Kilda, lying about fifty miles west of Harris. The author visited the island during Summer 1876. 345pp, 12 b&w illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Ex library copy, rebound with dustwrapper (sans flaps) fixed to boards and with new endpapers (first original page is half-title, last is final page of text), number label on spine, paper label and barcode on f/ep, ink stamp and numbers on title page, also ink stamps on top and bottom page edges. An embossed library stamp inside back cover, but otherwise a not too bad, internally clean and tight, copy of this hard-cover book. A facsimile reprint (so has original spelling and the long S) of the original 1764 edition, full title was "The History of St Kilda, containing a Description of this Remarkable Island, the Manners and Customs of its Inhabitants, the Religious and Pagan Antiquities there found, with many other curious and interesting particulars". The author visited the island in 1759. 278pp, folding map at frontispiece. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.…