The Present State of The Orkney Islands Considered, And an Account of The New Method of Fishing in the Coasts of Shetland. Published in 1775.

Fea, James

Published by William Brown, Edinburgh, 1884

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NO 20 OF 162 COPIES, 8vo, pp. [ii], vi, 160. Mostly unopened in original green boards, printed paper label to spine. Some scattered spotting. Label a little rubbed, spine somewhat toned. Bookplate of James Lumsden, Arden to pastedown, modern embossed ownership stamp to flyleaf, numbered and initialled in ink to limitation-page, original purchase receipt dated Jan 21st 1885 folded and loosely inserted. A limited reprint of two rare 18th-century works on the Northern Isles, each recorded in their first edition by ESTC in just 2 locations. This copy retains its original purchase receipt from ?William Brown, antiquarian and fine art bookseller, and publisher? and is from the collection of James Lumsden (1851-1911), publisher in the firm of J. Lumsden and Son.

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Title
The Present State of The Orkney Islands Considered, And an Account of The New Method of Fishing in the Coasts of Shetland. Published in 1775.
Author
Fea, James
Publisher
William Brown, Edinburgh
Publication year
1884
Binding
Hardcover
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Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Situated near the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk thoroughfare, we are within easy walking distance of Waverley Station and the central bus terminal.

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Derek Walker and Anna Fomicheva t/a McNaughtan's Bookshop

3a & 4a Haddington Place
Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH7 4AE

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