Crawford Barbara E Editor (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. A nice clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xiii,271. 32 illustrations. "This collection of essays, written in honour of Dr.T.M.Y. Manson's 80th birthday, covers many different aspects of the history of Shetland and its neighbouring islands.". …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by The Shetland Times Limited in 1984, here is the first hardback printing of prolific Shetland historian and author, Dr T.M.Y.Manson's Essays in Shetland History: Heidursrit TO T.M.Y.Manson edited by Barbara E. Crawford signed and inscribed by Thomas Manson in black ink to the front free end paper. Blue cloth binding, gilt lettering, 269 pages plus superb photographs/ illustrations, the book is in very good condition with a slight spine slant and some light bumping to the edges of the boards. The glossy dust jacket is very good with very minor shelf wear. Signed by Author(s).…

Hard. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, inscription on front endpaper, 0.5cm indent on front cover where something has pierced halway through the board, but boards otherwise neat. Size: 4to.

First edition. 133pp; 21 illustrations. No inscriptions. Yellow boards. Fine in Fine dustwrapper. Limited edition of 1000 copies printed. [8 papers presented to mark the longstanding commitment of Pers Sveaas Andersen to furthering the deep cultural links between Orkney and Shetland and Norway in a Northern Commonwealth].…

First edition. xii + 160pp; 26 illustrations. Soft covers. No inscriptions. Fine. [contributions by 7 experts to a conference at St. Andrews which focused on Scotland as part of Celtic Britain].

First edition. 143pp; 41 illustrations. Soft covers. No inscriptions. Fine. [Norse place-names in the Northern and Western Isles containing the word 'papar' indicate an association with the Celtic priests or monks who were found by the Vikings in these islands].