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Published by Gale Ecco, U.S. Supreme Court Records, 2011
ISBN 10: 1270608614ISBN 13: 9781270608615
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
Published by Gale Ecco, U.S. Supreme Court Records, 2011
ISBN 10: 1270608614ISBN 13: 9781270608615
Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
Published by Gale Ecco, U.S. Supreme Court Records, 2011
ISBN 10: 1270608614ISBN 13: 9781270608615
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germany
Book
Condition: New.
Published by Gale, U.S. Supreme Court Records, 2011
ISBN 10: 1270608614ISBN 13: 9781270608615
Seller: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.
Published by The Old Stile Press Ltd., 2009
ISBN 10: 0907664822ISBN 13: 9780907664826
Seller: The Old Stile Press Ltd, Abertillery, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Onken, Michael (illustrator). Limited Edition. "A Play for voices Many years ago we celebrated the seventieth birthday of George Mackay Brown by publishing In the Margins of a Shakespeare. It has long been out of print but we are now able, with the kind help of his literary executors, to print an edition of a previously unpublished play for voices written in 1984.There are many stories and legends of selkies the seals that surround the shores of Orkney their deep brown eyes that captivate humans, their singing that mesmerises. George Mackay Brown had written stories of them. Then we met an American artist, Michael Onken, who came regularly to Scotland to draw and paint and had developed a passion for the writing of GMB and for selkies which he drew while on Orkney. We asked the literary executors if by any chance there might be any unpublished writing about selkies - and almost by return we were offered The Girl from the Sea. It is a simply told play which involves a young man, his elderly parents and the arrival of a beautiful girl in their midst . . . Michael Onken has indulged his love of representing the antics of seals in the water, extending over several page openings, he has cut wood and lino to tell the story with imagery which captures the isolation of a croft on Orkney. Perhaps the play was devised for radio, perhaps for performance at a festival we have not been told but here the characters first created in words are brought to life in the pages of a book.In a much treasured letter sent to us when George Mackay Brown was still alive, he wrote: Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by The Old Stile Press, Monmouthshire, England, 2008
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Hard Cover. Number 70 of 195 copies in Main Edition. Illustrated by Michael Onken and signed by him. This book came when the McDowells, proprietors of the press, discovered this text among the papers of George Mackay Brown. He wrote it in 1984 and it had a single public reading but was never published. The play draws on the tales of the Selkie folk. The American artist, Michael Onken, has found Orkney to be his "spiritual" home, and also was drawn to the Selkie legends. This book is a result of the play's discovery. Bound in cream cloth front cover with illustration in brown. Backing and rear board are blue linen. Housed in fine grey slipcase with paper illustration of Mackay Brown affixed to front. Designed and printed by Nicolas McDowell in Albertina type on grey Velin Arches paper. The artist's wood engravings, woodcuts,and linocut images were printed in black and white from the original blocks. Binding by The Fine Book Bindery using paper printed at The Old Stile Press. In fine condition. Unpaginated [56 pages]. PRI/061316.
Published by The Old Stile Press [2008], [Monmouthshire], 2008
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Onken, Michael (illustrator). Limited Edition. No. II of 10 of the Special Edition, folio size, 50 pp., signed by Artist. There are many stories and legends of selkies - the seals that surround the shores of Orkney - their deep brown eyes that captivate humans, their singing that mesmerises. George Mackay Brown had written stories of them before his passing in 1996. Then the publishers met an American artist, Michael Onken, who came regularly to Scotland to draw and paint and had developed a passion for the writing of GMB and for selkies which he drew while on Orkney. They asked the literary executors of GMB if by any chance there might be any unpublished writing about selkies - and almost by return they were offered this story, "The Girl from the Sea". It is a simply told play which involves a young man, his elderly parents and the arrival of a beautiful girl in their midst (n.b., above info from the web site of the Press). A lovely book with a haunting story, no. II of 10 of the Special Edition, with an original signed watercolour and a suite of four proofs of the prints from within the book, signed and numbered by the artist, all five in a wallet. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in blue-grey cloth with a pictorial front panel of the artist's design, sky blue endpapers, title page in brown and moss green, text in moss green, profusely illustrated by Michael Onken with 27 images printed directly from wood engraved, woodcut and lino cut blocks; folio size (approximately 12.5" tall), unpaginated with 25 leaves, paper is Velin Arches, type Albertina; limited edition of 195 copies of the Main Edition plus 10 copies of the Special Edition, this is no. II of the ten, signed by the artist on the colophon page. Accompanied by the signed, original watercolour and a suite of four proofs in a wallet, each signed and numbered by the artist, as referred to above. The volume and the separate illustrations are enclosed in a clamshell box covered in grey cloth, paper pastedown on the front of the box of a drawing of George Mackay Brown. ___CONDITION: Fine, as are the separate suite of proof prints and the original watercolour; the box has a gentle bump to one corner, else fine. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.