Renwick Jack (4 results)

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No place: 1963. First edition. Printed wraps. 32 pp. A collection of poetry by Jack Renwick separated into two sections, one in the Shetland dialect and the other in English. This is Renwick's first published collection. A poet from Unst, Jack Renwick wrote in both traditional and modern free verse forms, and was perhaps best known for satirical writing (Shetlopedia). VERY GOOD condition. Light fading to the covers. Area of brownish soiling along the top front cover. Minor bumping to the corners.

Stapled Softcover Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Walterson, F.S. (illustrator). First Edition. Includes 'Shetland and North Sea Oil: A Study of Rapid Social Change and Health' by Rosen and Voorhees-Rosen; 'The Making of Modern Shetland (Final Instalment)' by Smith; 'Childhood in a Shetland Manse (Part II) by MacLean; 'Not Just Fishermen's Luck' by Sharov; 'Farming in Shetland Fifty Years Ago' by Fraser; A cartoon by F.S. Walterson; and Poetry by Peterson, Renwick, Jamieson and Lowri. Small tear to the top edge of the front cover and light edge creasing only. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Stapled Softcover Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Walterson, F.S. (illustrator). First Edition. Includes 'The Shetland Brazilian Affair' by Dowle; 'Knowledge' by McGill; 'Another Glimpse of Faroe' by Manson; Sutherland's Lane' by Robertson; A cartoon by F.S. Walterson; and Poetry by Lowri, Logan, Tulloch, Laurenson and Renwick. Light edge wear to the covers only. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Hardcover. Seven volume partial set. Hardcovers, all in dustjackets. Some spotting/soil to the boards of the 1815-1832 volume. A bit of bumping to a few corners. Else the bindings are quite clean, with bright gilt. Pages a bit age-toned. DJ's somewhat age-toned / spines a bit sunned; and with light edgewear/rubbing. Additional details of the individual volumes as follows. "English Literature at the Close of the Middle Ages": VG/VG; 1964 reprint; DJ price-clipped (all others unclipped). "Chaucer and Fifteenth Century": VG-/VG-; 1965 reprint. Slight spine lean. Light soil to the page edges. 1/4" hole in the DJ spine. "The English Drama 1485-1585": VG+/VG; 1969; SD, NAP. "English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama": VG/VG; 1965 reprint. "English Literature in the Earlier Seventeenth Century 1600-1660": VG/VG-; 62 reprint. "English Literature 1789-1815": VG-/VG-; 1967 reprint; stain on page fore-edges; "English Literature 1815-1832": G+/VG-; (1963) ; stain on the page fore-edges. This is a large, heavy set; Priority and/or International may require shipping over and above standard costs. ; 27B.