Published by Birlinn, 2010
ISBN 10: 1846971519 ISBN 13: 9781846971518
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Drew Publishing, Richard, 1989
ISBN 10: 0862672457 ISBN 13: 9780862672454
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 1993
ISBN 10: 055023005X ISBN 13: 9780550230058
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Hogarth Press, 1976
ISBN 10: 0701204192 ISBN 13: 9780701204198
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Published by Quartet Books, London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0704332469 ISBN 13: 9780704332461
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
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Published by Hogarth Press, UK, 1976
ISBN 10: 0701204192 ISBN 13: 9780701204198
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover, in dust jacket. Some toning to jacket; a little soiling to top edge of text. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Hogarth Press, London, 1976
ISBN 10: 0701204192 ISBN 13: 9780701204198
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Davey, Patricia (illustrator). First Edition. 268 pages. 440 grams. This book is in good ex-library condition with light associated markings and attachments. The dust jacket is in good condition. Dust jacket condition preserved within new clear plastic non-adhesive removable protective covering. 'These superbly evocative stories by George Mackay Brown, centred on the people of the Orkneys, range widely in time and in theme. The strange and chequered romance between a young English prisoner of war and the daughter of his Scottish captor is set in the wake of Robert Bruce's victory at Bannockburn, while two related stories tell of mutiny and piracy in the early 18th century and a curious sequel in a Hamnavoe merchant's home. 'The Book Of Black Arts' is a chilling account of a chain of pacts with the devil, the prosperity thus attained and the price exacted, while 'A Winter Tale' records a half-glimpsed Nativity in modern times. The light humour of a fishy courtship in 'Silver' contrasts with the journey of a half-ghost across Brig-O-Dread, the little stone bridge that divides sea from loch, parish from parish, and brings him into 'an august mercilessly ordering of flames'. And perhaps most characteristic of the author's celebration of his chosen earth is 'Soldier from the Wars Retuning:' a revenant from the field of battle finst that life continues and the seed is sown no matter how the war has gone - and learns not to resent this overmastering fact. Here as elsewhere in this book is a potent mingling of legend and actuality, the workaday and the sacramental, the changes time brings and the ancient underlying rhythms of a people's spiritual life.' 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrator: Davey, Patricia. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction, Modern First Editions.; ISBN: 0701204192. ISBN/EAN: 9780701204198. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 001242.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 268pp. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine. Top edge lightly speckled, else a fine copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly tanned at the predominantly white rear panel, with a light but lengthy crease to the spine panel, and the publisher's laminate lifting in one small area. Ten Orkney-based stories, the author's fourth collection of short fiction.
Published by The Hogarth Press Ltd, London, 1976
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1976, 1st. Octavo. 268pp. Publisher's brown cloth. In the red printed dust wrapper. Price intact. Some discolouration and minor edge wear. Overall a 'Very Good' copy.
Published by Hogarth Press, 1976
Seller: Novel Finds, Church Stretton, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 268 pp. Dark brown boards with gilt lettering on the spine. No obvious signs of wear on either the dustjacket or the book; price intact. This contains: A Winter Tale; Silver; The Book of Black Arts; Brig-o-Dread; Perilous Seas; The Pirate's Ghost; Stone, Salt and Rose; Soldier from the Wars Returning; Pastoral; and The Seven Poets.
Published by The Hogarth Press, 1976
Seller: Deeside Books, Ballater, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in brown cloth boards, gilt titles, light shelf wear, clean copy, previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper, otherwise in Very Good condition, dustwrapper has some light marking to the back, otherwise in Very Good condition, in a clear plastic wrapper. First edition, pp 268. This is a bewitching and atmospheric collection of short stories celebrating life and love: the world ripens as a baby stirs in its mother's womb; a soldier captured at Bannockburn sees the daughter of his jailor bathing and falls in love; two ghosts become reconciled with death; and, an eighteenth-century tale of piracy and treachery. George Mackay Brown's distinctive voice has a clarity and resonance that blends the magical with the mundane, and the present with the past.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of this collection of evocative stories concerning the people of the Orkneys. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. A collection of ten stories centred on the people of the Orkneys, mingling legend with the mundane, by Orcadian poet, author and dramatist George Mackay Brown. In publisher's original cloth binding, with original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is very bright and smart. Fine. book.
Published by The Hogarth Press, London., 1976
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Octavo. 268 pages. Ten stories.Edges very slightly spotted. Near fine in fine dustwrapper with faint darkening to the rear panel.
Published by London Hogarth Press 1976, 1976
Seller: Gilleasbuig Ferguson Rare Books ABA ILAB, Isle of Skye, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
First edition, 8vo (20cm), 268pp (1), signed by author to tiltle page:'George MacKay Brown, Stromness, 23 July 1976'. Hardback in unclipped jacket. Some minor wear and browning to jacket. Very clean internally. A fine copy of MacKay Brown's collection of short stories, centered on Orkney inhabitants. This was his fourth short story collection.