NORTHERN LIGHTS A Poet's Sources
Language: English
Published by John Murray ( 1999 ), London, 1999
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Octavo, 336 pages, cloth Poetry, essays, and folklore from the Orkney Islands by their favorite son. In his career, Brown was awarded theJames Tait Black Memorial Book Prize, the Scottish Book of the Year by the Saltire Society, and was shortlisted for The Booker Prize.
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- Title
- NORTHERN LIGHTS A Poet's Sources
- Author
- BROWN, George Mackay
- Publisher
- John Murray ( 1999 ), London
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- as new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0719559499
- ISBN 13
- 9780719559495
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- folklore, poetry, scotland
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