A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands (Shetland) Vol1/2 1809
Language: English
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London, Edinburgh, 1809
- Hardcover
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Seller: Odie's Books, Scotland, United KingdomOdie's Books
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Condition: Used - Fair
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A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands - Including their Civil, Political, Natural History, Antiquities and on Account of their Agriculture, Fisheries, Commerce and the State of Society and Manners. Both Volumes 1/2. Author Arthur Edmondston. First editions 1809. Printed by James Ballentyne, Edinburgh for Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London. Vol.1 has 364 pages and a map of shetland at the start of the book, Vol.2 has 345 pages. Both volumes has been rebound at some point c1900, with hard board covers and new end papers. The pages have rough edges as it was hand cut pages, some pages are still uncut. The covers have rubbing to the edges and outer spines, and kind of grubby, the name plates on the spines are worn out. The inside has browning to the pages, especially the front and back original pages and rough edge cut pages (as stated above) along with general wear that you would expect. They are still tightly bound and complete and survived without any major faults or damage.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands (Shetland) Vol1/2 1809
- Author
- Arthur Edmonston
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London, Edinburgh
- Publication year
- 1809
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Printing
- 1st Printing
Odie's Books
Scotland, United Kingdom
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