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Published by Johnson & Greig, 1938
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1938. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible bumping to corners. Soft crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards.
Published by Birlinn Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1841581615ISBN 13: 9781841581613
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: very good. Used.
Published by Birlinn Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1841581615ISBN 13: 9781841581613
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. New.
Published by Birlinn Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1841581615ISBN 13: 9781841581613
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by Birlinn Edinburgh,, 2001
ISBN 10: 1841581615ISBN 13: 9781841581613
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Birlinn Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1841581615ISBN 13: 9781841581613
Seller: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by Birlinn Ltd, 2001
ISBN 10: 1841581615ISBN 13: 9781841581613
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service.
Published by Johnson & Greig, Lerwick, 1938
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original blue hardcover cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and upper cover.No Dust-Jacket.This copy has one previous inscription present to the front endpaper.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,illustrated with several b&w photographs.The Island of Foula Foula, located in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland, is one of the United Kingdom?s most remote permanently inhabited islands. Owned since the turn of the 20th century by the Holbourn family, the island was the location for the film The Edge of the World. RMS Oceanic was wrecked on the nearby Shaalds of Foula,8vo 256pp First Edition 1st Impression [1938].
Published by Johnson & Greig, Lerwick, 1938
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good copy of the 1st edition with photographic frontispiece and 13 f and urther photographic plates. In the original red cloth binding with gilt titles to spine. The binding has a cocked spine which is faded and pulled. The front board has gilt titles and is bright and clean. Back board with some lighter spotting, bumped corners and a light corner crease. Internally there is a signature to the front pastedown which has offset slightly to the free endpaper. Contents with half title, frontispiece, title, contents and foreward pp viii; text pp 1-256 with appendix and 13 plates. Contents in very good clean condition with the occasional light spot.
Published by Johnson & Greig, Lerwick, 1938
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION viii, 256pp., red cloth, gilt lettering, spine faded and a little soiled, corners and spine edges slightly rubbbed and bumped, very light spotting on outer page edges, light spotting along top edge of first and last few pages otherwise pages overall clean throughout, b&w images within. 8.75" x 5.75" Size: 8.75" x 5.75". Topography.
Published by Johnson & Greig, Lerwick, 1938
Seller: Fida Books, Catfield, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good -. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 256pp., red cloth with gilt titles, bw photos. Extremities bumped and rubbed, spine faded, a bit cocked. Page edges browning, very good internally, small owner's signature on ffep, above the dedication. Signed on the ffep 'To my good friend Agnes Aitken from Marion C. S. Holbourn April 1938'. The articles were by Prof. Ian B. Stoughton Holbourn, Laird of the Shetland Island of Foula for 35 years and were edited posthumously by Marion, his wife. Signed by Editor.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this illustrated work on the Isle of Foula written by the Laird of the island and edited by his wife. The first edition.In the original publisher's blue cloth.Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and thirteen plates, including a full colour map. Collated complete.This work consists of a collection of essays on Foula by the Laird, Ian B. Stoughton Holbourn, and was edited, with an additional memoir of the Laird, by his wife M. C. Stoughton Holbourn. Foula is one of the UK's most remote permanently inhabited islands, situated in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. It has been owned and inhabited by the Holbourn family since the early twentieth century. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with slight bumping and very minimal rubbing to the extremities. The odd spot to the endpapers with a past owner's blind stamp to the free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with the odd spot only. Near Fine. book.
Published by Johnson & Greig, Lerwick, 1938
Seller: Beach Hut Books, Lingfield, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A bright copy with just light foxing on a few pages.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). An illustrated first edition on the island of Foula as written by a long-term inhabitant, owner and Laird, in a very scarce dust wrapper. Foula is one of the UK's most remote permanently inhabited islands, situated in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. It has a microscopic population of around thirty-eight people, with most inhabitants being farmers. It has been owned and inhabited by the Holbourn family since the early twentieth century. Ian B. Stoughton Holbourn (1872-1935) was Laird of Foula for thirty-five years, as well as being a writer and Professor of the University of Oxford. Comprises a series of articles on the subject of Foula, alongside a memoir of the author written by his wife, M. C. Stoughton Holbourn.Illustrated with full plate photographs throughout.In a very scarce and unclipped dust wrapper, bound in the publisher's original binding. In a full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, minor bumping to the tail of the spine. Dust wrapper has tape repairs along the head and tail but is in excellent condition with minor wear only. Gift inscription to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Near Fine. book.