Roderick Maccowan (6 results)

Cloth. Condition: Average Minus. . 230 pages, stories of 49 godly laymen from Skye in the 18th and 19th centuries. Half-title page and page xv-xvi detached and tatty; some wear and tear to spine, foxing at front and back.

Glasg. - 1902. hb. 19+230pp. Spines and boards badly worn and frayed. Hinges loose. Pencil marks throughout. Work copy.

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. 1st Edition. Dark blue cloth lettered in gold on spine and in black on front cover. "EDINBURGH" at base of spine. Lacks front endpaper. Very clean tight book but a couple of blach spots on front cvover and 10mm (repaired) split at top of spine. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp xix, 230. Original cloth. Beveled edges. Wear to head and foot of spine. Binding marked. A sound, tight copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A scarce first edition of this work documenting the lives of some of the men living on the Isle of Skye in the early nineteenth century. First edition, in the publisher's original blue cloth binding. This scarce work by Roderick MacCowan documents the lives of Christian men who were raised up by God, during the early nineteenth century. MacCowan presents the lives of forty-nine residents of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland, including Norman MacLeod a former schoolmaster on the island. With poems included to the rear of the work, written by three of the Men of Skye, Malcolm Nicolson, Donald Macdonald and Donald MacInnes. With a public library stamp to the front paste down. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart, with light rubbing to the boards and to the joints. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A touch of fading to the spine. Light offsetting and the odd spot to endpapers. Library stamp to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the occasional spot, mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp xix, 230. Original cloth, beveled edges. Spine faded. Crack to inner hinge before the half title age. Signature to half title. A little scattered soiling. A sound, decent copy.