Description:
Haddington: Albyn Press, 1988. Hardback edition. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper and a half-inch tear to the left-hand side of front panel of same; minor bumping to corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's account of her life as a lighthouse-keeper's wife at two Scottish lighthouses between 1954 and 1966, firstly on Stroma in the Pentland Firth, then Buchan Ness near Peterhead. 156pp, b&w frontispiece, b&w drawings at chapter heads.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. Illus. by MacInnes, Ian. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
No image available
Details
- Title Twelve Light Years
- Author Aitken, Margaret
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Language ENG
- Publisher Charles Skilton Ltd, Haddington
- Date 1988
- ISBN 9780284987761
More Copies for Sale
More Photos
Twelve Light Years
by Aitken, Margaret
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780284987761 / 028498776X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
A$14.42A$55.77 shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
A$14.42
A$55.77
shipping to USA
Twelve Light Years
by Aitken, Margaret
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - VG+/VG+/VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780284987761 / 028498776x
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
A$24.52A$28.75 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
HARDBACK "HARD TO FIND," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1988* Publisher: Albyn Press.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs bu tslight lean to spine, no major faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £7.95. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. In protective film library jacket. VG+* Contents condition: ex-library copy with the usual stamps & labels to prelims. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with very light reading wear, no marks to text. VG* Illustrations: B/w photos, prints and line drawings within text. Nice B/w vignettes by Ian Macinnes to Chapter heads.* Pages: 156 pp. text. iii pp. Blank pages at rear.* Description: Two lighthouses - Stroma in the Pentland Firth and Buchan Ness off the Aberdeenshire coast - and Orkney-born Margarete Aitken?s life while her husband was a lighthouse keeper between 1954 and 1966,…
Read More Item Price
A$24.52
A$28.75
shipping to USA
Twelve Light Years
by Aitken, Margaret
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780284987761 / 028498776X
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
A$25.96A$16.48 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
Hardback. Very Good.
Item Price
A$25.96
A$16.48
shipping to USA