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The Lost Pibroch and other Sheiling Stories
by Munro, Neil
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. Rubbing to spine and boards. Small tears to cloth at ends of spine and at corners of boards. Narrow splits to gutters at hinges. Previous owner's rubber name stamp and address on front endpaper. Old dampstains to margins of some leaves. Foxing and dust stains. ; This copy inscribed and signed by the author on verso of half-title leaf: "To John Hassall / with the best wishes / of Neil Munro / August 1896". [6], 285, [1], [2 (advertisements)] pages + portrait frontispiece. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, black lettering and Celtic knot design on front board. Page dimensions: 188 x 124mm. The author's first book. A collection of short stories. Contents: The Lost Pibroch; Red Hand; The Secret of the Heather-Ale; Boboon's Children; The Fell Sergeant; Black Murdo; The Sea-Fairy of French Foreland; Shudderman Soldier; War; A Fine Pair of Shoes; Castle Dark; A Gaelic Glossary. Neil Munro (1863-1930) was "a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic." - from Wikipedia entry on Neil Munro, accessed January 2021. ; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22374
- Title
- The Lost Pibroch and other Sheiling Stories
- Author
- Munro, Neil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Blackwood and Sons
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1896
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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