Orkney Folklore and Sea Legends
by Dennison, Walter Traill
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0907618383
- ISBN 13
- 9780907618386
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Kirkwall, Orkney: The Orkney Press, 1995. Paperback edition. A previous owner's name on half-title, Some minor scuffing to outer corners and spine ends of cover, slight creasing to spine, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. A collection of pieces on Orkney folklore originally written in the late nineteenth century, including traditional Wedding and Funeral customs, tales of the Spanish Armada in Orkney, Seal-Folk (seals who changed into human form), an old long ballad on the same topic "The Play of the Lathie Odivere", and more. Introduction by Howie Firth and a chapter on the life of the author by Tom Muir. 196pp, b&w drawings at chapter heads.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wilson, Bryce. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012792
- Title
- Orkney Folklore and Sea Legends
- Author
- Dennison, Walter Traill
- Illustrator
- Wilson, Bryce
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0907618383
- ISBN 13
- 9780907618386
- Publisher
- The Orkney Press
- Place of Publication
- Kirkwall, Orkney
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Orkney, Folklore, Folktales, Selkies, Seal-folk, Odivere
- Bookseller catalogs
- Folklore;
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Kirkwall, Orkney
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