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Our Tounis College; Being a Bouquet of Poesy Sung by Devoted Cives of our Ancient and Benign Alma Mater, and Culled from Divers Sources by D. E. K and W. P. K, Editors, at the Behest of the Students Representative Council of the University of Edinburgh
by Keir, David E. & Kennedy, Walter P (editors)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Darien Press, 1928. No dustwrapper, spine of blue cloth-covered boards is a bit discoloured, book smells of pipe-tobacco. Otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover collection of poems by students from Edinburgh University written between the 1830s and the 1920s, mostly having been previously published in ''The Student''. Mostly anonymous authors but named authors include J B Mabbott, F V Branford, A W Mair, Louis Arnaud Reid, A A W Ramsay, Maitland Hardyman, Mary Geraldine Grierson, William Soutar, W S Morrison, Addeshir N Baria, Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, Mairi Mowat, Agnes Muir MacKenzie, A D MacKie, J K Annand, David E Keir. 414pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005157
- Title
- Our Tounis College; Being a Bouquet of Poesy Sung by Devoted Cives of our Ancient and Benign Alma Mater, and Culled from Divers Sources by D. E. K and W. P. K, Editors, at the Behest of the Students Representative Council of the University of Edinburgh
- Author
- Keir, David E. & Kennedy, Walter P (editors)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Darien Press
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Edinburgh, Edinburgh-University, Scottish-Universities
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Scotland;
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
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Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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