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Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1915 Scarce 1st edition copy in original quarter cloth and card binding. Compiled from the Admiral's correspondence retained at Graemshall together with copies of the letters that his Factor, David Petrie filed (his original letters were destroyed). Published at the start of World War I - to be of 'special interest to those desiring information upon the naval and military activities of Orkney and Orcadians during the last great war'. The binding is clean and sound with some very light marking to the back board. The contents are in very good clean condition with some light browning at the endpapers. Some pages are unopened. The bottom corner of p53 has a crease where it was turned over.
Pateas Amicis: The Story of the House of Graemeshall in Orkney by Graeme, Patrick Sutherland - 1936
by Graeme, Patrick Sutherland
Pateas Amicis: The Story of the House of Graemeshall in Orkney
by Graeme, Patrick Sutherland
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Kirkwall: The Proprietor of the 'Orkney Herald, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Octavo. (4) 64 pp, foreword, The Lairds of Graemeshall, The Story of Graemeshall in Orkney with b&w illustrations and plans. Inked inscription of ffep. Original glassine dust jacket with small chips and tears along the edges. Faintly bumped fore-edge corner tips, else, Pristine, no wear.N o markings, tight binding, pages clean and bright. 5.5" x 8". Beige paper-covered boards with maroon cloth back strip, and white-paper title plate and black lettering to spine, and gilt top text block edge. Scarce Title.
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- Publisher The Proprietor of the 'Orkney Herald
- Place of Publication Kirkwall
- Date Published 1936
- Keywords BRITISH HISTORY THE LAIRDS OF GRAEMESHALL HOUSE OF GRAEMESHALL IN ORKNEY FAMILY HISTORY ARCHITECTURE ESTATES
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Orkney and the Last Great War. Being excerpts from the correspondence of Admiral Alexander Graeme of Graemeshall 1788-1815
by Patrick Sutherland Graeme
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Birsay, Orkney, United Kingdom
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'Pateus Amicis' The Story Of The House Of Graemeshall In Orkney
by Patrick Sutherland Graeme
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Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom
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Kirkwall, Scotland: Orkney Herald, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Quarter bound wine cloth on a light tan card board.. Title strip to spine. Original waxed clear wrapper.Gilt top edge. Tight and clean copy.
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£150.00