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Kirkwall, Orkney: The Orkney Press, 1981. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spne ends of blue boards, also some fading to top and bottom edges of same. Original owner's ink stamp on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of thus hard-cover book. Eight stories by the author set on the Orkney island of Flotta, with the dialogue largely in the local dialect. 168pp, some b&w drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Baikie, Jim . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Willick o'Pirliebraes: Tales of Flotta [Orkney, Scotland] by Sinclair, David - 1981
by Sinclair, David
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Willick o'Pirliebraes: Tales of Flotta [Orkney, Scotland]
by Sinclair, David
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Stromness, Orkney, Scotland : Orkney Press, 1981. Hardcover with dust jacket, 168 pages including illustrations throughout; book spine slightly slanted but gilt spine lettering as bright and clear as new, tight in binding, otherwise very gently used, clean and unmarked; DJ has one tiny chip to spine top, but bright and attractive in the blue, white, gray and black wraparound pictorial. PLEASE NOTE: that the "Stock Image" provided by next to my listing is an image of the paperback edition, not my extremely scarce hardcover edition. See also our listings for Streets of Stone (An Anthology of Glasgow Short Stories) and Streets of Gold (Contemporary Glasgow Stories), both edited by Moira Burgess and Hamish Whyte, and for Scottish wit, W. B. Burnett's Scotland Laughing: The Humour of the Scot, as well as our Lillian Beckwith titles.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good +. Illus. by Jim Baikie .
- Bookseller Eric James (CA)
- Illustrator Jim Baikie
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition Very Good +
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- ISBN 10 0907618006
- ISBN 13 9780907618003
- Publisher Orkney Press
- Place of Publication Stromness, Orkney, Scotland
- Date Published 1981
- Keywords GREAT BRITAIN HISTORY Scottish Isles Stories Society Wit Humor Humour FICTION
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Willick o' Pirliebraes
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Willick o'Pirliebraes: Tales of Flotta
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