from Boreas Books

A very good, tight, bright copy with no inscriptions.

A very good, clean, tight, bright copy with no inscriptions.

A very good, near fine, clean, bright, tight copy. Signed bn author.

A very good, near fine, clean, bright, tight copy. Signed by author.

Yellow card covers with title and illustration in red. Nine poems by Sydney Goodsir Smith and printed in a limited edition of 220 of which this is number 210. A very good, tight, bright copy with no inscriptions.

This edition of Gowdspink in Reekie has been limited to 600 copies of which numbers 1 to 100 have been signed by the author. This is No. 493 thus not signed. Olive green dust jacket with illustration by Geoffrey Roper with toning to edges and small rectangular trace mark. Book in fine, clean and tight condition. 24 pages.

General Kemp decided a newspaper for soldiers was necessary to combat boredom plaguing the numerous troops of the Orkney garrison and recruited Eric Linklater to do the job. 'The Orkney Blast' came into existence on 17th January, 1914 with the help of G M Meyers who later became the editor of 'The Orcadian' newspaper. The Blast also contained an article… Read more

A nice copy of this title by extraordinary and eccentric Sydney Goodsir Smith of whom Hugh MacDiarmid said 'he did for Edinburgh something very similar to what James Joyce achieved for Dublin'. Book in very good, tight condition with no inscriptions. Dust jacket with small piece missing from bottom front and chipping to top front edge. 60 pages. Dust jacket… Read more

Neat book of nine poems by esteemed Orcadian poet, Yvonne Gray in dove grey wrappers with pages sewn in. Clean, bright, tight, fine condition.

Artist proof linocut print inspired by Gabrielle Barnby's poem 'Peace-Land' (ISBN 978-1-912889-05-1). The print measures 30cm by 21cm and is printed on Fabriano paper. Robinson R R has a studio on Orkney. The print is sold unframed. Barnby's verse reads, Islands that nested a fleet And paid over their sons. One in five lost, Far more than were due. The dice were bad, One, two,… Read more

A collection of six short stories by celebrated avant-garde film maker, Margaret Tait. Book in pristine, collector's condition. No dust jacket as published. Please see photographs for further information of condition. 47 pages.

Orkney community members, artists, scientists, farmers, fishers and crofters provide testament to their changing environment through story telling, art, poetry and exposition. Illustrated with photographs and art works. 88 pages.

"Edwin Muir" The W D Thomas Memorial Lecture of 1960 delivered at University College Swansea. Grey card covers with sewn in pages. 26 pages. Some shelf wear to wrapper edges and marks to cover. Please see photographs for further information regarding condition.

Okney Bird Report published June 1986. Black and white bird illustrations by John Hewison, Phil Davey and Nancy Hewison, cover design by Donald Watson. Ian McInnes, who illustrated many of George Mackay Brown's books provided a rockscape drawing. A very good, clean, tight copy. Please see photographs for further information regarding condition.

The Orkney Bird Report published June, 1984. Black and white bird illustrations by John Holloway and a seascape illustration by Ian McInnes who illustrated many of George Mackay Brown's books. A very good, clean, tight copy. Please see photographs for further information regarding condition.

A very good, clean, tight copy with some colour photographic images. 80 pages. Please see photographs for further information regarding condition.

'Gambit' was the magazine of the Edinburgh University Review of Spring 1959. George Mackay Brown is credited as Editorial Staff along with Jane Hannay. Brown also contributes an article titled 'Edwin Muir'. Other contributors are Ian H Finlay, Robin Fulton, Norman MacCaig, Alan Jackson, Ian Macarthur, Meta H MacBain, Tom Scott and Edward Durham Taylor. 30 pages.

Collection of poems by renowned Orcadian poet, conchologist and historian. His other books include, amongst others, 'Orkney Variants', 'Shore Poems', 'The Hidden Land', and 'The Orkney Shore'. 48 pages. Some minor dust soiling. Please see photographs for further information on condition.

Green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. Book in very good condition with neat ownership inscription to front end page. Dust jacket with some chipping to edges. 63 pages. Please see photographs for further information regarding condition.

Russet coloured cloth boards with impressed patterning. Some shelf wear to extremities and fading to lettering on spine. Please see photographs for thorough presentation of condition.