Humours of A Peat Commission. With Seven Original Illustrations by Arthur Abernethy, Lerwick

  • Manson, Thomas
  • Lerwick: T. & J. Manson 1918

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Description

FIRST EDITION, 3 vols., 8vo, pp. [viii], 223, [1] + frontispiece and 5 plates, [viii], 276, [4, ads]; viii, 342. Original [grey, green, burgundy] cloth, spines lettered in black or gilt, front board of vol. 1 blocked pictorially in black, peach [vol. 1] and green [vol. 2] dustjackets printed in black. Just a touch of spotting, vol. 3 endpapers marked. Vol. 1 dustjacket chipped, spotted and soiled, vol. 2 dustjacket a little soiled, spine-panel darkened, vol. 3 boards a little marked. Ownership inscriptions of A.G, dated 1936, modern embossed ownership stamp to each volume.

Notes

A complete set of these humorous sketches written in Shetlandic dialect, originally published in the Shetland News. Library Hub records 5 copies.

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