Sketches and Tales of The Shetland Islands.

  • Edmondston, Eliza
  • Edinburgh: Sutherland & Knox 1856

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Description

8vo, pp. vii, [i], 256 + map. Original green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine lettered direct in gilt. A little spotting to first and last leaves. A little marked, unevenly sunned. Ownership signature to flyleaf dated 1979.

Notes

A scarce overview of the archipelago: Library Hub records just 4 copies, at Aberdeen, BL, Oxford and Tyntesfield, Somerset, care of The National Trust. It includes chapters on topography, the flora and fauna of the islands, and knitting. Edmonston was a native of the Shetland Island of Unst and mother of the novelist Jessie Saxby.

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