£350
FIRST EDITION, 2 vols., 12mo, pp. xx, 322; vii, [i], 426, [2, ads] + folding map frontispiece, 2 further maps and 1 folding table. Errata slip tipped in to the rear of vol. 2. Original purple textured purple cloth, spines lettered in gilt. A little minor spotting, maps foxed. Cloth bumped at extremities, spines and edges sunned. A few marginal pencil marks.
A scarce travelogue by Charles John Shore, 2nd Baron Teignmouth (1796-1885), Conservative MP. It contains much significant coverage of the Outer Hebrides and the Isle of Man - as well as indication that Orcadians gleaned the identity of the author of Waverley from the text of The Pirate, since the descriptions of Orkney therein matched the locations Scott had seen on his visit. Especially unusual in the original cloth.
