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THE HISTORY OF THE ORKNEY ISLANDS
Written by George Barry.
Stock no. 1827527
Published by James Thin.
1st thus
1975.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Facsimile of the first edition of 1805. This book falls naturally into three parts. The first is a vivid description of the Orkney islands as seen by the author in 1805. The second part is devoted to the history and archaeology; and the third part considers the economy of the islands, its natural history, botany, mineralogy, agriculture, fisheries and commerce. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. viii and 509 pages. Folding map of the Orkney Islands. Light vertical creasing to spine. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.
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- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- ORKNEY
- ISLANDS
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FACSIMILE
- ARCHAEOLOGY