Tales from the Moors and the Mountains

Donald A. Mackenzie

Verlag: Blackie & Son Limited, London & Glasgow, 1931

A superior first edition of this collection of Scottish folk tales collected by Donald A. Mackenzie, complete with an excellent dust wrapper. Containing such tales as 'A Tale of Big Ears', 'A Humorous Fox', 'The Lady of Loch Maree', 'William the Weaver' and 'The Scholarly Wolf'.Written by important folklorist and writer Donald Alexander Mackenzie, known for his anthropological and mythological writings during the early twentieth century. His writings on folklore and myth covered all manner of civilisations, from Crete, to India, Melanesia, Egypt and Assyria, as well as Britain.Complete with the scarce dust wrapper, which is unclipped and in excellent condition. It has been protected with sticky-back plastic.With an illustrated frontispiece by M. Meredith Williams.A first edition.From the library of Colin Currie, Thornton Smiddy.An excellent collection of Scottish folk tales by a prominent folklorist. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart, with just a little wear to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper, which has been protected with sticky back plastic, is a little sunned to the spine, with a few marks to the rear board, but is otherwise in excellent condition. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown; inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are just a touch age-toned. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 788R38

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Tales from the Moors and the Mountains
Verlag: Blackie & Son Limited, London & Glasgow
Erscheinungsdatum: 1931
Einband: Cloth
Illustrator: Not Stated
Zustand: Near Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed
Auflage: First edition.
Art des Buches: book