IT'S AN OLD SCOTTISH CUSTOM.
by McCallum, Neil
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Dennis Dobson, (1951)., (1951).. Good. - 8vo, red cloth (bottom corners bumped; crease to bottom edge of rear cover) titled in black, in dw (lightly soiled; top edges of flaps creased; price-clipped). 192 pp. (light foxing to rear endpaper & last few pages of text). B&W head-pieces. Good in very good dw. <p>First edition.<p>Scotland, writes the author in his Foreword "is contemporary and ancient, and therein is its greatest fascination....A cigarette lit under a neon sign can be stubbed on a tumulus. That is part of the flavour of Scotland. In the country that developed steam power, wireless telegraphy, modern surgery and radar, there is still, in outlying parts, a Stone Age technique of living, a survival of practices and superstitions which make prehistoric man walk hand in hand with the turbo-jet engineer."
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 634
- Title
- IT'S AN OLD SCOTTISH CUSTOM.
- Author
- McCallum, Neil
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Dennis Dobson, (1951).
- Date Published
- (1951).
- Keywords
- TRAVEL; HISTORY; SCOTLAND; FIRST EDITION.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & History;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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