Twilight Over Shetland: The Story of Derlil the Obdurate, a Novel
by Moffatt, William
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1939. Some creasing, scuffing and small tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A novel set in Shetland, the story is in two parts. The first, set in modern (well, 1930s) times, involves a writer meeting an old woman who remembers her past life as a Pictish woman at the time of the Viking arrival on the islands. The second part is set back in those times, when the Picts were conquered by the Vikings and reduced to serfdom, except for a few who fled to remote parts of the islands (probably not very accurate, historically....). Dustwrapper illustration (by Peter Fraser) shows a man and woman dressed in skins on a clifftop watching Viking ships out at sea. 301pp, endpaper map of the Vagaland (now Walls or Waas) area of western Shetland.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012573
- Title
- Twilight Over Shetland: The Story of Derlil the Obdurate, a Novel
- Author
- Moffatt, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Heath Cranton Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Shetland, fiction-set-in-Shetland,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Scotland; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
JimsOldBooks
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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