HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: Undated but inscription dated 1949 to half title.* Publisher: Skeffington & Sons Ltd.* Binding and cover condition: Dark green cloth, faded gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, slightly worn. GD+* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Line drawn map of Scotland to end papers. Neat dedication to half title, dated Xmas 1949. Clean, crisp and tight with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, slight age to top edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: A number (33) of b/w photos to frontis and within text throughout.* Pages: 183 pp. text. x pp. blank pages at rear.* Description: This book, Wanderings in Scotland (like its? predecessor, Wanderings in Lakeland,) covers the outdoor experiences of half a century, and is submitted to readers in a spirit of defiance. It is largely made up of chapters written during particular trips North of the Border for editors of various papers in Scotland, Northern England and London. For the modern reader it gives a glimpse of this fairly barren and slightly archaic region between the wars. Solitude and isolation are never far from the writer?s experience.* A GOOD copy of the 1st. edition with NO MAJOR FAULTS but no dust jacket.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4067
Title: Wanderings in Scotland
Author: Palmer, William T
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG/GD/ND
Quantity Available: 10
Edition: First Edition, 1st. Imp.
Publisher: Skeffington and Son
Place of Publication: London UK 183
Date Published: 1949-01-01
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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Wanderings in Scotland

Wanderings in Scotland