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Orkney Folklore and Traditions.

TRAILL DENNISON, Walter (1825-1894), [MARWICK, Ernest W., editor].

Kirkwall: The Herald Press, 1961. [Social history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 96. Red cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 10/6. Some spotting and toning to edges, and less so to endpapers, otherwise internally fine. Wrapper lightly marked, some loss to top and tail of spine. Very good. A collection of Orcadian folklore and tradition produced in the nineteenth century, here edited and presented by Marwick. Item #56213

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