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MARWICK, HUGH: The County Books. Orkney.
Robert Hale. London. 1951 1st edition.
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. With fold out map at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; In removable plastic cover. Spine slightly darkened with small bump to top. Not price clipped). Slight browning to endpapers. Else a very clean and tight copy. One of a set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. This volume covers Orkney. Chapters on Earliest Settlers, Brochs, Norse, Sagas, Earls Sigurd, Thorfinn, Hakon, Magnus, Rognvald, Harald, Battle of Summerdale, Church, Dialct, place names, traditions. Includes, StMagnus’ Cathedral, Maeshowe, Skara Brae, Stenness, Ring of Brogar, Midhowe Broch, Kirkwall, Birsay, Scapa Flow, and much more.
Price:
10.00 GBP
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