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Cooper, Derek

The Road to the Isles: Travellers in the Hebrides 1770 to 1914

Macmillan, 2002

5.50 €

Godley Books

(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
2002
ISBN
0333901002
Place of printing
London
Author
Cooper, Derek
Publishers
Macmillan
Size
8.75 x 5.5 inches
Keyword
History, Travel, Scotland, Scottish Islands
Cover description
Near Fine
Binding description
Hard Cover
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
Fine
Languages
English
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight rubbing to upper edge. 247pp. The story of travels to the Hebrides from the time of Boswell & Johnson who each wrote of their visits, to the departure of the steam yachts to become fleet auxiliaries at the start of the First World War. In this book, the author, well-known broadcaster and writer on cookery subjects has put together extracts from the earliest journals and memoirs alongside his own personal journeys to the Islands.
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