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Popular Songs of the Highlands: Twelve Gaelic Songs with English and Gaelic Words
Thomas Pattison [editor and translator]; Margaret Campbell Pattison [music]
c1880
Swan & Co. : London
14" by 10.5"
[10], 30pp.
SUMMARY
A very scarce collection of twelve Gaelic songs with English translations, accompanied by music by Margaret Campbell Pattison.
Publishers Original Binding,Very Scarce
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs0.75 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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EU Postage: £ 15.99
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DESCRIPTION
A very scarce book, held by four institutional libraries only, rarely seen on the market. A series of twelve Gaelic songs from the Popular Songs of the Highlands. With translations and notes by Thomas Pattison and pianoforte accompaniments by Margaret Campbell Pattison.
Songs included are The Lay of Diarmad, Gregor Macgregors Lament, Macgregor ORuara, MacLeods Ditty, The Boatman, &c.
CONDITION
In the original publishers full cloth binding. Externally sound with shelf wear and soiling, minor bumping to head and tail of spine, chipping to extremities, minor damp mark to boards. Ink inscription to recto front blank page dated 1889. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine- Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed- Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good- Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good- Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under condition
Good Only- Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair- As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor- Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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