Robert Kirkwalker Between Tapa blanda - 1991

Element , 1990 . 9781852301415 At first glance, a very good copy. But, at the time of cataloguing, the book retains a faint lingering scent of tobacco smoke, hence grading.

Longmead, Shaftesbury, Dorset, UK : Element Books, Limited, 1990., 1990. Fair. New ed., [edited and rendered into modern English with a commentary by] R.J. Stewart ; xiv, 178 pp. : illustrated with diagrams ; 22 cm. ; ISBN: 1852301414 (pbk.) :; 9781852301415 (pbk.) ; OCLC: 21412733 ; LC: BF1028.5.S; Dewey: 133.094115 ; Originally published as: The secret common-wealth : s.l. : s.n., 1691 ; a scarce edition of the Robert Kirk opus, with a detailed, if rambling, commentary by R J Stewart which gives a 1990's prespective to the story of the Rev. Robert Kirk, supposedly trapped by the fairies in their world for having revealed their secrets in his manuscript, reproduced here in modern English, The Secret Commonwealth of Elves Faunes & Fairies ; ex-lib ; color pictorial paper wrappers ; spine knocked ; label, stamps (at least of a Scottish library!) ; illustration in color on the cover of Richard Dadd's Bacchanalian Scene, 1862 ; FAIR