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Ohio University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Bell, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Shetland Times Ltd, 1994-03-01. Paperback. Good. 0.7900 in x 7.7200 in x 4.8800 in.

London: G. Bell and Sons Ltd., 1971. Textblock is very clean and tight; Binding lightly edge and corner rubbed. Dust jacket, in mylar, price clipped, moderately edge and corner worn and rubbed. 184p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good (in mylar). Illus. by Dennis H. Shepherd. 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

G. Bell & Sons, 1971. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0713517034

Athens: Ohio University Press, 1971. Book. Illus. by Dennis H. Shepherd. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. A wonderful memoir of living on the island of Papa Stour, west of the Shetland Islands, reflecting upon the life patterns there of people, the maritime and fishing pursuits, the animals and birds, the climate, the local traditions and culture, the area's unique history, much more. Hardcover with price-clipped dust jacket, contains glossary, 184pp., d.j. shows two small abrasions, o/w a very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Lerwick: Shetland Times Ltd. 1994 Shetland Times edition paperback; Very Good, clean copy; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Soft cover. 1994.

London: G. Bell and Sons, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Dennis H. Shepherd. 8vo, blue boards, gilt titles on spine. Endpapers illustrated with a map of Papa Stour, an island to the west of Shetland. 184pp with frontispiece map of Shetland and Papa Stour and line drawings at the start of each chapter. This tells of Stella Shepherd's time as a teacher on a small island over eight years in the 1960s, leaving only when the last child school age child went to the mainland and the school closed for good. This covers the history, culture and changing ways of an island community under the threat of continuing depopulation. “…depicting a way of life, that to me , seems both rare and refreshing.”. Written in an engaging style.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Ohio University Press. 1971 Ohio University Press first edition hardback; Very Good condition copy, with very good unclipped dj in plastic sleeve, owner's bookplate inside; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1971.

London: G Bell & Sons, 1971. Autograph manuscript, typescript, corrected proofs and supportive letters from Sir John Betjeman to the author of this memoir of Papa Stour who met her during a visit to the island and helped see the book through to publication. Stella Shepherd and her husband Dennis who illustrated her book moved to Papa Stour in the Shetlands in 1962, to become, respectively, the island's schoolteacher and a lay Missionary, leaving 'eight years later, when there were no longer any children of school age left for her to teach.' The finished memoir which depicts life on a small, depopulating Shetland isle in the 1960s takes the reader through an island year. Stella Shepherd, nee Jardine (1919-2017) originally lived in Yorkshire where she had worked as a teacher after graduating from Hull Municipal Training College. Like a Mantle the Sea was first published in 1971 and reissued in 1999 for the island's seven hundredth anniversary. Betjeman described it in one of his letters to Shepherd as… Leer más