New York: Viking Press, 1989. First UK Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book is in VG condition with remainder mark to bottom edge, light bumpingt o spine ends, small point of offsetting from price tag on front fly else black boards are bright, binding is solid. Dust jacket is in NF condition with light rubbing to edges, small price sticker to front fly else bright, intact and whole. ARN 50.04

Sinopsis

Tim Robinson was brought up in Yorkshire. He studied at Cambridge University and worked as a teacher and artist in Istanbul, Vienna, and London. In 1972 he moved to the Aran Islands, where he gained fame as a mapmaker. He learned Gaelic and began preserving Irish place-names, winning respect as an environmentalist and a Ford European Conversation Award. Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage , published in 1985, won the Irish Book Award Literature Medal and a Rooney Prize Special Award for Literature in 1987. His other books include Stones of Aran: Labyrinth , Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara , and My Time in Space . Robert Macfarlane 's Mountains of the Mind (2003), about wilderness and the Western imagination, won the Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian First Book Award, among other prizes.

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Librería: JB's Book Vault (US)
Inventario del vendedor #: 001700
Título: STONES OF ARAN: PILGRIMAGE
Autor: Robinson, Tim
Formato/Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Estado del libro: Usado - Very Good
Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine
Cantidad disponible: 1
Edición: First UK Edition
ISBN 10: 0670824852
ISBN 13: 9780670824854
Editorial: Viking Press
Lugar de publicación: New York
Fecha de publicación: 1989
Palabras clave: Robinson, Stones, Aran, Pilgrimage, Aran Islands, Ireland, Voyage, Travel
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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Remainder Mark: Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.