TARN, W.W. The Treasure of the Isle of Mist. A Tale of the Isle of Skye. OUP, [1938].
8vo. Original cloth with illustrated dust-wrappers (not price-clipped); pp. 166, plates after photographs on thick eggshell papers; minimal rubbing to wrappers, otherwise fine.
Written for the author's daughter, Otta Swire of Orbost House, and first published in 1919, the fantasy adventure is based on and inspired by the Isle of Skye. This new edition features 24 contemporary photographs of Skye including one of Orbost House. - This beautiful edition is particularly hard to find.
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