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Cooke, Rev. Edward Alexander.
Saint Columba: His Life and Work.
Publisher: St. Giles’ Printing Company, Edinburgh;
Date of Publication: 1893
Stock Code: 11393
SECOND EDITION. Octavo, pp. [2], x, 153, [1], [6] catalogue. Monochrome frontispiece of Iona. Publishers’ cream cloth with gilt titles to spine and on brown panel to upper board. Dark brown end-papers. Spine toned and cloth a touch soiled, with wear to bruised upper corners. An ex-library copy with inscribed label to spine and attractive printed library plate (for Sandeman Public Library, Perth) to front paste-down. Ink ownership inscription from the year of publication to front free end-paper, with pencilled numbers to title page. Good condition. Scarce biography of the Celtic saint, based upon early sources, with notes on his early biographers and writings. £65.00