{"product_id":"1856-sketches-and-tales-of-the-shetland-islands-edmondston-f-j-grants-copy","title":"1856 Sketches And Tales Of The Shetland Islands : Edmondston : F J Grant's Copy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSketches And Tales Of The Shetland Islands\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Eliza Edmondston \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Sutherland and Knox, Edinburgh, 1856. First Edition. 8vo. Original blind-stamped cloth binding. 256 pages. With a colour map frontispiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROVENANCE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreviously owned by Sir Francis James Grant with his bookplate to the inside front board and his signature to the front endpaper.\u003cbr\u003eSir Francis James Grant KCVO WS (1863–1953) was a Scottish officer of arms who eventually rose to the office of Lord Lyon King of Arms. Grant served in the Court of the Lord Lyon as Carrick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary beginning on 17 May 1886. This appointment lasted until his promotion to the office of Rothesay Herald of Arms in Ordinary and Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records on 8 September 1898. [citation needed]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 10 May 1929, he was appointed Lord Lyon King of Arms and Secretary of the Order of the Thistle.[1] He was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1935. Grant retired from the office on 30 June 1945. He was the representative of Grant of Corrimony, and was the son of John Grant, Marchmont Herald of Arms in Ordinary from 1884 to 1888. Grant was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists in 1944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrant compiled and published The County Families of the Zetland (Shetland) Islands — originally published 1893 (often cited as \"The County Families of the Zetland Islands\" \/ \"The County Families of the Shetland Islands\").\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Sketch of Shetland\u003cbr\u003eThe Shetlanders\u003cbr\u003eTopographical Sketch of the Islands\u003cbr\u003eThe Sillack\u003cbr\u003eThe Pony\u003cbr\u003eThe Ornithologist\u003cbr\u003eFallen Angels\u003cbr\u003eAn Excursion\u003cbr\u003eOle Olafson; A Shetland Tale of Other Times\u003cbr\u003eThe Smugglers; Another Story of Olden Time\u003cbr\u003eThe Fisherman\u003cbr\u003eThe Fowler\u003cbr\u003eThe Sailor\u003cbr\u003eThe Knitters\u003cbr\u003eThe Whale Hunt\u003cbr\u003eThe Early Parted\u003cbr\u003eThe Shipwreck\u003cbr\u003eThe Sunken Rock\u003cbr\u003eNorna\u003cbr\u003eA Shetland Lochinvar\u003cbr\u003eMuness Castle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA very good copy. The cloth binding is in very good condition with no damage. Endpapers very good. Front inside board has F. J. Grant's bookplate and he has signed the front endpaper. All contents present and pages are very clean throughout. Frontis map very good. Overall a very good copy of this scarce Shetland title.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Platform \/ Scotland)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Gently Mad Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57211696316793,"sku":null,"price":195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/3496\/4020\/files\/edmondston.jpg?v=1777908831","url":"https:\/\/thegentlymadbookshop.co.uk\/products\/1856-sketches-and-tales-of-the-shetland-islands-edmondston-f-j-grants-copy","provider":"The Gently Mad Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}