Sanderson, William (edit.); Anderson, Basil Ramsay; Angus, James Stout; Burgess, J.J. Haldayne; Nicholson, Laurence James; Ollason, Thomas Peterson; Peterson, John Shetland Verse, Remnants of the Norn Published by Wilding and Son, Shrewsbury, 1953.
Hard Cover, 12mo., in light blue cloth with titles to top board in gold. Condition: Very Good, with sunned spine, and boards, 51pp. An anthology of poems from Shetland, including works by Basil Ramsay Anderson, James Stout Angus, J.J. Haldayne Burgess, Laurence James Nicholson, Thomas Peterson Ollason and John Peterson. Originally published in 1953, this selection is chosen by the editor to epitomize the character of the Shetland islanders. "Norn" refers to the original dialect of the islands historically derived from Old Norse, now adulterated by, as the editor puts it, "four centuries of foreign supersession." Contains footnote translations to English. OCLC 776418809.

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