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Dream island days; a record of the simple life

Title
Dream island days; a record of the simple life, by R.M. Lockley. With sketches by Doris Lockley.
Author
Lockley, R. M. (Ronald Mathias), 1903-2000.
Publication
London, H.F. & G. Witherby [1943]

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Details

Additional Authors
Lockley, Doris, -1989.
Description
144 pages illustrations, map; 22 cm
Subject
  • Natural history > Outdoor books
  • Natural history
  • Travel
  • Skokholm Island (Wales)
  • Pembrokeshire (Wales) > Description and travel
  • Wales > Pembrokeshire
  • Wales > Skokholm Island
Genre/Form
Guidebooks.
Note
  • Map on lining-paper.
  • "First published separately as 'Dream island' in 1930 and 'Island days' in 1934. Revised and published, in one volume, 1943."
Contents
Day-dreams -- Dream Island -- An unexpected partner -- The boat is named -- No enemy but winter -- rough weather -- Lower island lodge -- The wreck of the "Alice Williams" -- "Alice" signs her last crew -- The wheelhouse -- House-building -- Promised lands -- The lesser islands -- We entertain -- The story of the Shearwater -- Winter -- Gales -- The year turns -- Shepherding -- Ann -- Fishing -- A walk around the island -- Summer -- birds and beasts -- Experiments -- Happily ever after.
LCCN
a 43002891
OCLC
  • ocm01405392
  • 1405392
  • SCSB-2043186
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library