The Treasure of the Isle of Mist: A Tale of the Isle of Skye

Overview:

  • Title: The Treasure of the Isle of Mist: A Tale of the Isle of Skye
  • Author: W. W. Tarn
  • Year: 1959
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Price: 5/-
  • Pages: 150
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Treasure of the Isle of Mist: A Tale of the Isle of Skye
  • Notes:
    • 3rd Oxford ed.
    • Publication date (as forthcoming) and price from "Limits of the Imagination" by Mary Crozier, Manchester Guardian 1959-03-20 p12: Concerning "the great output of children's book in recent years ... [OUP] has cast its net wide and brought a number of them into a new series--the Oxford Children's Library at the price of 5s. Three more of the series are due in April", including this one. (This one is much older than most.)
    • Cover image from Amazon UK 2018-11-15 as Hardcover, 1762[year!], and "(1959-12-05)". See also {{ASIN|0192770187}}.
    • WorldCat library record {{OCLC|220366867}} reports an implausible combination: -- 2nd ed (known to be the 1950, with new illustrations by Gill) -- 1959, Oxford children's library (known to be the 1959) -- ISBN 0192770187 -- viii+150 pages (as reported for the 2nd) (Library records all? report both eds. size 20cm )