Thomas Groat — Thirty Years a Colporteur

Kirkwall, The Orkney Herald Office, 1939 . First edition. Paperback. An extremely scarce first edition of this autobiographical work on Thomas Groat, documenting his career as a colporteur. First edition, in the publisher's original paper wraps.Very scarce. Written by Thomas Groat, who was from Westray on the Orkney Islands in Scotland. This work presents Groat's life as a colporteur, describing his travels around Orkney, selling Bibles and other religious literature. With chapters on Groat's early life, his conversion and his marriage, as well as his work and the people and religious groups he interacted with. With a frontispiece of the author. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, very smart, with very light edge wear and slight age toning to the extremities and to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .