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In Memoriam James Joyce from a Vision of World Language.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, 1955. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.150. With occasional illustrations by Fergusson. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt decoration to upper. Top edge green. With the green dust-jacket titled in white, and priced at one Guinea. Spotting and..... More
Complete Poems 1920-1976.
London: Martin Brian and O'Keeffe, 1978. [Scottish Poetry] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4] xxii; 734; pp.[4] viii; 735-1485 [5]. Printed on india paper, with an associated poetry reading flyer loose to preliminaries. Contemporary green full calf, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to..... More
Cornish Heroic Song for Valda Trevlyn, and Once in a Cornish Garden.
Padstow: Lodenek Press, 1977. [Poetry] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[5] 22 [1]. SIGNED by both MacDiarmid and his wife Valda, one in blue, the other in black ink to flyleaf. With three illustrations by Lorgan, including a frontispiece, and a photograph of Christopher and Valda..... More
First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems.
London: The Unicorn Press, 1931. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 12cm), pp.[10] 44 [2]. Number 221 of 450 copies thus. With a portrait illustration of the author as a frontispiece. Publisher's black quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and to red cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
The Burning Passion.
Glasgow: the Akros Press, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[6]. Number 2 of just 35 copies thus. Publisher's orange card throughout, sewn. A fine copy. First printed in 'First Hymn to Lenin' (1931). More
A Clyack-Sheaf.
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1969. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 57 [5]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge brown, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 18s. A lightly sunned strip to top edge on rear cover of jacket, and some spotting to edges. Near..... More
Direadh I, II and III.
Frenich and Foss: Kulgin Duval and Colin H. Hamilton, 1974. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (31 x 22cm), pp.[2] 52 [4]. Number 168 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear, and printed in Dante type on Magnani paper. Publisher's red..... More
A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1926. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 108. Including an extensive Glossary. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, light blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6 to spine. Jacket toned to grey, and heavily rubbed to spine. A number..... More
The Fire of the Spirit. Two Poems.
Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[2] 13 [1]. Number 166 of 350 copies thus, also SIGNED by the author in blue ink to first blank. Publisher's blue card wraps with white titles, sewn. Some rubbing and handling to covers, with a...... More
The Fire of the Spirit. Two Poems.
Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[2] 13 [1]. Number 107 of 350 copies thus. Publisher's blue card wraps with white titles, sewn. Quite heavy wear to top edge of covers; light handling otherwise. Very good. Containing 'By Wauchopeside' (1932), and..... More
A Kist of Whistles. New Poems.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, no date [1947]. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 15cm), pp.48. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Spotting to edges and margins. Light browning throughout, and some light handling to cloth. Very good. From the library of pioneering Sports Scientist Prof. N.C. Craig Sharp..... More
A Lap of Honour.
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1967. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.69 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf. Publisher's red paper-covered boards, with gilt titles to spine and gilt monogram decoration to upper, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 25s. Jacket sunned to spine with..... More
Penny Wheep.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1926. [Scots Poetry] FIRST EDITION, second issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 90 [6]. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles to spine. With the plain blue / grey dust-jacket, priced at 5s. Edges toned and spotted, with a tobacco scent. Jacket faded to grey, with..... More
Poetry Like the Hawthorn. From 'In Memoriam James Joyce.'
Hemel Hempstead: Duncan Glen, 1962. [Poetry] LIMITED EDITION, the publisher's copy. Octavo pamphlet (23 x 14cm), pp.[2] 5 [5]. Number 26 of 150 copies thus, printed in 'Monotype' Bembo. Publisher's yellow card covers, sewn. Black ink ownership of the publisher, Duncan Glen, to fly-leaf. Light handling, with a hint of..... More
Sangschaw.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. [Scots Poetry] FIRST EDITION, second issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 58 [6]. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles to spine. With the plain blue / grey dust-jacket, priced at 5s. Edges toned, with a tobacco scent. Jacket faded to grey, with some toning..... More
Scots Unbound, and Other Poems.
Stirling: Eneas MacKay, 1932. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[12] 42 [2]. Number 127 of 350 copies SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page. Publisher's cream quarter cloth with brown titles to spine, and gilt titles to brown cloth over boards, typographic dust-jacket..... More
Song of the Seraphim.
London: Covent Garden Press in conjunction with INCA Books, no date [1973]. [Political Poetry] LIMITED EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 14cm), pp.[20]. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles to upper. With the plain dust-jacket titled in blue and black to upper. Light handling. A fine copy, almost as-new. MacDiarmid explores the..... More
Stony Limits and Other Poems.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1934. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.143 [1]. Publisher's cream cloth with titles to yellow paper label on spine, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s to spine. Cloth chipped to head of spine. Jacket stained and soiled, with large losses to head of spine, chips..... More
Three Hymns to Lenin.
Edinburgh: Castle Wynd Printers, no date [1957]. [Political Poetry] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.31 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to upper. With the blue dust-jacket titled in red, priced at 5s. Jacket spine toned and chipped; front cover also toned. Very good. Three related poems..... More
Three Hymns to Lenin.
Edinburgh: Castle Wynd Printers, no date [1957]. [Political Poetry] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.31 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to upper. With the pale blue dust-jacket titled in red, priced at 5s. Jacket spine sunned otherwise a lovely fine copy. Three related poems written between..... More
Two Poems by Hugh MacDiarmid: The Terrible Crystal | A Vision of Scotland.
Skelmorlie: The Drumalban Press, 1964. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 18cm), pp.[8]. An out-of-series copy from a numbered edition of just 55. Publisher's blue card covers, with black card fly-leaves, sewn. Light handling to covers, with a little toning to extremities. Near fine. A pair..... More
Whuchulls: A Poem by Hugh MacDiarmid.
Preston: Akros Publications, 1966. [Scottish Poetry] LIMITED FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 12cm), pp.[16]. On delicate paper, with three colour illustrations. Number 98 of 100 copies thus. Publisher's plain white card covers, stapled. Paper toned, with some light handling to covers. Near fine. A poem first published in..... More
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Guy Faux [Fawkes]: Or, the Gunpowder Treason: An Historical Melo-Drama, in Three Acts, Printed from the Acting Copy with Remarks, Biographical and Critical, by D-G. To Which are Added, a Description of the Costume, Cast of the Characters, Entrances and Exits, Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and the Whole of the Stage Business, as now Performed in the Metropolitan Minor Theatres.
London: John Cumberland, n.d. [c.1830]. [Theatre]. EARLY PRINTING. Small pamphlet in sixes (15 x 10), pp.50. With a wood engraved frontispiece and cover illustration after R. Cruikshank by Mr. Bonner. Publisher's grey paper covers with titles, illustration and a price of 6d, sewn. Cumberland's No. 36 Minor Theatre, being a...... More
All Round the Clock.
London: Griffith, Farran and Company, no date [1887]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.64. Chromolithographed by Ernest Rister of Nuremberg. Publisher's quarter green cloth with glossy colour-illustrated paper over boards. Patterned endpapers. Browning to endpapers and preliminaries. Tiny damp mark to foot of upper board, rubbing..... More
Mungo's Mansion: A Play of Galway Life in Three Acts.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1946. [Irish Drama] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 104. Plain grey paper covers. Light rubbing and handling to covers and edges. Near fine. More