The Fire of the Spirit. Two Poems.

MACDIARMID, Hugh [pseudonym of GRIEVE, Christopher Murray] (1892-1978).

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 little toning to edges. Near fine. Containing 'By Wauchopeside' (1932), and 'The Diamond Body: In a Cave of the Sea' (1939). Item #56366

From the library of pioneering Sports Scientist Prof. N.C. Craig Sharp (1933-2018), also a Burns scholar and Poetry Critic for Radio Clyde.

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