"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde
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 a little light handling to edges. Near fine. A republication of various poems not included in 'Collected Poems' (1962). Item #56368
From the library of pioneering Sports Scientist Prof. N.C. Craig Sharp (1933-2018), also a Burns scholar and Poetry Critic for Radio Clyde.
Price: £85.00
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