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

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 some toning to spine, and just a little light wear to edges. A lovely crisp, clean copy. Near fine. MacDiarmid's second 'Synthetic Scots' collection, preceding his most famous work 'A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle' (1926). Item #59159

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