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

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1936. [Scottish Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 320. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge pink. Light spotting to edges and preliminaries. A distinct tobacco scent. Spine sunned, with a little handling. Very good. Twelve short biographies of Scotch characters: Lord George Gordon; Sir Thomas Urquhart; William McGonagall; James Hogg; Prof. John Wilson; William Berry; Thomas Davidson; Elspeth Buchan; James Burnett; James Macpherson; William Lauder; and David Hume. Item #59217

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