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Signed, associated, and limited editions
This collection includes books signed by the author or illustrator, published in a numbered limited edition, or known to have been in the library of a person of note from an ownership inscription or bookplate.
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From Cubism to Surrealism in French literature
Russell & Russell
1967
A survey of the impact of two key movements on French literature. Gift inscription from the author on title page.
Ha! Ha! Among the trumpets: poems in transit
George Allen & Unwin Ltd
1945
The second collection of poems by the Welsh writer who took his own life while on active service in Burma. From the library of Sydney Goodsir Smith, one of the major figures of the Scottish Renaissance. With a loosely inserted article from New Writing on Lewis.
Arthur Symons: a critical biography
Unicorn Press
1963
A biography of the Welsh poet, critic, and translator. From the library of Alan Anderson, of Tragara Press. With a loosely inserted postcard with a hand-written poem by Lhombreaud to Anderson.
Poetry Scotland : second collection
William MacLellan
1945
An anthology of poems in Scots, English, and Gaelic, including a number of contributions by Hugh MacDiarmid.
Talks about wireless with some pioneering history and some hints and calculations for wireless amateurs
Cassell and Company, Ltd
1925
An introduction to, and history of, wireless communications. From the library of noted Scottish engineer John Strain.
Ernest Dowson
University of Pennsylvania Press
1944
A biography of the English poet, novelist, and short-story writer, often associated with the Decadent movement. From the library of Alan Anderson, of Tragara Press.
Complete poems 1920-1976
Martin Brian & O'Keeffe
1978
Number 31 of a limited edition of sixty-five, signed by MacDiarmid on the half-title page of volume 1. With loosely inserted colophon.
On a raised beach: a poem
Harris Press
1967
Number 12 of a limited edition of two hundred inscribed by MacDiarmid to composer and music publisher Norman Peterkin.
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Selected poems of Hugh MacDiarmid
William MacLellan
1944
A selection of poems covering the period 1925-1939. From the library of the noted architect, and co-founder of the Scottish Nationalist Party, Robert Hurd.
The fire of the spirit: two poems
Duncan Glen
1965
Number 218 of a limited edition of 355.
A vision of Scotland
Gordon Wilson
1965
A limited edition of 45 signed by E. B. Wilson of printers Gordon Wilson.
Early lyrics of Hugh MacDiarmid recently discovered among letters to his schoolmaster and friend George Ogilvie
Akros Publications
1968
A limited edition of 350. This is number 7 and one of the 50 copies which were signed by the author and the editor.
History of the Burgh of Canongate with notices of the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood
Johnstone, Hunter & Co.
1886
The first separate account of the historic Canongate in Edinburgh.
The four winds of love
Chatto & Windus
1944-1945
All signed and/or inscribed by Mackenzie and with two loosely inserted letters from Mackenzie, one of which discusses the delay to finishing 'The North wind'.
Wireless transmission of photographs
Wireless Press, Ltd.
1916
An early study of the technologies involved in wireless photography and a description of the author's experimental 'Telephograph'. From the library of the noted Scottish supernatural enthusiast Robert Ogilvie Crombie.
Poems
Latimer McInnes
1942
A collection of poems by a Scottish shipbuilder's cashier. Loosely laid in letter from the author regarding local flora.
Memoirs of the reformers, British and foreign
R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside
1829
Volume one is devoted to the proto-reformers, Zuinglians, and Calvinists ; two to the Lutherans ; and three to the Anglicans. From the library of George Edwards, Manager of the New Street Branch of the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank.
O death, where is thy sting: a play in one act
Gowans & Gray, Ltd.
1926
A one act play for small theatres and repertory companies. Gift inscription from the author to John Brandane (the pen name for Dr John MacIntyre).
A wish in season: poems
Fortune Press
1941
The author's fourth collection of poems. From the library of Maurice Lindsay, the well-known Scottish broadcaster and writer.
The Stirling Merchant Gild and the life of John Cowane founder of Cowane's Hospital in Stirling
Jamieson & Munro, Ltd
1919
A history of the Stirling Merchant Gild with a biography of one of its most famous members. From the library of renowned genealogist Donald Whyte.
Television today and tomorrow
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.
1930
A discussion of the development of television technologies and services. From the library of Lord Reith, Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
The best poems of 1940
Jonathan Cape Limited
1940
A collection of eighty-two contributions. From the library of Maurice Lindsay, the well-known Scottish broadcaster and writer.
Stitch and stone : a Cumbrian landscape
Ceolfrith Press
1975
A commissioned set of poems by the Cumbrian writer, most closely associated with Millom. Number 15 of 50 signed copies of a limited edition of 2000.
