A DRUNK MAN LOOKS AT THE THISTLE.
by MacDiarmid, Hugh (pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve, 1892-1978); John C. Weston, editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine and the corners)./very good
- ISBN 10
- 087023059X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870230592
- Seller
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About This Item
Amhert, MA:: University of Massachusetts Press,, 1971.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine and the corners).. First thus. An accessible new edition of a poem described as the greatest long poem in Scottish literature when it was originally published in the mid 1920s. Includes a new preface, marginal gloss in English for those who have no Scots, and Weston's explanatory notes and background information. A handsome production, bound in lavender cloth boards with cream cloth spine, slightly oversized square format. xiv, 122 pp.
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79956
- Title
- A DRUNK MAN LOOKS AT THE THISTLE.
- Author
- MacDiarmid, Hugh (pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve, 1892-1978);  John C. Weston, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine and the corners).
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 087023059X
- ISBN 13
- 9780870230592
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press,
- Place of Publication
- Amhert, MA:
- Date Published
- 1971.
- Keywords
- scotland, scots,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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