Search Results: Scottish Poetry from Wheen O'Books

Paisley, J. & R. Parlane, 1891;. 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ No dj. 269pp with 3pp Publishers Catalogue, Green slightly soiled covers with gilt tile on front & spine. , internally very clean & tight. Written in the venacular Scots tongue. Hard to Find. .

Berwick-on-Tweed, James Rutherford, 1985;. Softcover. Nr fine condition. 42pp with delightful illustrations by Cath Rutherford plus 2pp Glossary. Green wraps with illustration & title on front. .

Edinburgh, 1896;. Subscription Edition. Hardback. Good/ No dj. 24pp with green endpapers. Some light marks. Green lightly marked cover swith gilt title on spine. Hard to find. .

London, Constable, 1887;. Hardback; 6 1/2" x 4"; Very good/ No dj; 88pp with chapter heading decorations & red endpapers; White covers with front flap edge, gilt decoration on front & back. Verse by John Ruskin, Andrew Lang, J. B. Selkirk, Baring-Gould and many others., Hard to find .

London, Constable, nd ( 1887);. Hardback; Nr fine/ No dj. Slipcase good; 6 1/2" x 4 "; 88pp with untrimmed edges & bright gilt top edge; White decorated covers with flap edge gilt decoration on front & back. Verse by John Ruskin, Andrew Lang, J. B. Selkirk, Baring-Gould and many others., f .

Edinburgh/London, Blackwood,1885;. Thirtieth Edition; Hbk; Good/ No dw; 359pp with black endpapers, contains 8 lays, 9 miscellaneous poems and an appendix in prose; Internal hinges cracked but firm; Decorated boards in black/gilt, edges bevelled. Light marks in margin. z .

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1947;. 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dust jacket Good. 64pp. Blue covers with gilt title on front & spine. Dust jacket has slight edge wear, small nick, price intact. Also contains part of a letter from a Ferguson family member to a Miss Wilson Smith along with a dedicated name card from Mr Ferguson. .

Wishaw, Press Printing Works, 1946;. 1st edition. Hardback. Very good / No dj. 48pp with frontis. Black quarter cloth over grey boards with black lettering. The Author was the Scottish Chief Commissioner of the Girl Guides. .

London, Chatto & windus, nd ( c 1918);. Hbk; Very good/ No dj; 142 thick pages; Black covers with gilt title on spine; Foredge untrimmed. Small mark to the front; Old newspaper cutting pasted in. .

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1940;. Hardback. Very good/ Dj good -. 87pp. Foredges untrimmed. Bright green covers with bright gilt title on front & spine. Foxed white dust jacket has small closed tears. The poems were written between 1916 & 1938 and include: Egypt, In Memoriam, The Rose of Reims, Abune the Toon and many more.... Hard to find in original dust jacket. .

London, Heineman, 1924;. Tusitala Edition, Vol.XXIII, 3rd impression; Hardback; 6.5" x 4.5"; Good/ No dj; xviii, 266pp incl. index; Navy covers with few light small marks & faded at the spine, internally very good. .

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd/ Saltire Society, 1952;. 1st Edition; The Saltire Classics; HBk; Nr fine/ No dj; 94pp; Blue covers with silver thistle on front, title on spine. Poems in Scots. .A selection of poems in Scots dialect from a 16th century Scottish poet whose attitude toward love and woman goes from love to hatred and back again. .

Berwickshire, 1986;. Softcover. Pamphlet . Unpaginated with line illustrations. Card covers with black decoration & lettering. Rhymes in Scots. " A'd like tae ken, ye rhymin chiels, Wha yais the Guid Scots Tongue..............." .

Glasgow, William Maclellan, 1961;. 1st edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dj Very good. Signed by Author. 52pp of Poems . Prize label on front end paper. Green covers with gilt tile on spine. Dust jacket has nicks, chips, slight edge wear. " The Poet , a Peebleshire Sheep farmer, catches for us a glimpse of the life he knows and makes it live again.....all acutely observed wiht sympathy and heightened to the magical world of the poetical imagination." .

London, Philip Allan & Co, 1929;. 1st edition. Hardback. No dj. Good/ No dj. 76pp . Association copy, Signed by A. Macdonald the Authors' Mother to Kate. Green covers sunned at top edge, sunned gilt title on spine. Includes 3 poems in the Scots tongue. Hard to find. .

Perth, R. Morison, 1786;. Hardback 12mo. Morison's edition The Scottish Poets Poor condition. 156ppwith one plate. Some words underscored. Pages clean & clear otherwise. Back board detached, front board missing. Spine rubbed & faded. .