Compiled Forbes Macgregor (5 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Mackay, Jane (illustrator). Paperback. A selection of Scots proverbs and rhymes compiled by Forbes Macgregor. General shelfwear to paper covers. Internally clean and tight, though pages are a bit spotty. 48 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Mackay (illustrator). 1st Edition. Pbk, 48p., illustrated by Mackay. A clean unmarked copy in very good condition. b5.

Sewed / Card covers. Condition: Fine condition. Reprint of the 1948 edition. With introduction, comments and a glossary. Illustrated by John Mackay. As Forbes Macgregor wrote in his introduction, 'There is no surer guide to the general character of a race than a study of its proverbs.' Some Scots proverbs are so very ancient that they refer to a manner of life which has totally disappeared. Both the vocabulary and the background have to be explained. Others refer to historical events and incidents which are fairly well known. Some are purely local sayings which, however, still hold human interest. Many proverbs are so self-explanatory as to be called truisms. But they also have their value in a Scottish collection. 48 pag. Size: 18cmx12cm.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, reprint, pp,48, illustrated by John Mackay, pictorial card covers, name on leading free endpaper.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, pp,48, illustrated by Mackay, card covers with unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, bookseller's ticket on the inside of the front cover, small section of the tail of spine lost.