Hugh Macdiarmid Gordon Wright (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 4to. 176pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with a gold-stamped vignette to the upper board. Illustrated with over two hundred photographs and reproductions. A tiny sliver of discolouration to the head of the upper board, else in fine state with non-price-clipped dust wrapper, edgeworn with several short open tears.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 22cm), pp.176. Plain card wraps with a beige cloth spine. Signed by Hugh MacDiarmid to title page. Profusely illustrated. Likely a proof copy from the plain binding, the book was issue in a trade and a deluxe limited edition hardback. Lightly marked and handled to covers and edges. Very good. Signed by Author.…

First Edition. Large format (Quarto) Biography of the Scottish poet. Extensively illustrated - the author appears to have sought to gather together as many photos as possible. This copy is accompanied by correspondence and notes from the composer and song writer Norman Peterkin, who set some of MacDiarmid's poetry to music. Includes a typed letter signed by Macdiarmid's wife Valda Grieve relating to MacDiarmid's death. Much of the correspondence relates to the book (which Peterkin is unhappy with) and his purchase from an Edinburgh bookseller. There are also fliers for the book and receipt.\n\nA unique item. The book is VG in a slightly edgeworn dustjacket.…

First Edition. Large format (Quarto) Biography of the Scottish poet. Extensively illustrated - the author appears to have sought to gather together as many photos as possible. This copy is accompanied by correspondence and notes from the composer and song writer Norman Peterkin, who set some of MacDiarmid's poetry to music. \n\nSigned gift inscription from MacDiarmid to Kenneth Buthlay who provided an introductory essay for the book, and also a gift inscription from the author (Gordon Wright) thnanking Buthlay for his contribution\nA unique item. The book is VG in a VG dustjacket protected ina removable sleeve.…