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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Cream cover shows considerable wear, pages stitched together. Contents unmarked. Orau Na Buachailleachd form the second collection of Songs of the North. Previous owner's name on cover.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A collection of tradition Scottish songs from both the Highlands and Lowlands, with the signed initials of songwriter Harold Boulton and composer Malcolm Lawson. The fourteenth edition of Songs of the North, a collection of songs from the Scottish highlands and lowlands, edited by A.C. Macleod and English songwriter Harold Boulton. Arranged by English composer Malcolm Lawson. The title leaf contains the signed initials of H.B. and M.L. Published by J.B. Cramer and co. in c.1890.In the publisher's original brown cloth, with a frontispiece of 'Proud Maisie' by pre-Raphaelite painter Frederick Sandys. Contains many pages of sheet music and an original advertisement leaf at the rear.Macleod and Boulton wished to bring to the public a variety of traditional Scottish melodies that are less well-known to the public, using both Lowland and Highland dialects. Songs include those with lyrics written by Robert Crawford, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns. In the publisher's original brown cloth. Externally, smart, with the odd mark to the extremities, including three marks to right edge of front board. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Minor rubbing to the front joint and edgewear. Slight offsetting to the free end paper, and the odd faint spot to paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with minor age toning and the rare spot. Very Good. Frederick Sandys (illustrator). signed by author. book. …