Maclaren Hamish (34 results)

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Covers rubbed, especially at edges; endpapers and first and last few pages foxed; pages slightly toned; otherwise very good condition (no dust jacket). . 66p.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd impression, wear to covers and spine, corners bumped and worn, spine repaired, spine fabric detached and stuck back directly to surface, top 1 cm and bottom 4.5 cm missing, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but yellowing, some wear to edges and corners.…

Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. New York: Macmillan Company, 1930. New Edition with a section of Inland lyrics. 80pp, 8vo. A very good copy in a very good jacket. Small numbers in green pencil on back end paper and back flap of jacket. Green cloth boards lightly rubbed. Jacket is lighlty soiled, spine sunned, with wear to edges and a small nick out of upper spine end.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: As New. Five Poems by Hamish Maclaren are from his collection Sailor with Banjo published in the 1930's. 16 pages, paper with stiff cover. Like new condition.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Original Cloth. Condition: NVG. No Jacket. New Edition. Book one slightly bumped corner, modest cover wear, paper spine label has wear. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No. 464, Vol. LXXXVIII. 48 p. 34 cm. B&w illustrations. Stapled. Pages 39-44 have tears and creases in edges, affecting text on p. 44. Some soiling to covers. Contains articles on Edinburgh, the home front, the life of a butterfly, the native cattle of Scotand, Scottish gardens, etc.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Sailor With Banjo' is a lyrical exploration of the maritime world, blending the traditions of sea shanties with the art of modern poetry. Written by Hamish MacLaren, this collection serves as a rhythmic tribute to the life of the sailor, capturing the spirit of the ocean through verses that are as musical as they are evocative. The work is characterized by its deep connection to the nautical environment, painting vivid pictures of restless waves, distant horizons, and the camaraderie found aboard a ship.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'The Private Opinions of a British Blue-Jacket' is a captivating personal account that offers an intimate look into the life of a sailor serving in the Royal Navy during the early 20th century. Written by Hamish Maclaren, the work captures the unique perspective of the 'blue-jacket'-the rank-and-file seaman-blending humor, keen observation, and the rhythms of daily existence at sea. Through a series of reflections and anecdotes, Maclaren provides a firsthand glimpse into the traditions, hardships, and camaraderie that defined the British naval experience in the years following the Great War. The narrative explores the cultural and social atmosphere of the maritime world, documenting the sailor's view of foreign ports, the discipline of shipboard life, and the evolving identity of the British Empire's naval forces. As both a literary piece and a historical record, 'The Private Opinions of a British Blue-Jacket' serves as a valuable document of maritime social history. It preserves the voice of a common sailor, often overshadowed by high-ranking officers in traditional naval histories, making it an essential read for those interested in naval heritage, military memoirs, and the human side of seafaring.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1929 Peter Davies first edition on blue cloth.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'The Private Opinions of a British Blue-Jacket' is a captivating personal account that offers an intimate look into the life of a sailor serving in the Royal Navy during the early 20th century. Written by Hamish Maclaren, the work captures the unique perspective of the 'blue-jacket'-the rank-and-file seaman-blending humor, keen observation, and the rhythms of daily existence at sea. Through a series of reflections and anecdotes, Maclaren provides a firsthand glimpse into the traditions, hardships, and camaraderie that defined the British naval experience in the years following the Great War. The narrative explores the cultural and social atmosphere of the maritime world, documenting the sailor's view of foreign ports, the discipline of shipboard life, and the evolving identity of the British Empire's naval forces. As both a literary piece and a historical record, 'The Private Opinions of a British Blue-Jacket' serves as a valuable document of maritime social history. It preserves the voice of a common sailor, often overshadowed by high-ranking officers in traditional naval histories, making it an essential read for those interested in naval heritage, military memoirs, and the human side of seafaring.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Hardback. Condition: G++. G++ DW. 1st Edition. Heavy bronwing to endpapers. Front endpaper clipped. Some cover spotting else clean tight book. DW has little loss but is browned over spine with other minor marks. . Book and dustwrapper/dustjacket are in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 243. Original publisherÕs blue cloth lettered gilt at spine. Endpapers and prelims a little foxed, faint wear otherwise very good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition: Very Good; Hardcovers in dustjackets, 2 volumes. Brown cloth. First Edition. Condition is Very Good in Very Good dustjackets. Books have clean covers and pages along with tight, square bindings. Jackets are clean and bright with mild edgewear. One volume is Text and the other volume Plates. Photos upon request.…

Condition: Good. 1956 first edition on blue cloth.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Very Good. Good Plus. First Edition. 360pp. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth lightly ruubed, slight nick, top edge dust marked. Binding in good clean firm condition. Dust jacket chipped with loss, dust/age marked. Jacket in good condition. Internally, pages clean. A nice copy. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, printed by Moira and Robert Gibbings and limited to 1,200 copies (this being one of 1,000 unsigned examples). Tall 8vo. 67pp. Red cloth lettered in black at the spine. With a splendid engraved frontispiece by Eric Ravilious who also provides a cockerel title page decoration. A light scattering of spotting to the top edge, encroaching a fraction to occasional upper margins, and a little further spotting to half a dozen preliminary and concluding leaves. A very good copy in price-clipped dust wrapper, very lightly dust soiled, and a little rubbed at several edges, with a little internal reinforcement and two small areas of repaired loss. The classic parlour game in book form, with the nine authors contributing, in order, stories under the following headings: The Man, The Woman, Where they Met, He said to Her, She said to Him, He have Her, She gave Him, The Consequence was, [and] And the World Said.…

First Edition. Foot of spine stained and covers, end-papers and fore-edges a little foxed, otherwise a nice copy in stained and slightly frayed dust-wrapper. With the author's signed autograph presentation inscription to Alan Steele.

POOR.OLD.TIRED.HORSE. Numbers 9-25,1961 -1967 - all original. 17 issues in total. Edited by Ian Hamilton Finlay, POOR.OLD.TIRED.HORSE. is seen as the most important concrete poetry journal of the 1960s in Britain. The journal title comes from Robert Creeley's poem "Please" (1959). The early numbers are black & white, but later numbers involve colour (often silkscreen) illustrations as the concrete poetry movement blossomed. It has become highly influential for both poets and artists (see for example the ICA group exhibition POOR.OLD.TIRED.HORSE. of 2009). Issue no. 10 is 'a concrete number', including Augusto de Campos, Eugen Gomringer, Dom Sylvester Houédard and Edwin Morgan. Issue no. 12 is a 'Visual Semiotic Concrete' edition. Issue no. 18 is a collaboration, with writings and script by Ad Reinhardt and drawings and layout by Bridget Riley. Issue no. 25 the final issue is dedicated to one-word poems. Contributors include : Ian Hamilton Finlay, Pete Brown, Anselm Hollo, Lorine Neidecker, Gael Turnbull, Marvin Malone, Cid Corman, Jerome Rothenberg, Guillaume Appolinaire, Larry Eigner, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Edwin Morgan, Cesar Lopez Nunez, Jonathan Williams, Tom McGrath, Spike Hawkins, Georg Trakl, Robert Garioch, Ernst Jandl, Paul de Vree, Robert Creeley, Vladimir Mayokovsky, Yury Pantratov, Libby Houston, Eugen Gomringer, Michael Shayer, Mary Ellen Solt, Peter Stitt, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Peter Lyle, Margot Sandemann, Heinz Gappmayr, Pedro Xisto, Hamish MacLaren, George Macklay Brown, Eli Seigel, Pierre Albert-Birot, Francis Ponge, Edward Wright, Emil Antonucci, Charles Biederman, Jim Nicholson, Ronald Johnson, Bernard Kops, Larry Eigner, Robert Creeley, Augusto de Campos, Edgard Braga, Bridget Riley, Ad Reinhardt, Robert Lax, Jeffrey Steele, Kenelm Cox, Stephen Bann, Hansjorg Mayer, Edward Lucie-Smith, Alan Riddell, Astrid Gillis, Aram Saroyan et al. Ref: IN NUMBERS (PPP Editions, Switzerland, 2009) pages 9, 18, 314-321. Also exhibited in the show of that name, ICA, 2012. Murray pages 2-3. Condition: most issues near fine, some very good with slight bruising to edges (see image of issues 9, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 25 showing edgewear/handling marks).…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Sailor With Banjo" is a lyrical exploration of the maritime world, blending the traditions of sea shanties with the art of modern poetry. Written by Hamish MacLaren, this collection serves as a rhythmic tribute to the life of the sailor, capturing the spirit of the ocean through verses that are as musical as they are evocative. The work is characterized by its deep connection to the nautical environment, painting vivid pictures of restless waves, distant horizons, and the camaraderie found aboard a ship.MacLaren's poems in "Sailor With Banjo" navigate the complexities of the seafaring experience, from the rugged labor of the deck to the haunting beauty of the open water. By utilizing the structures of ballads and songs, the author creates a sensory experience that resonates with the heritage of the maritime tradition. This collection is a significant work of early 20th-century literature, offering readers a timeless glimpse into the soul of the mariner. It is an ideal volume for enthusiasts of maritime history, traditional songcraft, and evocative nature poetry.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…