From C. Parritt, Derby, United Kingdom Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 08 August 2001
1968 1st edition. Privately printed by the author. 30pp. Near Fine/None. SIGNED. Hard decorative red and borown boards with cloth spine, minor rubbing to edges/spine. Contents clean and tight. Signed by the author and the illustrator on the half-title page. Charming B&W illustrations by Willy McLaren throughout. A short collection of poems, many with a Scottish bent. Includes a newspaper clipping from 1968 about the Earl attending a funeral as the Queen's representative, and a note written on notepaper from the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh, stating that Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton was a Maid of Honour at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Seller Inventory # 004103
Title: The Gathering of the Clans and Other Poems
Publisher: The Earl of Haddington, Edinburgh
Publication Date: 1968
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: McLaren, Willy
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Signed: Signed by Author & Illustrator
Edition: First Edition
Seller: Austwick Hall Books, Austwick, United Kingdom
Fine copy in marbled boards and cloth spine. Signed by the author with inscription to the novelist Mary Stewart. Also includes a signed letter from Haddington to Mary Stewart. Illustrated by Willy McLaren. Seller Inventory # 26217
Quantity: 1 available