BRITHERS A' (BROTHERS ALL): A MINUTE A DAY WITH BURNS, POET, LOVER AND PROPHET OF BROTHERHOOD. WITH A FOREWORD BY PROFESSOR J. Y. SIMPSON, PRESIDENT, WORLD BROTHERHOOD FEDERATION.

ESSLEMONT, Peter.

Published by The Author,, Aberdeen,, 1933

About this Item

First Edition. Hardback. First de luxe edition, one of 250 copies. 8vo. pp. 144. Includes portraits of Esslemont and Burns. Numerous illustrations in the text. Maps. Original publisher's red limp leather with gilt decorative design on upper cover lettered gilt on upper cover. Typed signed letter from Peter Esslemont to The Hon. John Pearson, Dunecht House loosely inserted written on headed notepaper from John E. Esslemont Ltd., Queen Street Tea Factory, Aberdeen dated 17th August 1933 and consisting of about 100 words in which Esslemont thanks Pearson and all at Dunecht for making the fete a success, he also expresses his personal thanks and hopes Pearson will accept the book as a memento. Order form for the book loosely inserted. Peter Esslemont (1870 Ð 1961) was president of Aberdeen's Liberal Association and a writer. Apart from his work on Burns he also wrote about the life and achievements of Gladstone. Weetman John Churchill Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray (1910 Ð 1995) was a businessman and polo player who inherited Dunecht in 1933 following the death of his father. About fine. About fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BRITHERS A' (BROTHERS ALL): A MINUTE A DAY WITH BURNS, POET, LOVER AND PROPHET OF BROTHERHOOD. WITH A FOREWORD BY PROFESSOR J. Y. SIMPSON, PRESIDENT, WORLD BROTHERHOOD FEDERATION.
• Publisher: The Author,, Aberdeen,
• Publication Date: 1933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)