A Drunk Man Looks At the Thistle

Amhert, MA:: University of Massachusetts Press,, 1971.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (some edgewear to the dj, especially at the ends of the spine and the corners).. First thus. An accessible new edition of a poem described as the greatest long poem in Scottish literature when it was originally published… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1926. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. viii, 108. Original dark blue cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt. A touch of spotting, a few leaves lightly soiled. Spine-ends rubbed, corners just a little worn, spine gilt dulled. Ownership inscription of Ruthven Todd to flyleaf. The first edition of MacDiarmid’s most celebrated work,… Read more about this item

University of Massachusetts Press. paperback. Interior is excellent. 8x7x0. lightly shelf faded

University of Massachusetts Press, 1971. Softcover. Fair Condition. 122 pages. ex-university library book, some discoloring and wear; a solid reading copy overall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; ISBN: 0870230743. ISBN/EAN: 9780870230745. Inventory No: 208947. . 9780870230745

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1926. [Scottish Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 108. Including an extensive Glossary. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper, light blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6 to spine. Jacket toned to grey, and heavily rubbed to spine. A number of chips and closed tears to edges. Very good.… Read more about this item

University of Massachusetts Press, 1971. First U Mass. Paperback. Very Good. Signed by owner.

University of Massachusetts Pres, 1971T. paperback. Good. 0.5000 in x 8.4000 in x 7.9000 in. Light edge wear.

Published by Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, 1987. Soft Covers. Condition: Good. Crease cover. Owners details blanked out endpaper. Light reading wear. Very clean interior. .

Massachusetts: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1971. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition thus. xiv. 122pp. Fine in a very good lightly edgworn and price clipped dustwrapper with lightly faded spine and a few short tears on edges. Explanatory notes, critical commentary, and background information by John C. Weston.

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd,, 1926. First edition, first impression, first issue in dark blue cloth, an exceedingly sharp copy in the jacket, inscribed by the poet, "To J. E Brownson from Hugh MacDiarmid, Glasgow 1943" on the front free endpaper. This early poem by MacDiarmid was the central masterpiece of Scottish modernism. Octavo. Original dark blue cloth,… Read more about this item

(Amherst): The University of Massachusetts Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First thus, reprinted with changes. Edited by John C. Weston. Small square quarto. xiv, 122pp. Owner gift inscription on front fly, light foxing on page edges and on cloth spine, bottom corners lightly bumped, very good in a very good edgeworn dust jacket with three-inch linear abrasion on… Read more about this item

The University of Massachusetts Press, 1971. Good softcover, edited and inscribed by John C. Weston. Softcover. Good.

Falkland: Kulgin Duval & Colin H. Hamilton, 1969. No. 100 of 160 copies signed by MacDiarmid, Frans Masereel, and Giovanni Mardersteig. Fine in plain slipcase. No. 100 of 160 copies signed by MacDiarmid, Frans Masereel, and Giovanni Mardersteig. Quarto. 145p. Illustrated with eight full-page woodcuts by Frans Masereel, printed on watermarked Amalfi paper with title and initials in… Read more about this item

University of Massachusetts Press, 1971-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8x8x0. Book: Boards with shelf wear, darkening to spine. Foxing to upper page edges. Pages unmarked. Binding tight with no separations. DJ with shelf/ edge wear, toning. no tears. Price clipped.

University of Massachusetts Press, 1971. First U.S. edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. Small square 4to. Edited by John C. Weston. Gift inscription and ink stamp on front free endpaper; jacket edgeworn, with one small closed tear at front, tiny chips at extremities, and a couple of small scrapes.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The drunk man lies on a moonlit hillside looking at a thistle, jaggy and beautiful, which epitomises Scotland's divided self. The man reflects on the fate of the nation, the human condition in general and his own personal fears. This bo

hardback. Fine. Edited by John C.Weston. 1st thus. 4to. U of Massachusetts 1971. Fine in chipped and price-cliped dust wrapper.

Scottish Academic Press, 1987-01. Paperback. Good.

Paperback. Good.

GLASGOW, CALEDONIAN PRESS, 1953. NEW EDITION, CARD COVERS WITH WRAPPER. THE WRAPPER IS FOXED AND TORN BUT COVERS VERY GOOD. STICHED BINDING. NAME TO FEP IS SCRIBBLED OUT. VERY SCARCE.