Upland songs & other verses
London: C.W. Daniel, 1936. 88p, wraps mildly discolored, nature poetry of Scotland's Southern Uplands. More
Cat.No: 163205
London: C.W. Daniel, 1936. 88p, wraps mildly discolored, nature poetry of Scotland's Southern Uplands. More
Cat.No: 163205
Manchester: CPS, n.d. vi, 57p., paperback, small Christmas stamp covering the price on the front cover. The author, former editor of The Young Socialist, discusses the works of her brother, a Scottish socialist politician. More
Cat.No: 257143
New York: Samuel French, 1904. Hardcover. 145p., author photo on rubricated title page, preface, scenes, cast, very good first edition in gilt-decorated white cloth. Signed by the playwright on front free endpaper. 11 copies located in OCLC. Lawyer Franklin later wrote an anti-war book, "The Great Crime of 1914." The..... More
Cat.No: 166452
London: J. Curwen & Sons, circa 1900. Pamphlet. 12p., sewn with original thread still functioning well, 8x5 inch plain printed wraps. Covers have a couple smudges and a penciled warning about two pencil marks in-text: a bracket on p. 8 and a snide remark at p.10. Sounds rather fun! Stage..... More
Cat.No: 312110
Glasgow: The Scottish Committee, The Communist Party, 1949. 12p., stapled wraps, 5x7 inches, wraps lightly foxed, staples rusted else very good condition. Response to Colm Brogan's pamphlet "The Case Against Gallacher". Gallacher was Communist MP for West Fife. More
Cat.No: 257776
Garden City: Doubleday, 1934. Hardcover. 308p., first U.S. edition, blue cloth boards, lacking dust jacket; spine a bit toned, small stain on front board, otherwise in very good condition. The second volume of the Scots Quair trilogy. More
Cat.No: 312713
Broadford: Strollamus Crofters Defence Committee, 1974. Pamphlet. 28p., wraps, spots of soil; uncommon, 6x8.5 inches. Landlord threatens agricultural tenants and they fight back. More
Cat.No: 156151
London: John Murray, 1879. 40p., once sewn, now held in place (tenuously) by stab-hole tabs. Complete and, as of this writing, handleable and in order. Softbound in 8.5x5.5 inch plain printed wraps, the upper cover has collected marginal dust and a small smear, lower cover sheet the same but less..... More
Cat.No: 261111
Preston: Akros Publications, 1971. 80p., boards, d.j., #7 of limited edition of 50, signed by author, includes separate handwritten letter from Glen to poet Robert Wells, boards very slightly bowed, very good. Poetry in Scots English, letterpress printing, includes a 2p. glossary of Scotish words tucked in Scottish poet, printer..... More
Cat.No: 149738
Preston: Akros Publications, 1977. 28p., 4.75x8 inches, personal inscription signed "to Robert [Wells] from Duncan" with, laid in, a holograph letter on Glen's own Akros letterhead proposing that Wells review some books, Wells' pencilled notes will be found throughout the chapbook and on the cover letter, very good limited first..... More
Cat.No: 150493
no place [Preston, Lancs?]]: The Harris Press, 1977. Paperback. 24p., 4.25x5.75 inches, no.48 of a run of 100 signed in full by the poet, a nice copy save for an odd (rather than awful) dampstain on the cover, chapbook in blue stapled wraps. Laid in is a miniature Christmas card..... More
Cat.No: 150391
London: Gollancz, 1971. 255p., very good hardcover in dj. Scottish poet, printer, educator and editor of Akros Magazine. He died in 2008. More
Cat.No: 189510
Preston: Harris Press, 1977. 27p., 4.5x10 inches, frontis, very good chapbook in stapled pictorial wraps. Nice copy. Laid in is a signed holograph note on Akros Press letterhead from Duncan Glen to poet Robert Wells discussing publication. Scottish poet, printer, educator and editor of Akros Magazine. He died in 2008..... More
Cat.No: 150501
Preston: Akros Publications, August 1976. Paperback. 28p., 5.75x8.25 inches, illustrations, signed on first page, very good first edition thus in stapled red pictorial wraps. Privately published in an edition of 25 in 1975, this edition was published by Akros in 1976 an the first 25 were numbered and signed by..... More
Cat.No: 150622
New-York: Kirk and Mercein, 1819. 336p., 7.25 x 4 inch full calf boards, titled leather label, devices and ruling gilt and quite distinct; somewhat edgeworn and rubbed, outer joints have short hairline cracks, small inkstain affects preliminaries, textblock irregularly browned. More
Cat.No: 65016
Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, 1997. Paperback. x, 206p., illustrated with old plates and cuts in facsimile, softbound, a paperback in 8.5x5.5 inch decorated glossy wraps, very good to fine condition, slightest signs of handling: a sound, clean and unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 265697
London: Fabian Society, 1969. Pamphlet. 23p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. Fabian Tract 392. More
Cat.No: 310203
New York: National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, 1951. Magazine. 48p., 5.5x7.5 inches, articles, reviews, stills, photos, letters, 10 cents in black marker on cover else good digest magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Also: Edinburgh's Film Guild. Italy Sees De Sica's Latest. Heroes Who Aren't Heroic. A Vignette of..... More
Cat.No: 298031
Leeds, UK: Autonomedia, 2005. Paperback. 366p., 5.75x8, heavily illustrated, very good in wraps. "Shut Them Down! is an essential collection of reflections on the movement against the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. As well as action stories from the frontlines of resistance to the summit, there are detailed accounts..... More
Cat.No: 261667
n.pl. Dissent! :: Autonomedia, 2005. Paperback. 366p., b&w photos., pictorial wraps, as new. "Shut Them Down! is an essential collection of reflections on the movement against the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. As well as action stories from the frontlines of resistance to the summit, there are detailed accounts..... More
Cat.No: 293351
London: Fabian Society, 1976. Pamphlet. 36p., stapled wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. Young Fabian Pamphlets No. 43. On the possibility of the dissolution of the United Kingdom. More
Cat.No: 300520
Glasgow: Self-published by the author, [1945?]. 16p., 4.75x7.25 inches, author's note, footnotes, rubricated titles, staple rusted else very good pamphlet in stapled white wraps. "To trust in the word of Communist statesmen would be as mad as to trust in the word of the Nazi gangsters who planned this war..... More
Cat.No: 181646
Thurso, Scotland: Printed and Published by John Humphries at Caithness Books, 1979. 31p., staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch plain printed wraps, has a little curvature of the textblock else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 149767
[London]: The Kate Sharpley Library, nd. Pamphlet. 18p., staplebound pamphlet, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 245420
Geneva: La Tribune de Genève, 1961. 123p., introduction, footnotes, map, very good in original stiff wraps. More
Cat.No: 125839