The howdie and other tales / by John Galt, edited with an introduction by William Roughead
1923, 1st edition. Edinburgh & London : T.N. Foulis. Provenance: William Roughead's own copy with his bookplate and a lengthy manuscript letter taped down to free end-paper. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #399205
Physical description; xviii pages, 2 leaves, 3-287 pages ; 20 cm. Contents; The howdie.--Sawney at Doncaster.--The aunt in Virginia.--The Chief: or, the Gael and the Sassenach.--The joke.--My father's house.--The gudewife.--The Mem.--The metropolitan emigrant. Subjects; Manners and customs. Scotland Social life and customs ; Fiction. Scotland.
Price: €125.00