PEAT REEK: Frae Ta Wast Hielants.
Glasgow / London: Maclaren and Sons, 1892. 1st edition. Hard cover. 1st edition. A Good + copy. 12mo., 130 pp., illustrated with an engraved, colored title page, text drawings, and engravings. Bound in black quarter cloth backed plain tan paper over boards (No external title). Boards with light wear and light soiling. Some light foxing on the half title and title page. Text generally clean. A Good + copy. *** OCLC locates just one copy, at the National Library of Scotland.***. Good +. Item #23459
Written partially in a Scottish dialect. Contains anecdotes and recollections of life in the Highlands during the mid 19th century. Four line poem under the title:
Ta Heelant miles iss ferry lang.
Ta Heelant hulls iss high.
Ta Heelant whusky's ferry strang.
Ant ta Heelant men iss try.
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