Poetry of the Scottish Borders, Edited by Alex Cameron, signed copy, Albyn Press, 1979

Poetry of the Scottish Borders. Edited by Alex Cameron. Illustrated by Gordon Home.

Includes poetry by Jean Elliot, James Hogg, Sir Walter Scott, Willie Laidlaw, John Leyden, William Wordsworth, J.B. Selkirk, Roger Quin and William H. Ogilvie.

Published by Albyn Press Ltd, Edinburgh. Undated, but 1979 first edition.

A near fine black cloth hardback with gilt to spine. Edges still crisp. With good dustjacket - intact, but with a few marks and signs of wear. Some small tears to top and lower edge. Not price clipped.

A few small spots to front endpapers. Signed by the editor to the first free endpaper. Text lovely and bright. Soundly bound. Illustrated. An uncommon edition.

Text in English.

Prelims + 108pp.

Weight approximately 293g unpacked.

Dimensions: 

Approximately 221mm high x 144mm wide x 16mm deep.