Studies in Scottish Literature, Volume XXX, University of South Carolina, 1998 (Robert Burns interest, with illustrations by Alasdair Gray)

This substantial volume brings together many essays exploring the life, works and legacy of Robert Burns from literary, historical and international perspectives. Edited by the distinguished Burns scholar G. Ross Roy, it includes contributions from many leading Burns specialists, together with Alasdair Gray's essay On Neglect of Burns by Schools and His Disparagement by Moralists and Whitewashers, With Some Critical Remarks. Gray also supplied the distinctive illustrations used throughout the volume and on its covers.

Studies in Scottish Literature, Volume XXX, University of South Carolina. Various contributors. Edited by G. Ross Roy.

Published by Department of English, University of Carolina, Columbia. 1998 first edition.

A fine hardback with laminated printed paper over boards. Soundly bound. The top edge has some light spotting - otherwise the volume looks unread. Text bright and clean throughout.

Text in English.

Prelims + 321pp + (4).

Dimensions: Approximately 236mm high x 158mm wide x 26mm deep.

Weight approximately 736g.