Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered From The Years 1889 To 1895

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New York: Bliss, Sands and Foster 1895, first edition. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in gold title to spine, yellow coated endpapers. Two colour title page with tissue guard intact. Book is slightly cocked. Coverboards are stained, spine is faded and heavily bumped. Spine edge to rear is stained and one small section has some rubthrough though binding is sound and interior uncracked. A rare book as UK first. Scottish regional short fiction, grouped into several categories: Adventures, Intimacies, Histories, Idylls, Tales of the Kirk and In Praise of Galloway. The book opens and closes with ballads by Andrew Lang. A collection of "idyllic rustic tales and sketches 'in praise of Galloway.'". N° de ref. del artículo 000108

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