Lot 7
Gray, Alasdair (1934-2019)
Lanark
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 1 to 78
Description
A Life in Four Books. Edinburgh: Canongate Publishing, 1981. First edition, first impression, presentation copy, boldly inscribed and remarqued by the author to artist Rose Frain on the front free endpaper in black ink, ‘To Rosemary, from modest me, who wrote this. Now Read On. The author, Alasdair Gray’, the inscription incorporating a doodled explosion (around ‘from modest me’) and a large manicule pointing overleaf, 8vo, original boards, dust jacket;
Carrell, Christopher (editor). Seven Poets. Glasgow: Third Eye Centre, 1981. First edition, signed limited issue, this copy the tête-de-tirage, number 1 of 100 copies signed by the contributors (Norman MacCaig, Iain Crichton Smith, George Mackay Brown, Sorley MacLean, Edwin Morgan and Alexander Moffat; not signed by stated contributor Robert Garioch but instead by photographer Jessie Ann Matthew), oblong 4to, original cloth, dust jacket, with a laid-in autograph letter signed from Sorley MacLean to Christopher Carrell dated 1986;
Marzaroli, Oscar (photographer). Shades of Grey, Glasgow 1956-1987. Words by William McIlvanney. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing in conjunction with Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, 1987. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by both Marzaroli and McIlvanney (and Marzaroli's assistant Ken Murray) to Christopher Carrell on the half-title, 4to, original boards, dust jacket (3)
Footnote
Rosemary (Rose) Frain (1939-2025) was an English-born artist who lived in Edinburgh. She was previously married to Christopher (Chris) Carrell (1941-2021), director of the Third Eye Centre in Glasgow.