£750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 589
Auction: 19 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
The Storm and other Poems. Kirkwall: The Orkney Press, 1954. First edition, later cloth, one of 50 of the first edition published; Loaves and Fishes. Hogarth Press, 1959. First edition, original blue cloth, inscribed "Dorothy Baker, Christmas 1959" on front endpaper; Honour'd Shade, an Anthology, [1959], edited by Norman MacCaig, first edition, dustwrapper slightly discoloured; The Year of the Whale. Hogarth Press, 1965, first edition, typex to title and biro number on dedication page, dustwrapper; A Spell for Green Corn. Hogarth Press, 1970, first edition, dustwrapper; Poems New and Selected. Hogarth Press, 1971, dustwrapper; Greenvoe. Hogarth Press, 1972, dustwrapper lightly marked and rubbed; Magnus. Hogarth Press, 1973, dustwrapper price clipped; Fishermen with Ploughs. 1974, dustwrapper; Hawkfall. Hogarth Press, 1974, first edition, dustwrapper slightly rubbed; The Sun's Net. Hogarth Press, 1976, first edition, dustwrapper price clipped; Under Brinkie's Brae. 1979, dustwrapper; The Sixth Station. Clarion Tales. [1996], first edition, number 137 of 249 copies signed by the artist, Adrian Wiszniewski, (GMB died before publishing date); Christmas Stories. The Perpetua Press, 1985, limited to 150 copies, engravings by John Lawrence, original pink pictorial wrappers; Foresterhill. Babel, 1992, 4to, limited to 300 copies, original wrappers; The Poor Man in his Castle. The Celtic Cross Press, [n.d.], 4to, limited to 135 copies, this review copy unnumbered, with note from publisher stating "Review copy only - fault on last page", original two tone cloth; Dove-Marks on Stone. Babel, 1996, limited to 225 copies, original wrappers; Long Playing Record. George Mackay Brown reads his poems and a story. Ceirnini Cladaig, 1971; Poster. For the Islands I Sing. Splinters Productions, 27th Nov. at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, framed poster; Poster. National Library of Scotland touring exhibition, George Mackay Brown 1921-1996, 27" x 15", framed; and a quantity of other books and pamphlets by GMB, and a few on Orkney (quantity)