Lot 270

McGonagall, Sir William Topaz
The Clepington Catastrophe

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
£1,134
Description
Dundee: [printed for the author], 1884. Broadside, 27.6 x 21.5cm, printed on recto only, text in double column, decorative border, crown device at head, spotting and dust-soiling, a few nicks and chips along edges, strengthened upper left verso
Footnote
Note: Very rare early broadside poem by the infamous Scottish poetaster, published while he was still resident in his native Dundee, before he fled first to Perth and then Edinburgh to escape 'relentless persecution by local audiences' (ODNB). No other copies traced in libraries or in commerce.
