Lot 277
Brown, George Mackay
A collection signed or annotated works
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
An Orkney Tapestry. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1969. 8vo, proof copy with jacket signed by George Mackay Brown, with pencil corrections and notes in his hand;
Poems, new and selected. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971. 8vo, inscribed: "To Derrick & Susie, from George, Christmas 1973", original brown cloth, dust-jacket;
Greenvoe. London: The Hogarth Press, 1972. 8vo, signed and dated by George Mackay Brown to title-page, original purple cloth, spine lacking; and the 1989 'Scotnotes' on Greenvoe, inscribed by George Mackay Brown;
Andrina, and other stories. London: Chatto & Windus, the Hogarth Press, 1983. 8vo, inscribed: "To John, from George, 17th February 1983", original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket;
The Golden Bird. Two Orkney Stories. London: John Murray, 1987. 8vo, signed by George Mackay Brown on the title-page, original white cloth gilt, dust-jacket;
Beloit Fiction Journal, Volume 5, Number 1, Scottish writers, feat. Betty Corrigall by George Mackay Brown, inscribed: to Brian Murray, great five-setter & errand boy and poster of letters, from GMB, Stromness, Orkney, 17th July 1990, and signed by George Mackay Brown on the story itself, 8vo, original wrappers;
Babel IX, feat., Homily by George Mackay Brown, 1990. 8vo, inscribed "to Brian from George, 27th November 1995", with an additional signature to contents leaf, original wrappers;
Rockpools and Daffodils, an Orcadian Diary 1979-1991. Edinburgh: Gordon Wright Publishing, 1992. 8vo, signed and dated by George Mackay Brown to title-page;
Winter Tales. London: John Murray, 1995. 8vo, inscribed: "To Brian, good proof-vender, good cataloguer of books & manuscripts, from George, 27th July 1994, Stromness", original blue cloth, dust-jacket;
A Calendar of Love. London: Flamingo, 1996. 8vo, paperback, signed and inscribed by George Mackay Brown;
For the Islands I Sing. London: John Murray, 1998. 8vo, proof copy of the paperback edition with manuscript notes and corrections by George Mackay Brown