Lot 280

MacDiarmid, Hugh [Christopher Murray Grieve]

15 signed volumes or printed works; and 2 other volumes

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT

£688

Description

Sangschaw. 1925. First edition, Signed by MacDiarmid on endpaper, 'B.C.V.G. Knight' name on endpaper, dustwrapper; Penny Wheep. 1926. First edition, signed by MacDiarmid on endpaper,'B.C.V.G. Knight' name on endpaper, dustwrapper; A Drunk Man looks at the Thistle. 1926. First edition, signed by author on title, also with name of William McCanas and B.C.V.G. Knight on endpaper; Albyn or Scotland and the Future. 1927, signed "Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) on title, 'B.C.V.G. Knight' name on endpaper, original boards; Stony Limits. 1934. Signed Hugh MacDiarmid and dated 12/6/1960 on title, 'B.C.V.G. Knight' name on endpaper, binding somewhat dust-soiled; Lucky Poet. 1943. First edition, signed 'Christopher Murray Grieve ("Hugh MacDiarmid") on title, 'B.C.V.G. Knight' name on endpaper; Selected Poems. 1944, faint signature of author on frontispiece verso, original wrappers; Poetry Scotland, number Four. 1949, signed by MacDiarmid on title; Three Hymns to Lenin. 1957, signed by the author, dustwrapper slightly spotted; A Political Speech. 1972, signed and numbered '12' on title, original wrappers; with Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Scottish Scene. [c.1944], edited by MacDiarmid, signed by MacDiarmid on title, original cloth, dustwrapper, with owner's name on endppaers; Song of the Seraphim. [n.d.], limited to 600 copies, inscribed to Edward Nairn from the author, dustwrapper; Smith, Sydney G. Carotid Cornucopius. 1964, Foreward by MacDiarmid, signed by MacDiarmid on Foreward page, dustwrapper; Morgan, Edwin Hugh MacDiarmid. 1976, inscribed to Jean White from the author, original wrappers; Scots Makars Calendars Selections from the Works of Hugh MacDiarmid. 1945; Six Vituperative Verses. Satire Press, 1964. Tall 8vo, this copy numbered 'extra', original brown folded card; Parliamentary Election, 1945, Kelvingrove Election Prospectus of Christopher M. Grieve, signed at head, folded paper sheet (17)