Lot 345
Isham, Sir Charles - Skye
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 10 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
The tyrant of the Cuchullin hills. [Printed privately by the author: Lamport, Northamptonshire?, c.1860-90] 28x30cm, 14 leaves of lithographed text and ornamented borders, hand-coloured by Isham himself, thick brown paper wrappers with lithographed title to upper cover, upper cover inscribed, "Carrie Martin, this poem was composed printed & painted by her great grandfather Sir Charles Isham, from Carcoo[?] - Xmas 1929; Another copy, with a slightly different cover and lacking Isham's device to final leaf, inscribed on upper cover: "Daisy MacLeod, from C.E. Isham", some of the page designs and colouring in this copy differ from the first; Another copy inscribed to "Emily MacLeod from her father", again with a third set of design variations and without device; Another copy inscribed to, "Pauline MacLeod from C.E. Isham", with a variant introduction pasted to upper cover verso and a fourth set of design variations, without device; with a fifth, incomplete, copy (5)
Footnote
Note: Isham's tale of a golden eagle terrorising the Isle of Skye's sheep population. Isham was inspired by a trip to Dunvegan Castle.