Sangschaw
- Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. Very Good. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1925. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm); publisher's beveled blue cloth with gilt lettering / decoration and blind-ruled borders; xii,58pp+4(blurbs). Boards bumped and scuffed along edges and extremities; spine darkened, with lettering near-completely dulled. Endpapers toned. Faint crease at top corner of a few pages. Opens easily between gatherings but binding is secure. A couple pencil checks on contents page, else interior unmarked.
Author's first collection of poetry, and his first book to be written in his trademark synthetic Scots. MacDiarmid was a major figure in the Scottish Renaissance and the revival of Scots language and dialectic poetry, as well as a founding member of the National Party of Scotland (a predecessor of the SNP). His best-known work, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, would appear a year later.
Author's first collection of poetry, and his first book to be written in his trademark synthetic Scots. MacDiarmid was a major figure in the Scottish Renaissance and the revival of Scots language and dialectic poetry, as well as a founding member of the National Party of Scotland (a predecessor of the SNP). His best-known work, A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle, would appear a year later.