The Samuel Rutherford Crockett Page
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S.R. Crockett, 1859-1914, wrote over 40 novels in Kailyard School fashion. Son of a Galwegian farmer, Samuel Rutherford Crockett was born at Duchrae, Galloway. "The Raiders", an exciting tale of smuggling in Galloway, is probably his most popular work and a good number of editions exist. Perhaps equally popular, especially to Galwegians,
are "The Grey Man", "The Lilac Sunbonnet" and "The Men of Moss Hags". His novels generally encapsulate the scenery, legend and history in which Galloway abounds. There are many historic attractions in Galloway today; hence the region's popularity with tourists. Covenanting history has strong associations with the Galloway landscape and Crockett, a minister for a period before he abandoned the job for writing, uses this background in some of his novels like "The Standard Bearer" set in the parishes of The Kells in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Minigaff and Dalry [not to be confused with the Dalry in North Ayrshire].
The Firebrand. MacMillan 1901 First Edition. 519pp., teg., bkplates, sp. bashed, else good and sound. 8.00
Joan of the Sword Hand. Ward, Lock and Co. 1900 First Edition Frontis., plates, 393pp., teg., covers rubbed, front joint shaky, else good. 7.00
Joan of the Sword Hand. Ward, Lock and Co. 1900 First Edition Frontis., plates, 393pp., teg., covers marked, fep. sl torn, else good. 9.00
Kit Kennedy: Country Boy. James Clarke and Co. 1899 First Edition.
Frontis., 384pp., binding a bit loose else good. 5.00
Lads' Love: An Idyll of the Lands of Heather. Bliss, Sands and Co. 1897 First Edition Frontis., plates, 296pp., teg., inscr. on ffep., else good. 9.00
Another Copy. First Edition. Covers rubbed, inscr., else good. 8.00
The Lilac Sunbonnet. T. Fisher Unwin. 1894 First Edition. 374pp., teg., bkplate., uncut, covers rubbed, else good. 20.00
The Lilac Sunbonnet. T. Fisher Unwin 1894 First edition. Glossary, 382pp., teg., covers stained else good. 15.00
Another Copy. First Edition. Covers rubbed, binding sl. loose, else good. 10.00
Little Anna Mark. Smith, Elder, and Co. 1890 First edition.
Frontis., 446pp., teg., front cover marked else good. 8.00
Lochinvar. Methuen 1897 First edition.
Illus. by Frank Ritchards, map, 447pp., teg., inscr.,
covers sl. dull else good. 10.00
The Red Axe. Smith, Elder and Co. 1898 First ed.
Illus. by Frank Richards. 421pp., teg., front joint cracked
but sound, covers rubbed else good. 10.00
The Standard Bearer. Methuen 1898 First Edition. 345pp., teg., covers rubbed, bkplate., good. 8.00
Strong Mac. Ward, Lock and Co. 1904 First Edition. Frontis. and plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen. Teg., 406pp., bkplate., good. 9.00
Sweetheart Travellers. London: Wells, Gardner, Warton & Co. 1895 2nd. ed. 950g. Illustrated by Gordon Browne and W.H.C. Groome.
310pp. Piece of corners of half-tile and ffep have been cut off, some foxing, else a good copy in original decorated cloth covers. 8.00