Scottish Literary Criticism: Books

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Blake, George. Barrie and the Kailyard School. Arthur Barker 1951 Index, 103pp. Red cloth, cover edges damp-stained else good and sound. 4.00

Book Trust Scotland. Twentieth Century Scottish Classics. BTS. 1987 19pp., card overs, good. 1.00

Bruce, George. To Foster and Enrich: The First Fifty Years of The Saltire Society. The Saltire Society 1986 83pp., card covers, inscr., else good. 3.00

Burgess, Moira. (Comp.) Glasgow Books and Writers of the Twentieth Century: A Select Bibliography. Book Trust 1990 Plates, index, 75pp., card covers, good. 2.50

Campbell, Allan; Niel, Tim. (Ed.) A Life in Pieces: Reflections on Alexander Trocchi. Rebel Inc. 400g. Index, 307pp.. Card covers, ex-lib. copy with some stamps/marks else good. 5.00

Campbell, Ian. Thomas Carlyle. Writers and their Work Series. Longman 1978 Frontis., 33pp., card covers, good. 2.00

Collins, P.A.W. James Boswell. The British Council 1956 48pp., card covers. good. 2.00

Craig, Cairns (Ed.). The History of Scottish Literature: Volume 4 Twentieth Century. Aberdeen UP. 1989 700g. Index, 399pp., card covers, inscr., corner bumped else good. 8.00

Craig, David. The Real Foundations: Literature and Social Change. Chatto and Windus 1973 Index, 318pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 7.00

Craig, David. Scottish Literature and the Scottish People 1680-1830. Chatto and Windus 1961 Index, 339pp., private school ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good. 8.00

Daiches, David. Robert Fergusson. Scottish Acad P. 1982 127pp., card covers, vg. 3.00

Donaldson, William. The Language of the People: Scots Prose from the Victorian Revival. Aberdeen UP. 1989 Index, 241pp., vg. in d/w. 7.00

Finlay, Alec. (Ed.) The Armstrong Nose: Selected Letters of Hamish Henderson. Edinburgh: Polygon. Index, 369pp., card covers, ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good. 6.50

Gascoyne, David. Thomas Carlyle. The British Council 1952 Frontis., select biblio., index of essays and papers, 44pp., card covers, good. 2.00

Gifford, Douglas (Ed.). The History of Scottish Literature: Volume 3 Nineteenth Century. Aberdeen UP. 1989 800g. Index, 471pp., card covers, inscr. else good. 8.00

Gonda, Caroline. Tea and Leg-Irons: New Feminist Readings from Scotland. Open Letters 1992 Index, 212pp., card covers, good. 5.00

Hart, Francis R. Lockhart as Romantic Biographer. Edinburgh UP. 1971 Index, 299pp. Ex-lib. copy with usual stamps; lacks ffep. else a good, clean copy in d/w. 6.00

Henderson, T.F. Scottish Vernacular History: A Succinct History. David Nutt 1900 2nd. ed. Index, 462pp., teg., some foxing else good. 12.50

Jack, R.D.S. Alexander Montgomerie. Scottish Acad. P. 140pp., card covers, vg. 2.50

Jack, R.D.S. The Italian Influence on Scottish Literature. Edinburgh UP. 1972 Index, 256pp., vg. in d/w. 7.00

Jack, R.D.S. The Road to the Never Land: A Reassessment of J.M. Barrie's Dramatic Art. Aberdeen UP. 1991 Index, 304pp., vg. in d/w. 8.00

Kay, Billy. Scots: The Mither Tongue. Grafton 1988 Biblio., index, 191pp., card covers, sl worn else good. 3.00

Kay, Billy. Scots: The Mither Tongue. Mainstream 1986 Biblio., index, 191pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00

Kemp, Peter. Muriel Spark. Novelists and Their World Series. Elek 1974 Index, 167pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 6.00

Letley, Emma. From Galt to Douglas Brown: 19th Century Fiction and Scots Language. Scottish Acad P. 1988 Index, 351pp., good in d/w. 10.00

Lindsay, Maurice. (Ed.) As I Remember: Ten Scottish Authors Recall How for Them Writing Began. Hale 1979 174pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 3.50

Lochhead, Marion. The Renaissance of Wonder in Children's Literature. Canongate 1977 Index, 169pp., good in d/w. 6.00

Macafee, Caroline; Macleod, Iseabail. The Nuttis Schell: Essays on the Scots Language. Aberdeen UP. 1987 Biblio., 247pp., vg. in d/w. 5.00

MacCaig, Norman. (Intro.) et al. For Sydney Smith. MacDonald 1975 Frontis., 90pp., ex-lib. copy with some stamps/marks else good in d/w. 6.00

MacCallum, Neil R. (Intro and ed.) Sing Frae the Heart: The Literary Criticism of Alexander Scott. Edinburgh: SCP. 76pp., card covers, good. 3.00

MacDonald, R.H. (Ed.) The Library of Drummond of Hawthornden. Edinburgh Univ. Press 1971 Large 8vo. Illus., index, 245pp., good in d/w. 20.00

McFarlane, I.D. George Buchanan's Latin Poems from Script to Print: A Preliminary Survey. Bibliographical Society 1969 rep. from the Trans. Bib. Soc. pp.277-332, card covers, good. 5.00

McLaren, Moray. The Wisdom of the Scots. Michael Joseph 1961 335pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., edges grubby else good. 2.50

MacLean, Magnus. The Literature of the Highlands. Blackie 1925 New ed. Index, 270pp., good. 12.00

MacLean, Magnus. The Literature of the Highlands. Blackie 1925 New ed. Index, 270pp., sp. marked, some pp. thumbed else good. 10.00

McClure, J. Derrick; Spiller, Michael R.G. (Ed.) Bryght Lanternis: Essays on the Language and Literature of Medieval and Renaissance Scotland. Aberdeen UP. 1989 481pp., card covers, good. 12.00

Mapstone, Sally. (Ed.) William Dunbar, 'The Nobill Poyet.' Essays in Honour of Priscilla Bawcutt. Tuckwell Press. 500g. Biblio., index, 237pp., card covers, corner sl. bumped/creased else good. 12.00

Morgan, Peter F. (Sel., ed. and intro.) Jeffrey's Crticism. Scottish Academic Press 1984 Notes, 181pp., good in d/w. 6.00

Morrison, David. (Ed.) Essays on Neil M. Gunn. Caithness 1973 Plates, illus., index, 72pp., card covers, good. 3.00

Murray, Isobel. Jessie Kesson: Writing Her Life. Canongate. 550g. Plates, index, 340pp., card covers, ex-lib. copy with some stamps, lacks ffep., spine creased, reading copy. 2.50

O'Connor, Mary. John Davidson. Scottish Acad. P. 146pp., card covers, vg. 3.00

Pick, J.B. (Comp. and intro.) Neil M. Gunn: Selected Letters. Polygon 1987 Index, 263pp., vg. in marked d/w. 8.00

Robb, David S. George MacDonald. Scottish Acad P. 1987 136pp., card covers, vg. 3.00

Roper, Derek. Reviewing Before the Edinburgh 1788-1802 Methuen 1978 Index, 313pp., vg. in d/w. Mainly refers to English Lit. but there are mentions of Burns, Boswell etc. 5.00

Rousseau, G.S. Tobias Smollett: Essays of Two Decades. T. and T. Clark 1982 Index, 207pp., good in d/w. 8.00

Royle, Trevor. The MacMillan Companion to Scottish Literature. MacMillan 1983 160mm. by 240mm., 800g. 322pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good reading copy in d/w. 8.00

Scott, P.H. John Galt. Scottish Academic Press 1985 130pp., card covers, vg. 2.50

Scott, Tom. Dunbar: A Critical Exposition of the Poems. Oliver and Boyd 1966 Index, 389pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good working copy in lib. style binding. 6.00

Shairp, John Campbell. Sketches in History and Poetry. Ed. by John Veitch. Edinburgh: David Douglas 1887 376pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in lib. style binding. 6.00

Simpson, Kenneth. The Protean Scot: The Crisis of Identity in 18th Century Scottish Literature. Aberdeen UP. 1988 Index, 287pp., vg. in d/w. 8.00

Speirs, John. The Scots Literary Tradition: An Essay in Criticism. Faber 1962 2nd. ed. Index, 229pp., private school ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good. 6.00

Stott, Louis. Smollett's Scotland. Dumbarton Dis. Lib. 1981 Plates, 32pp., card covers, good. 2.00

Stuart, A.V. David Gray: The Poet of the Luggie. A Centenary Booklet. Privately pub. c. 1961 8pp., card covers, good. 2.00

Wilson, Norman (Ed.) Scottish Writing and Writers. A survey of modern Scottish literature. Ramsay Head P. 1977 126pp., ex-lib. copy, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 2.50

Wittig, Kurt. The Scottish Tradition in Literature. Oliver and Boyd 1958 Index, 352pp., private school ex-lib. copy with usual stamps else good. 10.00

Wright, Allen. J.M. Barrie: Glamour of Twilight. Ramsay Head P. 1976 95pp., good in d/w. 4.00

Young, Douglas. A Clear Voice: A Selection from his Writings with a Memoir. MacDonald c. 1974 Plates, biblio., 159pp., ex-lib. copy with usual stamps, lacks ffep., else good in d/w. 5.00


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