{"product_id":"hugh-macdiarmid-sangschaw-edinburgh-1925-119523","title":"Sangschaw.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003efirst edition of the author's first poetry collection\u003c\/h4\u003eThis charming first edition of early-20th-century Scottish poetry exhibits Hugh MacDiarmid's unique usage of 'synthetic Scots', a literary version of the Scots language that MacDiarmid developed in this and later publications. MacDiarmid's first collection of poetry is a fascinating curio in the complicated history of Scotland and its indigenous languages and a foundational text of the Scottish Renaissance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection begins with an introduction by John Buchan (1875-1940), a Scottish writer and historian who, in 1924, had become the president of the Scottish Historical Society and a trustee of the National Library of Scotland. In his introduction, Buchan assesses what he calls the 'at once reactionary and revolutionary' choice to write in a revived version of Scots.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis copy contains the bookplate of the Scottish literary agent and writer, Giles Gordon (1940-2003), who worked at Secker \u0026amp; Warburg, Penguin, and Gollancz, and wrote and published his own criticism, poetry, and novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst edition; 8vo (19 x 13 cm); bookplate on upper pastedown endpaper, offsetting on preliminaries and back endpapers, relevant newspaper clipping loosely inserted between pp. 20 and 21; publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in black, faded on extremities, original typographic dustjacket lettered in black (faded with some offsetting, reinforced with paper and plastic cover); xii, 58, 4, [ii]pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"M'DIARMID, Hugh. [MacDiarmid]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55785816686967,"sku":"119523","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/119523.jpg?v=1780915755","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/hugh-macdiarmid-sangschaw-edinburgh-1925-119523","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}