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Part of corrected proof copy of Sir Compton Mackenzie, "Rogues and Vagabonds" (1927).
With:
160 pamphlets and periodicals, 1893-1970 and undated, from Mackenzie`s library
fivle letters, 1935-1951, to Mackenzie.
Photocopies of corrected manuscripts and proofs of fragments, undated, of Thomas Carlyle, "History of Friedrich II of Prussia".
With a letter, 1839, of Carlyle to James Aitken, and a letter, 1920, of Margaret Carlyle Aitken to Mary Walker.
Poetical and editorial papers of Robin Fulton (1937- ).
Robin Fulton was born in Arran and became a schoolteacher. From 1967 to 1976 he edited the literary magazine 'Lines Review'. His work is mostly poetry, but also includes reviews, translations and literary studies. The papers consist of drafts and proofs of poems (MSS.27495-27497), and editorial papers for 'Lines Review' (MS.27498).
Proof copy of 'Poor things', by Alasdair Gray, with a related letter.
A heavily annotated paperback proof of 'Poor things', donated by Alasdair Gray to Mark Fleming for auction at a Scotland in Europe fundraising event, with an accompanying letter explaining the donation.
Proof-sheets of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe’s edition of James Kirkton’s 'Secret and true history of the Church of Scotland'.
Proofs of an unpublished conclusion to "Count Robert of Paris" by Sir Walter Scott, together with letters describing the provenance.
Proofs of the Highland Society of Scotland Dictionary, with correspondence between Mackintosh MacKay and the Reverend John MacLeod of Dundonald.
'Recollections of my boyhood, with open-air-lessons of later years, by Thomas Edward (of Banff, shoemaker)’.
Four letters, 1883-1884, of Thomas Edward to David Douglas, bookseller, Edinburgh; proofs of Edward's apparently unpublished 'Recollections', as in MS.1662, with some manuscript corrections; proofs of other essays, also apparently unpublished, with corrections.
The title is in the hand of David Douglas.