£75
FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. viii, 120. Original blue cloth, board bordered with blind frames, front board blocked centrally in gilt, rear board with same device in blind, edges gilt. A little soiled, a touch of spotting. Hinges splitting but joints secure, a little wear to extremities. Bookplate of Montrose Public Library Reference Department to pastedown, 2 shelfmark stickers to spine.
The first edition of this collection by Scots poet William Jamie, which was reprinted in 1856. The title piece is a 29-page poem cycle on the Scottish emigrant experience, and is joined by further verses on emigrating to Canada, a memorial for fellow-poet Robert Tannahill, and, seemingly, an 8-stanza panegyric to himself for having written the title-poem of the collection. Library Hub records 5 copies: BL, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow and NLS.
