Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland: Macdonald Publishers. Very Good/Very Good. 1981. First Edition. Hard Cloth Cover. 8vo 0904265552 Dust jacket complete and ubclipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 234 pages clean and tight. Iain Crichton Smith's first collection of poems in English was published by Macdonald in 1955, and in the quarter-century since then his voice has become one of the most individual in contemporary Scottish writing. His prolific output has included novels, stories and plays, in addition to poems, and he writes in both English and Gaelic. His Gaelic background gives him strong roots in an important part of the Scottish past, and, in turn, it gives also a wider perspective to his naturally alert view of the present world. His first Selected Poems appeared in 1970, so the time is ripe for a new gathering. This new selection, chosen, arranged and edited by Robin Fulton, draws on all of his published English poetry and includes too a fair sample of his Gaelic verse, translated by himself. The selection has been made from twelve separate collections, and there are also poems first published in magazines (notably Lines Review) but previously uncollected. .

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Bookseller: CHARLES BOSSOM (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 115882
Title: Selected Poems 1955-1980
Author: SMITH, Iain Crichton
Format/Binding: Hard Cloth Cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good/Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0904265552
ISBN 13: 9780904265552
Publisher: Macdonald Publishers
Place of Publication: Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland
Date Published: 1981

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