WATSON, JOHN, WRITING AS IAN MACLAREN (7 résultats)

Octavo, 465 pp., title page printed in red and black, original bevel-edged terra cotta cloth stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. One of Watson's collections of his tremendously popular Drumtochty stories, sketches nostalgically reflective of an idealized rural Scottish life. "In his day Watson had a large following both in Britain and abroad. Both Queen Victoria and W. E. Gladstone were admirers of his publications. Yet the great sentimentality of his fiction definitely places him in the Kailyard school. His chief merit was his ability to record rural dialects with reasonable competence, but he lacked skill in connecting sketches to form a unified work." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 258. Owner's signature dated 1899 on front free endpaper. Cloth lightly rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, a very good copy. (#134394).

Octavo, original pictorial olive-green cloth stamped in black and gold. First U.S. edition. One of Watson's collections of his tremendously popular Drumtochty stories, sketches nostalgically reflective of an idealized rural Scottish life. "In his day Watson had a large following both in Britain and abroad. Both Queen Victoria and W. E. Gladstone were admirers of his publications. Yet the great sentimentality of his fiction definitely places him in the Kailyard school. His chief merit was his ability to record rural dialects with reasonable competence, but he lacked skill in connecting sketches to form a unified work." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 258. Cloth a bit dusty and rubbed, a very good copy. (#133588).

Octavo, 358 pp., original bevel-edged terra cotta cloth stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. The second collection of Rev. Watson's tremendously popular stories of Scottish life. "In his day Watson had a large following both in Britain and abroad. Both Queen Victoria and W. E. Gladstone were admirers of his publications. Yet the great sentimentality of his fiction definitely places him in the Kailyard school. His chief merit was his ability to record rural dialects with reasonable competence, but he lacked skill in connecting sketches to form a unified work." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 258. Some age-darkening to endpapers an several preliminary and terminal leaves, a very good copy. (#134395).

Octavo, original pictorial light gray-green cloth stamped in black and gold. First U.S. edition. The second collection of Rev. Watson's tremendously popular stories of Scottish life. "In his day Watson had a large following both in Britain and abroad. Both Queen Victoria and W. E. Gladstone were admirers of his publications. Yet the great sentimentality of his fiction definitely places him in the Kailyard school. His chief merit was his ability to record rural dialects with reasonable competence, but he lacked skill in connecting sketches to form a unified work." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 258. Cloth a little rubbed at edges, spine panel a bit darkened, a very good copy. (#133587).

Octavo, 409 pp., original bevel-edged terra cotta cloth stamped in gold, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. First edition. The third collection of Rev. Watson's tremendously popular stories of Scottish life. "In his day Watson had a large following both in Britain and abroad. Both Queen Victoria and W. E. Gladstone were admirers of his publications. Yet the great sentimentality of his fiction definitely places him in the Kailyard school. His chief merit was his ability to record rural dialects with reasonable competence, but he lacked skill in connecting sketches to form a unified work." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 258. Just a bit of rubbing to cloth, mainly spine ends and corner tips, a very good copy. (#134396).

Octavo, 296 pp., eleven inserted plates with half-tone illustrations by Harold Copping, original bevel-edged terra cotta cloth stamped in gold, t.e.g., fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. A collection of Watson's tremendously popular stories of Scottish life. "In his day Watson had a large following both in Britain and abroad. Both Queen Victoria and W. E. Gladstone were admirers of his publications. Yet the great sentimentality of his fiction definitely places him in the Kailyard school. His chief merit was his ability to record rural dialects with reasonable competence, but he lacked skill in connecting sketches to form a unified work." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 258. Published in similar binding style to the Hodder & Stoughton editions in which most of Maclaren's work first appeared. Just a bit of rubbing to cloth, mainly spine ends and corner tips, some foxing to preliminary and terminal leaves, a very good copy. (#134397).

Small octavo, 208 pp., illustrations by F. C. Gordon, title page printed in red and black, original pictorial green cloth stamped in white and black. First U.S. edition. One of Watson's collections of his tremendously popular Drumtochty stories, sketches nostalgically reflective of an idealized rural Scottish life. "In his day Watson had a large following both in Britain and abroad. Both Queen Victoria and W. E. Gladstone were admirers of his publications. Yet the great sentimentality of his fiction definitely places him in the Kailyard school. His chief merit was his ability to record rural dialects with reasonable competence, but he lacked skill in connecting sketches to form a unified work." - Kemp, Mitchell and Trotter, Edwardian Fiction, p. 258. A bright, clean, nearly fine copy. A lovely copy. (#135018).