Samuel Macplowter (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Trade style paper-back with pictorial card cover. Rubbing to edges. Block edges are spotted. Generally clean and tidy, and firm. A scarce book, s sharp critique and realistic satire of the "Kailyard" school of Scottish literature—challenging the overly sentimental and idealized portrayal of Scottish rural life found in popular novels of the era. It is frequently cited in the Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) as a primary reference source for historic Scots vocabulary, regional idioms, and pronunciation (such as words like scootmagroo, unction, and local dialect variants of water). The illustration to the cover is an early work by the renowned Scottish artist Joseph W Simpson. 128 pages, plus advertisements.…