Illustrated by Denis Peploe. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge nicked and dust dulled dw, now mylar sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp cornered. Uncommon. 60 pages.


Sydney Goodsir Smith (26 October 1915 – 15 January 1975) was a New Zealand-Scottish poet, artist, dramatist and novelist. He wrote poetry in literary Scots often referred to as Lallans, and was a major figure of the Scottish Renaissance. Due to chronic asthma he was turned down for service in both the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War,

Studied at Edinburgh University and Oriel College. Worked for War Office, teaching English to Polish Army in Scotland. Skail Wind (1941), The Wanderer (1943) and The Deevil's Waltz (1946).