THE KINGIS QUAIR.
Edited from the manuscript with introduction, notes, and glossary by W. Mackay Mackenzie. Pp. 164(last blank), appendices, glossary; cr. 8vo; light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards slightly rubbed, the bottom fore-corners bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges and backstrip lightly faded and rubbed, a couple of tiny splits at foot of backstrip tape-repaired on reverse; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1939. First edition. *The 'Kingis Quair', or 'King's Book' is a fifteenth century love poem attributed to King James I of Scotland (1394-1437), referencing his capture and long imprisonment by the English. Item #181325
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