By Thomas Pattison [editor and translator]; Margaret Campbell Pattison [music]
London   Swan & Co.
14" by 10.5" [10], 30pp.
A very scarce collection of twelve Gaelic songs with English translations, accompanied by music by Margaret Campbell Pattison.
By Thomas Pattison [editor and translator]; Margaret Campbell Pattison [music]

c1880 Popular Songs of the Highlands: Twelve Gaelic Songs with English and Gaelic Words

London   Swan & Co.
14" by 10.5" [10], 30pp.
A very scarce collection of twelve Gaelic songs with English translations, accompanied by music by Margaret Campbell Pattison.
£195.00
: 0.75kgs / : 817A11

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Description

Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

A very scarce book, held by four institutional libraries only, rarely seen on the market. A series of twelve Gaelic songs from the 'Popular Songs of the Highlands.' With translations and notes by Thomas Pattison and pianoforte accompaniments by Margaret Campbell Pattison. 

Songs included are 'The Lay of Diarmad,' 'Gregor Macgregor's Lament,' 'Macgregor O'Ruara,' 'MacLeod's Ditty,' 'The Boatman,' &c.

Condition

In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with shelf wear and soiling, minor bumping to head and tail of spine, chipping to extremities, minor damp mark to boards. Ink inscription to recto front blank page dated 1889. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright.

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