Robert Crawford — In Quiet Fields

Edinburgh, The Porpoise Press, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce collection of poetry from the Scottish author Robert Crawford, featuring poems in both Scots and English. A very scarce work. The first edition.  In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper.  A collection of poetry by Robert Crawford, containing poems in both Scots and English.  Robert Crawford was a Scottish author, born in 1877, who published multiple volumes of poetry. His works gained the recognition of Walter de la Mare, stating how Crawford's poems 'prove once more how amazingly a real gift can triumph over circumstance&apos.  This volume includes poems such as Exequies, Ruins, I Took my Love, Sib, Wattie's Braith, and Lass o' Warnock.        In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Minor fading to spine, with spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light sunning to spine, and slight shelf wear to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.