Robert Campbell — Recreations in Verse

Glasgow, Paterson & Clubb, Ltd. 1915. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of Campbell"s charming Jubilee-year verse collection, signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.Signed and inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper: "To Mr & Mrs John McLaren with R. C"s very kindest regards, 30th Dec. 1915."A scarce privately-circulated volume of devotional and sentimental verse by Robert Campbell, Senior Minister of Calton United Free Church, Glasgow, published to mark his Jubilee year in the ministry. The contents include spiritual reflections, elegiac tributes, and poems written for public occasions and individuals within the congregation, often written in the Scots dialect.   In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. One or two minor handling marks to boards. Offsetting to endpapers. Author's inscription to front free endpaper. Previous owner's ink inscription to rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two minor handling marks to fore edge and one or two spots to first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .