ferguson james malcolm (2 risultati)

8vo.176pp.4 llus Bookplate on fep. Ex-library with usual spine number andl 'cancelled' on title and final pages. Bound in blue cloth. Spine faded and a little rubbed at spine ends and corners.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1911). 1911 1st edition. Small 8vo. (140mm x 200mm). Pp176. Illustrated with two sepia portrait photographs of the authors, a sepia photograph of the Stewart Memorial at Killin, and an engraved plate of the Old Man of Hoy. Plain blue cloth binding. An early rebind in plain blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Rubbed & slightly stained so good only. J.R. Ferguson wrote for a number of American newspapers and journals under the well-known pen-name of Frank Fillimore. The articles contained in this book are taken from the newspaper, the Scottish American,"but as these would only make a very small brochure, I have added a few stories from some of my own books to make a decent ordinary sized volume." Chapters include, The versatile Scot; The Scot abroad; The canny Scot; Some thrifty Scots. Ferguson pere's writings include, A prolonged tussle with a salmon on the Conon; Burying place of the Clan M'Nab; A day at Glenfinlas; a tour through the Highlands of Perthshire; crossing the Pentland Firth; An exciting adventure on the banks of the Dochart - a bull fight; An exciting and prolonged tussle with a big salmon on the Dochart. .