The Gaberlunzie’s Wallet. (Presentation copy)

A$40 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Edinburgh : The Edinburgh Publishing Company; and London : Houlston and Sons, 1875. Octavo, gilt-illustrated green cloth (edges rubbed), pp. 348, all edges gilt, illustrations; a very good copy, with a presentation inscription from the author to Mr. Salmon on the Preface leaf, dated 1875. Popular novel by the Scottish writer James Ballantine (1806-1877). It was first published in 1842 and was the author s first book. Gaberlunzie is an archaic Scots term for a licensed beggar.

• Binding: Hardcover

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