Book collecting features H-M

David Lindsay: A Scottish Genius
From the first issue of Scottish Book Collector in August 1987, this article discusses collecting the work of cult Scottish science fiction writer and transcendentalist, David Lindsay.
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Lines on Callum Macdonald
Jennie Renton on the late editor of Lines Review, CALLUM MACDONALD.
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Revisioning Highland Art
MURDO MACDONALD, Professor of the History of Scottish Art at Dundee University in conversation with textualities.net editor Jennie Renton, discussing Highland Art: A Window to the West.
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The Bannatyne Club
Of all Scottish limited editions, perhaps the magnificent volumes of the Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs are the finest, and the easiest to collect, says ROSS MACKENZIE.
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Mysteries Thrill
Collecting mystery books, by ALTHEA MARCH.
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SPL Small Press Fair 2006
In the first of four interviews at the 2006 Scottish Poetry Library Small Press Fair, Jennie Renton talks to ROBYN MARSACK, director of the Scottish Poetry Library.
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Commas
ANNE MAVER thinks commas are important. I agree. Do you?
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Fisherman Polymath
Peter Behan looks at the life of SIR HERBERT MAXWELL, remembered mainly for his contributions to angling, but also a politician, antiquarian, etymologist, horticulturalist and author of historical and romantic novels.
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Father Allan McDonald of Eriskay
Ronald Black, editor of Eilein na h-ņig. The Poems of Fr ALLAN MCDONALD, here charts his interest in the charismatic priest-poet.
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Original Types
RUARI MCLEAN is a distinguished typographer and a leading authority on the history of book design. Here he describes his forays to antiquarian bookshops in search of Victorian books, in an edited extract from his autobiography True to Type.
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