1897 The Days Of Auld Lang Syne buying

The Days Of Auld Lang Syne 1897

"A delightful and charming collection of what are essentially short stories all set in the village of Drumtochty, north of Glasgow in Scotland. Most of the stories center on the unique individuals who make up the village." Originally published in 1895, this is an early edition published in 1897 specially illustrated with antique photographs of a village in Scotland.

Pretty antique hardcover book with Arts & Crafts-inspired thistles and flourishes. The front cover and spine are decorated and the book design artist Alice Morse, signed with the initials "A M" at the bottom (see detail). The book design is held in the special collection of the University Of Wisconsin. Satin finish to the pages.

Antique book with mild to moderate wear: Original owner's name at front of book along with a taped rip. Bumped corners, fading to the cloth covers around the edges, browning and fading to the rear cloth, wear to the top of the spine cloth, and other signs of age and use.

Antique hardcover book: buying 5 1/2" x 8 1/8" x 1"; 358 pages.

By Ian Maclaren, the pseudonym of Rev. John Watson, (1850 – 1907) a Scottish author and theologian. "His first stories of rural Scottish life, "Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush" achieved extraordinary popularity selling more than 700 thousand copies and was succeeded by other successful books including The Days of Auld Lang Syne orignally published in 1895."

Alice Cordelia Morse (b. 1862). Morse was an American woman who studied with John LaFarge. She was not only a painter and an artist in stained glass, but also a bookbinder and decorator of book covers. She worked in Brooklyn from about 1887 to 1921. In 1890, Publishers' Weekly noted that “the best designers of book covers in the United States are women,” mentioning “Miss Morse” by name."

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