Author: Gordon, Ian A. (Editor):
Title: The Last Of The Lairds Or The Life And Opionions of Malachi Mailings Esq. Of Auldbiggings.
Description: Edinburgh, Scottish Academic Press, 1976 1st Ed., H/B black cloth bds with gold lettering to spine, Near Fine+, unclipped d/w, VG, contents fine and tight. The First Edition of John Galt's original, unexpurgated manuscript. This is no mere bawdy farce. Galt's gallery of characters, both major and minor, contains some of his finest comic creations, and the racy dialogues are sustained in dramatic comic scenes.

Keywords: comedy farce comic Scotland Scottish laird humour 0701121750