Author: THOM (William), of Inverury:
Title: Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver. Third Edition, with Additions.
Description: London: Smith, Elder and Co...., 1847. 8vo, pp. viii, 192, 16 pages adverts dated January 1851, engraved portrait frontispiece, original embossed cloth, block in gilt on front cover; spine a little faded and rubbed, small stain on rear cover, but a good copy. Thom (1798? - 1848), after a desultory career as weaver, bookseller, flautist, and journalist, published the first edition of these rhymes in 1844 and sold about one thousand copies.

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