Montgomerie-Fleming, J. B. - Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary

William Hodge & Co. Glasgow & Edinburgh, 1899. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. These notes on Jamieson's dictionary of the Scottish language were first published in the Glasgow Herald & are collected & amplified here by their author to be published in book form for the first time. Described by their writer as 'fragmentary, very incomplete & nothing like a revision or correction of Jamieson's work' they nonetheless provide interesting cross-references to the meanings & origins of the words alphabetically listed in this volume. To the front is a six-page prefatory note by the author & a copy of his letter to the editor of the Glasgow Herald. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 7 + 186 pages. Text is in Scots. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers browned, text block clean. Deckled outer & bottom edges (rough cut). Top edge gilt in good condition. Gilt titles spine. vertical wrinkle to cloth of rear cover, minor dents to cover edges & light wear to spine ends & corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Scots Language; Dictionaries; Philology; Scotland; Scots Language; Reference. Inventory No: 3911.

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