THISTLEDOWN: A BOOK OF SCOTCH HUMOUR, CHARACTER, FOLK-LORE, STORY & ANECDOTE. by Ford, Robert

Toronto: Bell & Cockburn 463 pp, 8 1/4" H. No date, c1913. Medium brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering & decoration on front board, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. 16 illustrations - 8 tissue-covered tipped in colour plates on heavy stock with captions plus 8 b&w plates - all present. Chapter headings: The Scottish Tongue - Its graphic force and powers of pathos and humour; Characteristics of Scotch Humour; Humour of Old Scotch Divines; The Pulpit and the Pew; The Old Scottish Beadle - His Character and Humour; Humour of Scotch Precentors; Humour of Dram-Drinking in Scotland; The Thistle and the Rose; Screeds o' Tartan - A Chapter of Highland Humour; Humour of Scottish Poets; 'Tween Bench and Bar - A Chapter of Legal Facetiae; Humour of Scottish Rural Life; Humours of Scottish Superstition; Humour of Scotch Naturals; Jamie Fleeman, the Laird of Udny's Fool; "Hawkie" - A Glasgow Street Character; The Laird o' Macnab; Kirkyard Humour; Index. Small stamp mark from bookstore at bottom of front free endpaper, light browning to fore-edge and bottom of text block, three small corner bumps on boards, slight edge wear, some waviness and a very small light water stain on cloth of front board.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by John Duncan..