1931 Hugh MacDiarmid : First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems : Limited Edition

First Hymn to Lenin and Other poems

By Hugh MacDiarmid

Published by The Unicorn Press, London, 1931. Limited Edition. This is number 91 of 450 copies. There were also 50 copies numbered and signed by the author. Hardback in slipcase. Red and black cloth binding, marble endpapers. 44pp. With a frontis portrait of MacDiarmid.

CONDITION
A very good copy. The boards and spine are good. Endpapers good. All contents present and pages good thrughout. The slipcase is good but has a little splitting to the back rear corner (see last image provided). Overall a good copy of this scarce limited edition.

Christopher Murray Grieve (11 August 1892 – 9 September 1978), best known by his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, essayist and political figure. He is considered one of the principal forces behind the Scottish Renaissance and has had a lasting impact on Scottish culture and politics. He was a founding member of the National Party of Scotland in 1928 but left in 1933 due to his Marxist–Leninist views. He joined the Communist Party of Great Britain the following year only to be expelled in 1938 for his nationalist sympathies. He would subsequently stand as a parliamentary candidate for both the Scottish National Party (1945) and Communist Party of Great Britain (1964).