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Disbound, G. xx+268+ccxxxiii pp, b/w frontis, lacks covers, text block tight, water stain across half of title, frontis & preface, a good copy. ~ 1st edition. ~ Uncommon life of Cardinal Wolsey, with a 233pp appendix at the rear.

New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall New Cloth First Thus The Provost is an ironic look at the career of a small town merchant and politician. Set in Irvine, in Ayrshire, it follows the life of James Pawkie, the Provost of the title. From his humble apprenticeship he progresses to owning his own shop, and eventually a large part of his home town. Simultaneously he becomes involved in local politics, and, starting with a seat on the town council he rises to be the Provost, the supreme position of local power, allowing him to manipulate everyone connected with the politics of the town to serve his own interests. Superficially a work of comedy, but with serious overtones, The Provost is widely regarded as Galt's masterpiece. John Galt (1779-1839), Scottish novelist. He went to Canada as secretary for the Canada Company, founding there in 1827 the town of Guelph and encouraging Canadian immigration. He wrote poems, blank-verse tragedies, and travel books, but he is known chiefly for his novels of Scottish country life, notably The Ayrshire Legatees (1821), Annals of the Parish (1821), and The Entail (1823). While traveling on the Continent as a young man, he made the acquaintance of Lord Byron, of whom he wrote a biography that appeared in 1830.

Binding a little torn and cover slightly scuffed..Hardback,Ex-Library,with usual stamps markings, ,in good all-round condition, ,337pages. 750g ISBN:

A very pretty blind-stamped 8-volume set in straight-grained maroon cloth of the collected works of John Galt. Top edge gilt; others uncut.

1920 J M Dent, hardback book with red cloth and faded gilt lettering, pages lightly tanned, fast dispatch from UK seller