Anster Fair by William Tennant The best known work by William Tennant of Anstruther. He attended, for two years, St. Andrews where he "... in his leisure time" mastered Italian, German and Hebrew. He mentions in the Preface to this work that his use of Ottava Rima came from his reading of Boccaccio

A production of the always interesting Colophon Press. A production of bookseller David Rees (who also compiled an early bibliography of Alasdair Gray first editions). Colophon also produced works like Robin Robertson's Camera Obscura, to be discussed at a later time.

Michael Scott - Tom Cringle's Log and The Cruise of the Midge Michael Scott, of Cowlairs, left for Jamaica at age 17 and engaged in mercantile affairs until his return to Scotland in 1822, aged 33. He engaged in business and began to write the works by which he's known. #ScottishLiterature

George Douglas Brown ... as Kennedy King Brown's first published book, a bit of jingoistic 'tushery', to borrow RLS's phrase. He used the pseudonym under which he wrote articles from Sandow's Magazine. The red copy was acquired in the early days of the internet for $18. #GeorgeDouglasBrown