SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First ILLUSTRATED edition, 2nd impression. xvi, 139 printed pages. Black and white illustrations by W.S. Boyd. Signed in ink ("Charles Murray") by author on title page. Endpapers browned. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. Newspaper cuttings related to author loosely inserted as well as an offprint of a poem by Robert Murdoch "Noo She's Gaen". 18 x 22 cm. Original bright blue cloth with gilt lettering and gilt image of the author walking on upper cover. Complete with original printed dust jacket with a number of tears and crude clear tape repairs, particularly along the spine.