Hardcover book published by William
Heinemann Ltd 1952, 116 pages with black and white illustrations.
Ian Niall (1916 – 2002),
born John Kincaid McNeillie, was a writer from Galloway,
Scotland. He wrote works under both these names. He was born in Old
Kilpatrick, to parents from the Machars in South West
Scotland. He moved back to Galloway at 18 months old, and the area
formed a basis for his early fiction. Pastures New is the story
of fields the author has known and loved—the story of the stream
that flows through them, of the wild things that live by the water
and among the stone heaps. Across these familiar fields he watched
the water rail sliding through the rushes, and came to know every
gorse hill, every sheltered bank or weed-choked corner. To read this
book is to stand in the rickyard when the owl is flying soft-winged
among the thatch. In these pastures the author ploughed, and worked
at many a harvest. The story is of the sun across the bog field with
the breeze swaying the mauve-blossomed potatoes; the story of spring
and the plover’s cry.
This book is in fair condition. The
dust jacket is in poor condition. There is wear to the edges
(scuffing, creasing, rips and chips), corners (scuffing, rips and
chips) and to the top and bottom of the spine (scuffing, ribs and
chips). There is shelf wear overall including some further rips and
chips as well as some scratches, scuffs, foxing and browning. The
dust jacket is very worn. The cover is in fair condition. There is
some wear to the edges (some scuffing) and to the top and bottom of
the spine (scuffing and creasing). There is shelf wear overall
including scuffs, marks and scratches. There is some wear to the
spine including some slight wrinkling to the surface. The book itself
is in fair condition. There is some foxing and a few small marks to
the outer edges. The front end paper has some minor marks. The front
and back end pages have foxing. There are a few small marks in the
book as well as some very minor wear. The binding has slightly
split at a few points in the book and may do more of this when read
(there are no loose pages). There is some browning of the pages.
Overall a fair copy with wear overall.
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