Hugh MacDiarmid - The Close Brethren of the S.N.P. Junta - Original Article

MACDIARMID, Hugh [pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve (1892-1978)].

The Close Brethren of the S.N.P. Junta.

Sandilands by Lanark: Printed and published by F. A. C. Boothby, no date [1968].

RARE OFFPRINT. Octavo (33 x 21cm). Two pages of xeroxed text, reproduced by F. A. C. Boothby and priced at 1/6d. Together with a typed letter signed on 'The 1320 Club, headed paper with its carbon copy from F. A. C. Boothby to a Mr Nairn discussing MacDiarmid's article.

Some toning. Near fine.

A fascinating collection from the more fringe wing of the Scottish nationalist movement, members of The 1320 Club were expelled from the SNP in 1968 and Boothby was convicted in 1975 of conspiracy in relation to his political activities.