8vo. 27pp, [5]. With two terminal publisher's advertisement leaves. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers. Sunned, a trifle marked, chipping to spine, Contemporary inked ownership inscription to upper panel. Very occasional ink highlighting, else internally clean and crisp.

The critical response of Scottish historian Robert Sangster Rait (1874-1936) to John Thomas Tushac Brown's (fl.1896-1906) The authorship of the Kingis Quair (Glasgow, 1896) exploring the validity of attributing the fifteenth-century poem to James I of Scotland.