
Sir Andrew Wylie of That Ilk by John Galt, c.1910.Bound in an elegant green cloth hardback cover with gold gilt detail.Sir Andrew Wylie of That Ilk is a story about the rise of a Scotsman to wealth, social prestige and political influence in London. John Galt (1779 – 1839) was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator. Galt has been called the first political novelist in the English language due to being the first novelist to deal with issues of the Industrial Revolution.