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183424462Glasgow 1834. Very good overall. An illustrated advertising sheet with 3 columns of Glasgow shipping advertisements which serves as writing paper for a half penny hand written letter. The letter is from Gilkison & Brown to Messrs. Davidson & Syme lawyers and comments that there are no vessels from Clyde to New York at present "nor will there be any for some weeks". It quotes the cabin and steerage passage rates also. <br /> <br /> Gilkison & Brown were maritime agents for the Canada Company in Glasgow; they acted as ship and insurance brokers and commission agents. Emigration from Scotland to Canada and other destinations was in response to tenant congestion and starvation as well as land owner bankruptcy. In the 1830s 20000 highlanders emigrated to Canada.<br /> <br /> The maritime advertising printed in 3 columns is for: the Royal Exchange Assurance of London; individual ads for 10 ships all out of Glasgow and bound for ports all over the world including New York; Calcutta; Trinidad; the Cape of Good Hope; Trieste Italy Genoa Kingston Jamaica and Honduras; and St. Thomas. Each ad is accompanied with an engraved sailing ship.<br /> <br /> The letter is addressed to Messrs. Davidson & Syme Charlotte Street Edinburgh and franked also with a stamped 24 Oct 1834. "COCLK PM" is stamped in 2 sections due to the letter fold. <br /> <br /> 15 3/4 x 9 3/4"; folds to 7 7/8 x 9 3/4". Wax seal caused small hole affecting some words in manuscript text.<br /> <br /> A lovely example of a used letter sheet. unknown
68-1567Edinburgh Scotland: J. Brown 1803. 8vo. Light Marbled Boards. 31 pp. Very Good somewhat bowed. Letterpress on laid paper. Rebound by artisan bookbinder Sasha Mosalov.No copies for sale on the internet. Edinburgh, Scotland: J. Brown, 1803. hardcover
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1995DADAX0198548249Clarendon Press 1995-01-19. First Edition. hardcover. New. 6.38x1.01x9.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Clarendon Press hardcover
22983Leith Links 3 John's Place Tuesday 4 Jany docketed adding "1848". Two pages 12mo bifolium formerly in an album tipped onto strip of album page as is the addressed envelope no postal marks good condition. "My dear Sir If as I hope you are disengaged on Friday underlined next come and partake of a quiet family dinner with us at 5 o'clock you will confer much pleasure on us and will I trust meet honest David Scott with whom we will discuss high & important matters. As an inducement to him to do me that favour I have ventured to tell him that I hope he will meet you. Prytheee then let us not be disappointed. " Postscript asking "What of Mr Black" Notes: "David Scott was the son of Robert Scott and brother of William Bell Scott both involved in contributions for George Thomson’s publications. Like William Bell he also wrote poetry although he requested many of his verses to be destroyed after his death." Leith Links, 3 John's Place, Tuesday 4 Jany (docketed, adding "1848"). unknown
20250Scotland. Undated. Written in ink on both sides of an irregular slip of paper roughly 9 x 19cm with a few words inserted in pencil. Aged and worn. In Guthrie's hand and with 'Dr Guthrie's' in pencil at head of first page. The text comprises the upper part of the first leaf of the draft of a speech of thanks by Guthrie for delivery at a meeting in his honour. Heavily revised with a few interpolations in the margins on both sides. There are no indications that the text has been published and Guthrie's sons' memoir included in his 'Autobiography' 1874 throws up no clues. Containing vivid flashes demonstrating the reasons for Guthrie's popularity as a preacher. The beginning of the speech is on one side of the slip and reads: 'The man who is required to speak about himself has got an awkward subject: and therefore topic of conversation tho' I should have liked to speak my thanks out of the fulness of my heart I think it fortunate that necessity is laid on me to be brief as well as calm - I am well aware how much more I owe the honours & gifts of this day to the kindness of my friends than to any merits of mine – Indeed when I first heard of this movement & in the list of the Committee read the names of some occupying the highest offices in the State & in the Church of England also names famous in the world of Science the names of great & good men belonging to all ranks all political <.> & all Protestant Churches no man cold be <.> sympathy …'. On the reverse of the slip Guthrie expresses 'pleasure in accepting this munificent expression' of his audiences approbation: 'Indeed I feel very much as an invalid does who thinks it almost worthwhile to be ill to be so much made of & have his wants anticipated & know himself loved beyond what he ever imagined – The night brings out the stars: & my being disabled & shelved has elicited expressions of interest & esteem which have greatly alleviated my trial'. In the final part of the text Guthrie addresses 'my Lord Provost our very highly & most deservedly <> Chief Magistrate'. [ Scotland. ] Undated. unknown
15211County Times" Printers Welshpool. No date 1945 but presentation dated by Hahn 13 June 1945. 28pp. 4to. Stapled into brown wraps with title printed on cover. In fair condition aged and worn with short closed tear at foot of first leaf. On the first page: 'Confidential. To the Friends of Gordonstoun For Private Circulation Only.' Kahn's inscription at the head of the cover reads: 'To W. H. Green and J. F. Green with love and gratitude for their help to a guilty Headmaster on the 17. VI. 1944. Kurt Hahn 13. VI. 45.' Scarce: only three copies found on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. These entries are variously dated to 1941 and 1943 but neither date can be correct as the pamphlet refers to events in 1944. Both the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles were educated at Gordonstoun which the latter described as 'Colditz in kilts'. County Times," Printers, Welshpool. No date [1945], but presentation dated by Hahn 13 June 1945. paperback
1984033017UK: Crown Copyright 1984 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover with complete Dj. Illustrated in B&W. A few closed tears and creases to Dj; otherwise in near fine condition. Clean and unmarked inside. 4to. Crown Copyright 1984 hardcover
38468Glasgow. A Fullarton & Co. 1844. Hardcover. thick4to. 25cm in 2 volumes lxiv814 & 852 pp. with 15 steel engravings plates 2 city plans Edinburgh & Glasgow the folding frontis map text woodcuts index in the original half brown calf wide gilt ruled bands full blind diced decorations in the panels gilt spine titles patterned cloth boards the folding map is damp stained and backed on the verso of the folds some foxing on the plates with related transfer some wear on the board edge still a very sound working set ds1. ~ A comprehensive set on all aspects of early nineteenth century Scotland based on six Parliamentary and Royal Commission Reports from 1830 to 1842. ".it is the very best work of the kind I ever read in any language; combining in a degree which I never before saw equalled sic historical and romantic interest with antiquarian details and valuable statistical information." Archibald Alison historian & Sheriff of Lanakshire. Cited several times in Keay. Concise Encyclopedia of Scotland. 1994. Glasgow. A Fullarton & Co. 1844 hardcover
119137Edinburgh: The National Trust for Scotland no date. Leatherbound 23pp. Very good. Undated. Short folio oblong 12 3 / 8" X 16 1 / 2". Blue leather boards; small crest in gilt to bottom corner of top board. Head and heel of spine and corners professionally repaired. Boards a little rubbed. Internally leaves screwbound. Binding secure and tight. Title page paper-stock 12 leaves card stock. B&W and colour photographic plates tipped on to pages with paper labels beneath. The National Trust for Scotland Hardcover
25919Printed for C. and G. Kearsley. 1791. First Edition viii304pp. cont. calf hinges cracked head and foot of spine chipped. ESTC locates four copies: British Library Glasgow University National Library of Scotland & Yale. Printed for C. and G. Kearsley. 1791 unknown
Q-0748409203CRC Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! CRC Press hardcover
183620657Eyre & Spottiswoode - Public Record Commission 1836. 1st edition. Hardback. Cloth spined boards - Blind stamped cloth G. xxx675pp xxx603pp boards rubbed slight browning to the paper Ex-Library with bookplates & stamps text block clean hinges weak common with these heavy volumes a fair set Transcriptions of the surviving Royal papers relating to Scotland from the reign of Henry VIII. Uncommon. Complete Scottish volumes. Eyre & Spottiswoode - Public Record Commission hardcover
1995SONG0198548249Clarendon Press 1995-01-19. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 6.38x1.01x9.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Clarendon Press hardcover
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2026__0192870521Oxford University Press 2026. Hardcover. New. 2nd revised edition edition. Oxford University Press hardcover
1990BN192573Edinburgh University Press 1990. 1990. Hardcover. Current Research on Suicide and Parasuicide: Selected Proceedings of the Second European Symposium on Suicidal Behavior Edinburgh June 1988 <br/><br/>Current Research on Suicide and Parasuicide: Selected Proceedings of the Second European Symposium on Suicidal Behavior Edinburgh June 1988 European Symposium on Suicidal Behaviour 1988 Edinburgh Scotland; Platt Stephen David Edinburgh University Press hardcover
1396429 Gilmore Place Edinburgh. 14 August 1820. 1p. 4to. 26 lines closely and neatly written. Good on disbound leaf of aged and worn paper. The letter begins: 'Gentlemen The Patents Models Advertising and plates &c of the engine to which the accompanying descriptions not present refer and which the note in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal shows how the first trial succeeded has been much more expensive than I calculated on or had any idea of - From the number of enquiries however the chances of a tolerable return are considerable; but like all other things much different from established custom it will require time before it can be known and adopted to reimburse me.' As it would prove expensive to borrow 'by bills at short dates the money that may be still necessary to enable me to appear as the respectable profession of an Engineer requires and also to defray the expence of the further promulgation of the machine' he asks for a loan of £400 with Sir Alexander Jardine Bart. of Applegarth as guarantor. He believes he can 'fill it up by Martinmas 1822'. He concludes: 'I am not known to many in this town and intimate only with three who were schoolfellows of mine and should you wish any reference I have no doubt you will consider the report of any of them above suspicion'. From a collection of papers from the Bank of Scotland. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine carried a report on Dickson's 'patent Water Engine' in its issue for September 1820 praising its 'great convenience' for those who 'wish a small power for useful purposes exercise or amusement'. 29 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh. 14 August 1820. unknown
1884940T28Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons 1884. Leather. Fine. 9" by 6". None. A smartly bound copy of these two poems attributed to King James I of Scotland. Scarce work. The Scottish Text Society. Two poems attributed to James I King of Scots from 1406 until his assassination in 1437. Containing The Kingis Quair a fifteenth-century Early Scots poem. Semi-autobiographical in nature it describes the King's capture by the English in 1406 on his way to France and his subsequent imprisonment by Henry IV of England. With four versions of the Ballad of Good Counsel from the earliest to the restored version the latter being founded upon collation of the other three. Edited by Walter William Skeat a British philologist and Anglican deacon. Previously held in the library of Sir Charles Bine Renshaw a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician. Bound in half crushed morocco with marbled boards. Externally very smart with light wear to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Fine William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
184151671Blackwood Edinburgh 1841. 8vo. First Edition thus free endpapers lightly browned; green ribbed buckram upper board with printed paper label uncut a remarkably well-preserved bright clean crisp copy. Launched in 1832 the NSA is effectively a reissue of the 'Old' Statistical Account of 1791-99 this time reorganising the various reports by county. VERY SCARCE INDEED IN THIS CONDITION. Blackwood, Edinburgh, hardcover
196352675Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1963. Hardback. This is volume one of two only; Dust jacket age-toned chipped and a touch creased at edges a number of small splits at ends of spine; Blue cloth boards rubbed on corners gilt lettering bright; Pages lightly age-toned top-edge sprayed blue a number of fold-out maps in colour and smaller B&W diagrams in text B&W indexed plates; Binding tight. ; 8.75 x 11"; 384 pages . Her Majesty's Stationary Office hardcover
