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Features: Value-Added Tax - Zero-Rating or Exemption; Recent Acquisitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum; Newliston, Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland - The Home of the Hog Family for 250 Years; Grosvenor House Fair Supplement; William James Muller 1812-1845; The Willow Pattern; The Craftsmanship of English Walnut Furniture; Celebrated Profiles - silhouette portraits at the National Portrait Gallery; Daniel gardner - An Exhibition at Kenwood; European Taste - Frank Partridge's Exhibition of English and French Furniture; English Silver Salt Cellars; Worcester Spoon Trays in the Marshall Collection; and more. Some markings. Average wear. Magazine
12 pages. Nice art deco front cover illustration. Dozens of wonderful contemporary ads, in particular the two-colour Duncan's Chocolates ad on back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound and charming vintage copy. Book
Title continues: Holden and Begun at Edinburgh the Ninth day of June 1702. By Warrand of the 17th Act of the 6th Session of the Parliament of King William. By His Grace James Duke of Queensberry, Marquiss of Drumfries-Shire, Earl of Drumlangrig, and Sanquhar, Viscount of Nith, Tothornald and Ross, Lord Douglass of Kinmount, Midlebie and Dornock, &c. Principal Secretary of State for the Kingdom of Scotland, One of the Lords of Her Majesties most Honourable Privy Council, Thesaury and Exchequer, An Extraordinary Lord of Session, and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter. Her Majesties High Commissioner for holding the same. By Vertue of a Commission under the Great-Seal of this Kingdom. With the special Advice and Consent of the Estates of Parliament. Collected and Extracted from the Registers and Records of Parliament, By Sir James Dalrymple Baronet, Mr. John Mackenzie, Alexander Gibson, Sir James Justice, Mr. Robert Alexander, and James Hamilton, Clerks of Parliament and Session. Folio, [2], 18, [2]pp., disbound.
8vo., First Edition, with 20 fine coloured plates and a map; original green pictorial cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and colours, gilt back, gilt top, backstrip lightly chipped at head and tail else a very good, clean copy. Inman 141.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; oatmeal cloth, upper board lettered in black with mounted coloured illustration (not repeated in text), backstrip lettered in black, uncut, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; boards, cloth back, covers mildly age-soiled else a good, clean copy. Scarce. Thomson, p.52
Foxing to end papers. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with soiled slightly rubbed original red cloth boards and a little bumping to corners. Rubbing to paper title on spine. Dusty untrimmed edges, many also still uncut. 496pp. Volume I of 'The Bruce and Wallace' taken from two ancient manuscripts with notes, biographical sketches and glossary.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title-vignette and numerous full-page facsimiles (all original tissue guards present) in the text; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt and blocked in black, gilt back, bevelled boards, uncut, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 352).
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces, numerous engraved plates and maps in the text; pictorial cloth, gilt backs, red endpapers, a fine set in publisher's board slip-case lettered in gilt. Prebble's masterly accounts of the two great Highland tragedies were first published in 1961 and 1966 respectively. Here the texts are those of the original editions with slight emendations. The maps are redrawn by Denys Baker. A neasr fine set.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), small tide-mark just affecting one corner of portrait; original blue cloth, boards with double frame border in blind, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, bevelled boards, uncut, chocolate endpapers, joints lightly rubbed else a very good, bright, clean copy. The Rev. Stewart's second book on Ballachulish and Onich, following 'Nether Lochaber' (1883). SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 3 plates and large folding pedigree, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; navy pebble-grain cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at edges.
viii + 350pp., 24cm., hardback (editor's black cloth), dustwrapper, Good condition, [Study in English, Buchanan's texts in latin], T77646
128 pages. Features: The Legend of the Saltire; Rough Shooting; The rare work of Scottish Provincial silversmiths; Tough going for red squirrels in Scotland; Kirkcudbrightshire's Barnhourie MIll; Oriental homeliness in the Edinburgh suburbs; Pat Grant and her chain of beauty clinics; Unsolved paranormal Scottish incidents; Aviemore is being rejuvenated; The importance of wood in whisky-making; Cashmere collection; Vienna visit; 4x4 tests; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
112 pages. Features: Pictures from the season's opening hunting meets; The future of Scottish farming; Stuart MacIver follows in the steps of Burns; The Dunblane bell ringers; Why Scotland is the winter home to several duck species; Liz McAreavey; Glenshee is one of Scotland's renowned winter playgrounds; Behind the scenes at the Scottish Opera; Skiwear; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
64 pages. Profusely illustrated with wonderful colour photos. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
(18) Leaves. Printed on one side of leaf except the first and last. Illustrated by James D. Smillie (1833-1909). Inked signatures on title page. Mildly XLib. Original penciled drawings on rear fly leaf. All edges gilt. Small square 8vo. 19 cm. Original full green cloth binding. Scottish thistle decoration in black and gold on front board. Title printed in black over gold. XLib. Beveled edges. Extremities lightly worn with slight loss. Early ownerships on title. Rear flyleaf has drawings by Arthur S. Veit, dated 5/14/1899, showing a military cadet with rifle in profile, and the head of a young lady with hat. Arthur Stobo Veit (1884-1912), son of a manager of the Standard Oil Company, attended Montclair Military College, Pennsylvania Military Academy, and the Hill School before going to Columbia as part of the Class of 1907. These drawings were probably done while he was at the PA Military Academy. He left Columbia in 1905 to join the Standard Oil Company. In 1912 he committed suicide on a New York street, the cause of his distrees was a great mystery at the time - and remains so today. POETRY BOX 4
Two Volumes. pp. 310; 316 (pp. 122-124 blank and/or excised with no loss of text). Foxed. 12mo. 175 mm. Original leather spines and corners over marbled boards, rubbed. Hardbound. Good. A Scottish romance set in the early 1600's. The first edition was published in the same year in three volumes at Edinburgh. First American edition. S&S/AI 10197. PAIMP 22
Two volumes. 770 p. + Portrait plates and other illustrations. 12mo. Handsome and unusual contemporary bindings. Half highly gold gilt cream cloth over lovely floral (daisy vine) boards. Top edge gold gilt. Manuscript presentation (that could be easily removed): "Elizabeth Withers Sherts. Presented by Aunt Mary Shaffner, September 12th, 1896." Probably from the family of the famous movie director, Franklin J. Shaffner (Patton). This set really would make a striking gift today. SW2
2 vols., illus. Hardcover Very good condition; green spines faded
pp. 234, (6) [Subscribers List]. Browned but not brittle. Lacks rear fly leaves. NOTE: Early manuscript ownership of Elizabeth Ann Clemons and A.M. Thomas, Ashville, 1859. 12mo. 170 mm. Original full leather binding, very worn. Hardbound. Fair. Title continues: 'Against The Backslidings, Corruptions, Divisions, And Prevailing Evils. To Stop Defection, And Promote Reformation.' S&S/AI 16746. PALIB 4
4to., First Edition, with 6 plates, free endpapers lightly browned; original navy buckram, upper board framed in blind and blocked in gilt, gilt back, lower board with a few small fade marks else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. SCARCE
8vo., First Edition, with mounted coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 11 mounted coloured plates and two plates in monochrome, endpapers mildly browned; original red buckram, gilt back, uncut, backstrip lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Covers 2nd Dragoons, Royal Scots Greys, Scots Guards, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), Royal Scots Fusiliers, KOSB, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 90th Perthshire Light Infantry.
n.p. Title page printed and decorated in gold. Text printed in lavender and framed in gold. Delicate color lithographs in elaborate gold frames, accompany each text page. All edges gold. Early stamped ownership of S.P. Weston. Mildly foxed. Lacks last fly leaf. 16mo. Original full blue cloth binding, embossed in blind and gold. Slightly rubbed at extremities. Hardbound. Unusual view book. TRAVEL/8
