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2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, maps and diagrams (a number folding); original blue cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean copy. EXTREMELY SCARCE
8vo., Third Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With the very appropriate nineteenth-century trade ticket of Sam Read of Grasmere on front paste-down. Includes Poems Illustrative of the Journal, 1803-1831. With small note and blind stamp on title. A lovely copy.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 8 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), 2 plates in colour, and 50 illustrations in the text, free endpapers very lightly browned; original half vellum gilt, blue-grey boards, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Millais' sojurn in the Highlands was partly for the purpose of collecting specimens for his well-known portrayals of surface-feeding and diving ducks.
[x] 306pp., 1st edition, 21cm., very nice contemporary binding by Henderson and Bisset (Edinburgh at 19 Hill Street, in 1839 till 1892 appointed bookbinders to the Queen), full red leather binding, all edges gilt, gilt title and decorations at spine and decorations in gilt at plates, few foxing at first and last pages, nice copy
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, boards very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 125 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 34).
2 vols., [of 4], 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; ORIGINAL PRINTED WRAPPERS, uncut, covers very lightly dust-soiled else both very good, bright, crisp copies, now housed in custom-made solander case lettered in gilt. As usual, the collation is variable. The tracts included here are: The History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the Clans (first printed 1764); Authentic Narrative of the Massacre of Glencoe (first printed 1693); The Murder of James I (MS written in 1440); Buchan's Description of St. Kilda (first printed 1773); Supplement to the History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the Clans (MS writen about 1656). Each tract has its own printed title and pagination; thus many volumes were broken for the tracts to be sold individually; copies in the original wrappers are rare. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
56 pages. Features: Credit Cards are Making Cash Old-Fashioned - article with photo of Alfred Ritchie, founder of the Master Credit service; Goma - the second gorilla born in captivity - article with great photos; Jump For Joy - Teaching Ukrainian Dance at the Ukrainian Centre in Edmonton - great photo-illustrated article; Full page ad for Jack the Ripper movie starring Lee Patterson; Vintage two-page colour ad for Jell-O pudding and pie filling; Dorothy Dent Describes Her Battle with Parkinson's Disease - article with photos; Two Italian Nuns Learn to Fly so then can service remote areas - short story with four photos - Sisters Maria Cleofe and Maria Innocenza; Nice two-page colour photo ad for Kroehler furniture; Sermons are Short in the Skier's Church - Rev. Horace G. Baugh preaches in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains - article with photos; I Was a Member of the Ghost Squad - More Cases of an Undercover Cop (Part 2 of 2) - Ex-Det.-Supt. John Gosling of Scotland Yard describes his battle of wits with some notable forgers and an elusive receiver; A Visit to Martha Hyer's Home Overlooking Los Angeles - article with many great photos; Andy O'Brien Describes how Russians may win the Stanley Cup! - article with photo; Robert Abels collects miniature replica's of antique firearms - brief article with five photos; Nice colour-photo ad for Old Tyme Syrup; Colour ad for People's Credit Jewellers on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Few minor clear tape repairs. A sound vintage copy. Book
Cover: Princess Elizabeth's Last Public Engagement in Scotland Before Her Marriage: Launching the Caronia. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Austrian Requiem": by Kurt Von Schuschnigg; Aftermath of War: Walter Lippmann and American Foreign Policy (inc. map); The World of Science: This Year's Scarcity of Wasps; Notes for the Novel-Reader; The World of Theatre; Books of the Day; and The Valley of the UnKnown: A Unique and Self-Created Civilisation Revealed in the Borderlands Between India and Tibet. Pictorial Journals include: Their Majesties in Devon and Cornwall: Incidents of the Royal Tour; A Fair State Torn With Rebellion: Beautiful But Distracted Kashmir; Srinagar and Its Surroundings: Views of the "Venice of the East"; The "Modern Vermeer" Picture Trial: (Han) Van Meegeren and His Work in Court; Royal Honeymoon Houses in New Forest and Highland Surroundings; The Royal Wedding: A Miscellany of Relevant Events and Items; El Alamein Day in the Desert; Air Achievement and Fire Destruction; Stated to Be "Overwhelmingly Against Trusteeship": South West Africa; Buckingham Palace From the Air; Finished and Accurate to Two-Millionths of an Inch: California's Giant 200-Inch Telescope Mirror; From Isaac Oliver to Cosway: Some Rockliff Collection Miniatures; Tudor Silver for the Victoria and Albert Museum; Exquisite French Furniture; Apa Tani Justice: Private and Public; A Unique People in a Primitive Paradise; Where Neolithic Cultivation Methods Support a Himalayan People in Plenty; The Unknown Valley: Social Types and Rural Customs of a Unique Civilization; Religion and Sport in the Unknown Valley; and The Apa Tani People: Their Homes and Customs. Binding sound. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
First edition, folio, [12], 270pp., limited to 375 numbered copies, title page printed in red and black with vignette at its centre, 20 photoengraved plates after the artwork of D. Y. Cameron, tissue guards, orig. green buckram decorated in blind and gilt, uncut, t.e.g. light rubbed otherwise a very nice copy.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this groundbreaking study of Scottish language and culture. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, all printed on fine laid paper. 4to. Bound in publisher's quarter morocco and cloth. Some wear to binding (especially backstrip and extremities), but holding firm. Internally uncut, FINE AND BRIGHT. Very scarce. Francisque Michel (1809-1887) was one of the towering intellectuals of the 19th century: he is remembered for editing many of the most important Old French texts, an activity he commenced at the age of 21! During the second half of his life he became fascinated woith Scotland, particularly the relationship between Scottish and French culture, language, and history.
In 8°; (8), 176 pp. Magnifica marca con emblema sul frontespizio "Sul mare in tempesta il sole fa scudo contro le saette. In ovale in basso monogramma del tipogr. Defendo benigne". Esemplare in barbe. Pagine con leggerissima ed ininfluente brunitura causata dalla qualità della carta (come in tutti gli esemplari conosciuti) ma nel complesso, esemplare in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. A carta C4 con proprio front. datato 1711, "Tractatus de febre miliari…". Bella legatura. Piatti originali foderati con carta color caffè mentre il dorso è abilmente e modernamente rifatto in pelle scura, con fregi e titolo in oro impressi al dorso. Testatine, finalini e iniziali riccamente ornati. Seconda rara edizione (la prima uscì nel 1710), tre soli esemplari censiti in ICCU, di questo importante studio del celebre medico e fisico scozzese, Sir David Hamilton. Laureatosi a Reims nel 1686, fu ammesso nel 1708 al London College of Physicians. Divenuto uno dei più celebri ostetrici del suo tempo venne scelto dalla Regina Anna, che lo nominò anche cavaliere, come suo medico e fisico personale. I suoi studi medici furono molto apprezzati per l'attenzione sperimentale e per le osservazioni pratiche. Nel volume qui presentato di particolare è la seconda opera nella quale l'autore analizza le cure e le diverse cause di febbri miliari, termine anticamente usato per indicare una malattia infettiva che provocava febbre acuta e prolungata, associata a eruzioni cutanee simili alla granella del cereale miglio, da cui miliare, e che poteva portare alla morte. Anche Mozart morì per una febbre miliare. Esemplare rara ed in buone-ottime condizioni di conservazione. Bibl: ICCU IT\ICCU\RMLE\028481.
4to., First and Sole Edition thus, on laid paper, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and a fine double-page facsimile, parallel text in Latin and English, free endpapers browned (as usual), frontispiece and facsimile lightly spotted; original series binding of olive green cloth, blocked in blind, club badge blocked in gilt on front board, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 525 NUMBERED COPIES. New Spalding Club, publication no. 12. With the club's Seventh Report by Council (1893) and list of members (to 30 June 1894) bound in at end. Hector Boethius [or Boece] (1465-1536), first principal of the University of Aberdeen, is known for two important works of medieval Scottish history: the 'Historia Gentis Scotorum' (Paris, 1527) and his earlier Lives of the Bishops of Murthlack and Aberdeen (Paris, 1522). Of the latter work, a facsimile text in the original Latin was issued by the Bannatyne Club (publication no. 11) in 1825. The present edition remains the sole published transliteration. Moir was Co-Rector of Aberdeen Grammar School. Read 3742.
In 4°; (4), 278, (4) pp., antiporta incisa con il titolo e 34 tavv. f.t. incise con vedute di città. Bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle rossa con titolo e ricchi fregi in oro al dorso. Doppio filetto in oro ai piatti foderati con tessuto rosso con motivi a rilievo. Dorso a 4 nervi. Spellature agli angoli dei piatti e al margine alto del dorso. Un leggero alone al margine inferiore del frontespizio inciso e al margine bianco delle prime tavole fuori testo, non fastidioso e palesemente presente al momento della stampa essendo, invece, le pagine di testo ben pulite. Ogni tavola presenta una velina protettiva con il titolo della tavola che protegge. A parte il leggero alone alle prime tavole sopra descritto, il volume si presenta all’interno in buone condizioni di conservazione. Antica firma nobiliare di appartenenza al margine alto bianco del primo frontespizio datata “Firenze 1849” che attribuisce la copia alla celebre nobildonna scozzese appartenente al famoso Clan Macnab (uno dei più antichi di Scozia), Sarah Anne Macnab figlia di Archibald Macnab e Margaret Robertson. Sarah Anne visse a lungo a Firenze dove morì, all’età di 90 anni nel 1894. Prima edizione di questo noto scritto del grande patriota e scrittore messinese Giuseppe la Farina che si inserisce nelle opere di viaggio legate alla tradizione del Grand Tour. L’opera raccoglie le impressioni suscitate nell’autore da diversi scorci italiani. Letterato e storico, La Farina, collaborò con le Effemeridi Letterarie Messinesi. Fondatore e redattore di numerosi giornali, fu autore di opere storiche e politiche (Studi sul secoloXIII; L’Italia dai tempi antichi fino ai nostri giorni), geografiche (L’Italia nei suoi monumenti; Messina e i suoi monumenti) e letterarie (Studi sopra alcuni canti della Divina Commedia). Nel 1848 condusse la Legione Universitaria della Sicilia contro i Borboni e fu deputato di Messina al parlamento siciliano dal 1848 al 1849 ed incaricato come diplomatico assieme ad Emerico Amari di offrire la corona siciliana al Duca di Genova. Nel Veneto fronteggiò gli austriaci nel 1849 quale consigliere del re sabaudo. Emigrato dapprima in Francia, verso la fine del 1856 assieme a Daniele Manin e a Giorgio Pallavicino Trivulzio fondò la Società nazionale italiana, una associazione avente l’obiettivo di orientare l’opinione nazionale verso il Piemonte di Cavour. La Farina ebbe parte attiva alle annessioni del regno sabaudo e favorì la spedizione dei Mille in Sicilia. Eletto deputato al primo parlamento italiano, nello stesso 1860 fu nominato Consigliere di Stato, successivamente Ministro dell’istruzione, dei lavori pubblici dell’interno e della guerra. Bellissime le vedute animate dei luoghi più belli del bel paese tra i quali: Lago di Como, di Lugano ( Lago Maggiore) e di Garda e poi ancora Monte Bianco, Val d’ Aosta, Bagni S. Gervasio, Genova, Venezia, Ancona, Firenze, Pisa, Roma, Itri, Subbiaco, Baja, Sorrento, Pompei, Pestum. Opera non comune. Completa. “Uno dei piu’ classici libri di vedute italiane” (cfr. Cremonini).a Vicenza, viceprefetto a Bassano, consigliere imperiale a Venezia (1841) fu studioso di belle arti e di storia. Socio dell’Ateneo Veneto, dell’Accademia delle scienze di Torino e di Padova nacque a Vicenza nel 1776 e morì a Venezia nel 1849. Esemplare in ottime condizioni di conservazione. Bibl.: Lozzi, 6094. Fossati – Bellani, 2295.
First edition, [4], 178pp., new endpapers, recent quarter calf, marbled boards, morocco spine label. William Aiton (1760-1847) of Strathaven was Sheriff Substitute for the Middle Ward in Lanarkshire, and was widely known as an authority "on all matters bearing on Scottish husbandry". He had the perception to observe that one of the major problems of the Scottish farmer was the cultivation of moss earth. Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 19038.1; Fussell III, p. 59; Rothamsted, p. 9.
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, many full-page and smaller illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text, and 2 large folding maps in pocket at end of second volume, free endpapers lightly spotted; green cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 7 plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present); original blue ribbed cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper board, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Provides 'reliable information on the campaign which preceded Culloden in 1746 by the commander of a volunteer regiment of cavalry' (Pargellis & Medley). This copy was formerly in the library of William Lumsden Walker (1919-2005), formerly Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Southmead Hospital, Bristol, and bears his signature on front free endpaper. Very scarce. See Pargellis & Medley, 3321.
First edition, 4to, [10], iv, 255, [1]pp., 11 plates, some occasional light spotting, orig. publishers red cloth, gilt, spine faded, uncut, t.e.g.
First edition, 4to, viii, 140pp., one of 100 numbered copies, coloured frontispiece, 16 plates, orig. publishers blue cloth, gilt, small indent to fore-edge of boards otherwise a nice copy. A rare privately printed regimental history. Provenance: With the bookplate of the Marquess of Linlithgow, signed in ink, 1910.
2 vols. (288, 286 p.) Hardcover Very good condition, original calf, neatly rebacked From the library of Alexander Lindsay with his armorial bookplate and his inittilas on front covers.
First edition, small 4to, 416pp., 48 coloured plates, orig. publisers red cloth, decorated in gilt and blind, some minor wear.
60 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Features: Many wonderful vintage ads, some in colour; Rayon - how it is used in lovely furnishings; A Market in Mayfair - New fabrics in a handsome setting; New Furnishing Fabrics - From new fibres and by new processes; Background to Linoleum - Designed for overseas; Scotland Presents - Carpets for Every Country; Accent on British Modern - New contemporary furniture; Lace Furnishings Look to the Future - science steps in to the aid of research; Domestic Appliances - to save time and labour; Plastic Helps - for the Home; Quick Selling - Home Accessories. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this interesting issue. Magazine
210 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Combines genealogical, historical and anthropological information on Irish and Scottish clan-families in one volume. Excellent work has been done on the origins and character of the early tribal populations by British and Irish scholars... Bridges the gap between these early tribes and the great clan-families of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, showing their relationships and connection to each other through branches, subtribes, and clans." - from Introduction. Few library markings. Front free endpaper neatly removed. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this highly-regarded reference. Book
210 pages. Index and selected bibliography. "Flaws in the personality of political leadership seldom work to the advancement of national interest. An exception to this is James Hamilton, the second earl of Arran and governor of Scotland during the minority of Mary Queen of Scots." - from Preface. Usual library markings. Light wear. Sound copy. Book
253 pages. Fold-out map of Glasgow. Twelve black and white plates. Fifty-two illustrations in text. A detailed and nostalgic snapshot of life in this wonderful city over 100 years ago. Average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Contents moderately tanned with age. A sound copy of this engaging and informative work. Book
293 pages. Notes, bibliography and index. "Acadia, Maine, and New Scotland were similarly conceived as major colonizing attempts by France, England, and Scotland, respectively. In this comparative study, Professor Reid explores the colonizing styles of the parent countries and describes the interaction of the Europeans with the native peoples and with the physical environment of the northeastern seaboard." - from dust jacket. "As jurors, we have unanimously selected the manuscript of this book as the winner of the 1976 Saint-Marie Prize for its original contribution to the study of seventeenth-century Canadian history." - from verso of half-title page. Book clean, bright and unmarked with slight wear. Light wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Quality copy. Book