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1825WRCLIT70742Ochiltree East Ayrshire 1825. Blank printed form ca 85 x 210 mm. Not executed. A few smudges otherwise near fine. A receipt form for the collection of rents from tenants of properties in the areas adjacent to Auchinleck the ancestral estate of the Boswell family. The paper bears a watermark '1825.' As tangential a bit of Boswell "ana" as one might imagine. unknown books
1830WRCLIT70743Ayrshire Scotland: McCormick & Carnie Printers 1830. Oblong octavo printed broadside 140 x 223 mm. Printed on recto only. Some old folds but very good or better. A public sale of the stock and inventory consisting of 8 horses 6 cows 4 calves a "thrashing machine and fanners with the whole other Farming and Dairy Utensils." The roup was to commence at 11:00 a.m. Of some passing literary interest due to the farm's very close proximity to the Auchinleck Estate of the Boswell family. McCormick & Carnie, Printers unknown books
1705WRCAM52851Edinburgh 1705. Detailed below. Small quarto. Contemporary paneled calf gilt leather label. Corners worn. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Internally clean. Very good. A handsome contemporarily bound volume of religious tracts published in Edinburgh at the beginning of the 18th century. All are scarce with relatively few copies located and most of those in Scottish and British institutions. The individual titles are as follows: <br> <br> 1 PRIMITIVE CHURCH GOVERNMENT IN THE PRACTICE OF THE REFORMED IN BOHEMIA. OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE ECCLESIASTICK ORDER AND DISCIPLINE AMONG THE REFORMED; OR AS THE CALL'D THEMSELVES THE UNITY OF BRETHREN IN BOHEMIA. N.p. Printed in the Year 1703. 1656pp. ESTC T114573. SOUPIS 755. <br> <br> 2 Hay John: SOUND AND SOLID REASON AGAINST THE PRESBYTERIAN PRINTS ANENT PATRONAGES WHEREBY DIVINE RIGHT OF THE POPULAR ELECTION OF PASTORS IS PERPETUALLY BARR'D &c. N.p. Printed in the Year 1703. 20pp. ESTC T58079. <br> <br> 3 Brown George: TOLERATION DEFENDED: OR THE LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN TO A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT CONCERNING TOLERATION CONSIDERED; WITH SOME OBSERVES ON MR. MELDRUM'S SERMON. N.p. Printed in the Year 1703. 224pp. ESTC T104305. <br> <br> 4 Sage John: THE REASONABLENESS OF A TOLERATION TO THOSE OF THE EPISCOPAL PERSUASION ENQUIR'D INTO PURELY ON CHURCH- PRINCIPLES. IN IV LETTERS TO MR. GEORGE MELDRUM PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY IN THE COLLEDGE OF EDINBURGH. Edinburgh: Printed by Mr. Andrew Symson 1704. 144pp. ESTC T124413. <br> <br> 5 Garden George: THE CASE OF THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY AND OF THOSE OF THE EPISCOPAL PERSWASION CONSIDER'd; AS TO THE GRANTING THEM A TOLERATION AND INDULGENCE. Second edition revised and cleared from the mistakes of The Gentleman's Letter &c. N.p. Printed in the Year 1703. 40pp. ESTC N16050. <br> <br> 6 Garden George: THE CASE OF THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY AND OF THOSE OF THE EPISCOPAL PERSWASION CONSIDERED AS TO THE GRANTING THEM A TOLERATION & INDULGENCE THE SECOND PART. N.p. Printed in the Year 1704. 2100pp. ESTC T79512. <br> <br> 7 Garden George: THE CASE OF THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY AND OF THOSE OF THE EPISCOPAL PERSWASION CONSIDERED AS TO THE GRANTING THEM A TOLERATION & INDULGENCE. THE THIRD PART. N.p. Printed in the Year 1705. 8184pp. ESTC N16051. hardcover books
1777303387Aberdeen: Printed for and sold by J. Boyle 1777. 395 1 pp. 12mo. Contemp. sheep covers off. 395 1 pp. 12mo. with at end:<br/>Translations and Paraphrases of Several Passages of Sacred Scripture.Edinburgh: Printed in 1774 incomplete only 1-36 of 40 pp ESTC T208251 2 copies Nat. Lib. Scotland; Aberdeen Univ. Library. Not in ESTC Printed for, and sold by J. Boyle unknown books
183227876Glasgow: George Gallie and elsewhere by other publishers 1832. 8vo. 3139 3 adv. pp. <br><br>Publishers advertisements on final three pages. Removed from a nonce volume. Shallow dog-ears. Light foxing to final page. Advertisement page with early inked owner's name. Very good. George Gallie [and elsewhere by other publishers] unknown books
182327865Glasgow: W. R. McPhun; Edinburgh: John Thomas & Co.; London: T. Hamilton; and printed by James Curll at Glasgow 1823. 8vo. 74 pp. <br><br>A very divisive motion and in the end the presbytery refused to induct Rev. McFarlane! Removed from a nonce volume. Library inked and penciled notations in upper margin of title-page. Very good. W. R. McPhun; Edinburgh: John Thomas & Co.; London: T. Hamilton; and printed by James Curll, at Glasgow unknown books
1880529541880. Acts Concerning Debtors in Scotland Debtors. Scotland. An Act to Abolish Imprisonment for Debt And to Provide for the Better Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors in Scotland; And for Other Purposes 7th September 1880. London: S.n. 1880. ii 7 1 pp. Octavo 11" x 7". Disbound. Light toning small stamp to verso of first leaf internally clean. $125. 43 & 44 Victoria Chapter 34. unknown books
1983165121983. Softcover. VG sticker on spine very slight wear. Color wraps. 96 pp. 9 bw 22 color plates. unknown books
1966133561966. Softcover. VG- ink on cover. Color wraps. 62 pp. 69 bw plates. Six-page introduction by John Russell catalogue of 158 annotated works several illustrated in striking plates. unknown books
1963147441963. Softbound. VG small label on cover. Slate wraps. 28 pp. 7 color 24 bw plates. Twelve-page introduction by David Sylvester catalogue of 57 annotated works many pictured. unknown books
199922759Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland 1999. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. 183 pages. 29.5 x 24.5 cm. Drawings from the 15th to 19th centuries. Profusion of color plates. Index of Artists. National Gallery of Scotland unknown books
188525535Edinburgh Scotland: No Publisher Noted 1885. A large-format albumen process photographic image of this site; laid down to cardstock. Image approx. 8" x 11" size; the cardstock makes it approx. 18" x 22" overall. No photographer studio or date noted; circa 1885. Cardstock with old discoloration at right margin; does not affect image. In good condition. . Photograph. Not Bound. Good. No Publisher Noted paperback books
1990130761990. Softbound. VG. Black wraps. 56 pp. 7 bw 28 color plates. Two-page introduction biography extensively annotated selection of lovely plates and chronology. unknown books
184549266Glasgow: Printed by D. Russell 1845. Paperback. Very Good. 16p. No separate wrapper. 18cm. Moderate horizontal crease. <br/><br/> Printed by D. Russell paperback books
18158860Air: Wilson & Paul 1815. 8vo. vi 2 96 2 pp. <br><br>Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with small inked number in upper corner. Light waterstaining to upper margins throughout. Wilson & Paul unknown books
1818658941818. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Who Stole My Cheese Manuscript. Trial. Glasgow Scotland. Trial of Robert Hunter Alias Robert Hunter Guthrie and John Mackie Running Title. Glasgow: April 29 1818. 18 ff. Last leaf partially blank docketed on verso. Folio 12-1/2" x 7.5". Disbound light soiling and edgewear three horizontal fold lines lower portion of final leaf lacking with no loss to text. Content in neat hand throughout. $1500. A curious collection of court documents involving a pair of men who were stealing and fencing stolen wheels of cheese from a warehouse. Sensing that the police were closing in on them they fled one is tempted to say "like mice" but were eventually apprehended. These documents appear to have been given to someone who organized them added annotations including the title on the first leaf and had them bound into a volume. unknown books
196722677Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland 1967. 8vo pp. 39. Paper wraps. Cover little soiled o/w a nice copy. A catalog for an exhibition honoring MacDiarmid on his 75th birthday. National Library of Scotland unknown books
196522680Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland 1965. Large 8vo 120 plates. Paper wraps. VG. A book of illustrations showing highlights from the Library's accessions. National Library of Scotland unknown books
1740714021740. Notable Eighteenth-Century Handbook for Scottish Notaries Notaries. Scotland. Ars Notariatus: Or The Art And Office Of A Notary-Publick As the Same Is Practised In Scotland. In Two Parts. I. Giving an Account of the Rise and Institution of the Office And Ancient and Present State Thereof. II. Containing Notorial Instruments of All Kinds. To Which is Added By Way of Conclusion An Advice to Notaries Touching the Right Discharging of Their Office. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands Brymer Murray and Cochran 1740. xv i 311 1 pp. Contemporary calf raised bands lettering piece and gilt ornaments to spine blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs and stains to boards moderate rubbing to extremities corners bumped and somewhat worn chipping to head of spine front board beginning to separate but secure rear joint starting at ends rear hinge cracked. Moderate toning to text later signatures and annotations to front pastedown and free endpaper. $500. First edition. "In Scotland any solicitor may on petition to the Court of Session be admitted a notary public. His main functions are to authenticate wills for disabled persons take affidavits in bankruptcy note and protest bills and authenticate the due execution of deeds to be used abroad" Walker. This was a durable book. Second and third editions were published in 1762 and 1777; editions after the third had titles beginning The Office of a Notary. OCLC locates 9 copies in North America 5 in law libraries Duke Harvard University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Pennsylvania. Walker Oxford Companion to Law 892. English Short-Title Catalogue N15333. unknown books
1853293557New York: Robert Carter & Brothers 1853. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. Large 8vo.; in the publisher's brown embossed cloth with a gilt vignette at the center of the upper board; xiv 968 pages; with a frontispiece of Family Worship; there is toning throughout the spine is starting to separate at the bottom of the front joint; wear to the bottom edge. The names of three generations of owners are on the pastedown.~~We have not determined who the CLXXX Scottish clergymen were though we find the shorthand of Roman numerals charming.~~Uncommon. We find no copies in commerce and less that 10 in institutional holdings. Good binding. Robert Carter & Brothers unknown books
1839881Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute & Grant & Son 1839. 8vo. 24 pp. <br><br>Removed from a nonce volume. Bell & Bradfute, & Grant & Son unknown books
191718824London: Hodder and Stoughton 1917. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good. The elusive 1917 1st edition IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG "Royal Midland Counties Home for Incurables" stamp on the front free endpaper in a bright VG example of the scarce dustjacket with light chipping at the spine ends including 1" of loss to the foot of the spine and light spotting and soiling to the panels. Still though very presentable and uncommon as such. <br/><br/> Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
1956014081Edinbugrh: H.M. Stationery Office 1956. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two volume set in near fine condition no markings of any kind with map that is often lacking. Volume 1 has list of plans and illustrations Royal warrants; Volume 2 inventory of the ancient historical monuments from Melrose to Yeltholm; glossary index. Title on dust jackets: County of Roxburgh. Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office and usually only seen in ex-library or worn condition tiny wear on lower front corner and dust jackets with chips or closed tears protected in mylar. H.M. Stationery Office unknown books
184434290Aberdeen: Lewis Smith Printed at the Aberdeen Constitutional office by William Bennett 1844. Second edition revised and corrected. Folding frontispiece map. 88 pp. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Original lithographed wrappers with elaborate frame surrounding title and publisher on upper cover lower cover bearing publisher's advertisements printed in orange. Some soiling and staining of wrappers tear on either wrapper into center but without loss of paper some minor soiling of first leaf of text else a very good copy. Second edition revised and corrected. Folding frontispiece map. 88 pp. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. River Don. Lewis Smith [Printed at the Aberdeen Constitutional office by William Bennett] unknown books
1727240440London: Printed for J. Roberts near Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane 1727. First Edition wih half-title. 4. 1- 31 1 4 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Later cloth and boards. text toned. Bookplate of John Gerard Heckscher. First Edition wih half-title. 4. 1- 31 1 4 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Westwood & Satchell p 299; Hanson 3668; Kress 3719; Goldsmiths 6505; European Americana 727/195 Printed for J. Roberts, near Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane unknown books
