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xvi + 301pp., 24cm., hardcover (cloth), dustwrapper, fine condition
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
222p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
147 pages. Biography of John Cruickshank (1787 - 1875) who made a significant impact at Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, Scotland as an educator and administrator. Number 179 of only 250 copies printed. Seven b/w illustrations. Black bevelled boards with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Endpapers discoloured with age. Binding sound. Blind stamp atop front free endpaper. A quality copy. Book
408 p. + Frontis and Full Page Drawings of Edinburgh. Top edge gilt. XLib stamps. Shelf label of Gettysburg Theological Seminary on front paste down and donation label of Rev. Jeremiah Zimmerman (The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Zimmerman, Lutheran minister and educator; and a well-known numismatist and Egyptologist). 8vo. 195mm. Original full red cloth binding decorated and lettered in gold. Spine faded with remnants of library call marks. ENGLAND BX 4
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 98pp. The story of the Roman's endeavours to turn North Britain into a peaceful province of Rome during their occupation of Britain from AD80 to AD410 and how they failed in their task. Illustrated. .
London, Gowans & Gray, 1913. 8vo.; 64 láminas en negro. Cubiertas originales.
In 8°; (2), 25-88 pp. Senza brossura ma non slegato. Prima edizione della seconda lettera scritta dal grande scienziato, fisico, filosofo, medico, archeologo, poeta, letterato, avvocato, giornalista e politico originario di Vallerano (Viterbo), Orioli Francesco, diretto al grande medico cesenate Bufalini Maurizio. L'autore analizza le teorie supportate da Bufalini legate alle teorie browniane confrontandole con le atre teorie in voga all'inizio del XIX° secolo legate alla teoria del vitalismo. Orioli fi celebre medico anche se in giovane età la professione non lo attraeva molto: lo troviamo, infatti, professore di fisica e filosofia nei seminari e nei licei dell'Urbe. Da Roma si trasferì a Perugia, dove si laureò in medicina. Nel 1815 insegnò fisica all'Università di Bologna. Nel 1830 partecipò con gli allievi all'insurrezione delle Romagne; successivamente fu eletto membro del governo provvisorio di Bologna, che fu sciolto in seguito all'intervento militare dell'Austria. Tentando di mettersi in salvo, Orioli salpò da Ancona diretto in Francia con un altro centinaio di rivoluzionari; ma il brigantino Isotta sul quale viaggiava venne catturato dall'allora capitano di vascello della marina austriaca Francesco Bandiera (padre dei due famosi fratelli Attilio ed Emilio) e tutti i rivoluzionari furono arrestati. Orioli venne incarcerato a Venezia. Poco dopo venne liberato, forse per mancanza di risultanze gravi sul suo conto. Iniziò così l'errare di Francesco Orioli, costretto a fuggire da terra in terra, inneggiando sempre all'Italia unita. Nella capitale francese fu professore di archeologia alla Università parigina della Sorbona. A Bruxelles insegnò psicologia. Soggiornò anche a Corfù, dove tenne un corso di fisica nell'università della città. Quando il nuovo papa, Pio IX, nel 1846, concesse l'amnistia, l'Orioli poté tornare a Roma, dove tenne la cattedra di archeologia. Le sue attitudini per il giornalismo non attesero molto per farsi notare, e così fondò un periodico politico che ebbe però vita breve, La Bilancia. Nel 1849 fu eletto deputato al parlamento della Repubblica Romana. Quando il governo pontificio fu restaurato, in riconoscimenti dei suoi meriti, fu nominato Consigliere di Stato. Morì a Roma il 5 novembre 1856. Buono stato di conservazione.
First edition, 8vo, xvi, 641pp., some light foxing, orig. publishers brown cloth, rebacked with partial orig. spine laid-down, a good copy. Provenance: Presentation inscription to Capt. Gill of Calderwood Castle.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
[x] 204 [4] pp; with frontispiece and 14 plates (tipped in) after illustrations by EDMUND J.SULLIVAN; bound in publ. buckram (title gilt); small split in head of spine & small mark at base, lower corners bumped, tiny inscription on front f.e.p., stitching showing by p1, otherwise the contents are very good. *With an introduction by H.G.Bell., and a glossary.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 255pp. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival told by a racontaire extraordinaire who had been reviewing these shows for over fifteen years, He tells of the gossip, the intrigue, the celebrities, the critics, the grand occasions and the tragedies off-stage amongst a vast range of appearances.
160 p., nbr. fig. et pl. n/b. Inv. 19290.
First edition, 4to (325 x 255mm), [4], 96pp., portrait frontispiece of the library benefactor Sir Peter Coats, 5 full-page plates of the library and it's interior, orig. blind stamped cloth, bevelled edges, upper cover stamped in gilt, a.e.g
220pp. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
207p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Book in as new condition. The history of Edinburgh's Airport which began life as a military airfield in 1916 until after the Second World War when Edinburgh Corporation took it over to operate civilian flights. It was not fully demilitarised until 1960. Very well illustrated.
'Susan had been infatuated with everything Scottish for as long as she could remember. When she arrived in Scotland to work on an archaeological dig, she thought it was a dream come true. But now the dream was rapidly becoming a nightmare.She had no idea why a sinister soap box orator slipped her a cryptic message. Or why he was chasing her through the streets of Edinburgh. So when Jamie Erskine, a young Scottish laird came to her rescue, she was very grateful.Before they could say Mary Queen of Scots, Susan and Jamie were being pursued by the police who wanted them for murder. And by someone who was intent on murdering them.... Book
Some tears and chips to DJ. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Slight browning to endpapers; Including maps. ; B&W Photographs; 4to; 93 pages
1st. Published. Illustrated by Jim Proudfoot & John Harald.
21 numbers [all published], 12mo, stain on blank margin of I2, a few other scattered spots in the text, vi, [1], 4-248 pp., contemporary half calf, lacks spine. The Glasgow University and National Library of Scotland copies only on Copac.
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.
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.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces, illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial printed cloth, gilt backs, red endpapers, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-case lettered in gilt. FIRST ISSUE OF THE BOXED TRILOGY BY FOLIO SOCIETY. The set comprises 'Culloden' (1961; first FS edition 1996), 'The Highland Clearances' (1963; first FS edition 2003), 'Glencoe' (1966; first FS edition 1996). Often termed the Fire and Sword trilogy, this is the author's masterly account of the key event of the Jacobite Rebellion and the destruction of the traditional clan system. THIS THREE-VOLUME SET IN SLIP-CASE IS VERY SCARCE.
