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17903249Dumbarton Scotland 1790. Good. Folio half-sheet 1 p. 20 lines name of the recipient on verso 2 vertical and 4 horizontal folds evidence of wax seal on verso old tape repair at top margin not affecting text ink gall corrosion on outer margin affecting one word. Preserved in mylar sleeve. An extremely curious provincial Scottish letter dated 1790 which incorporates misspellings based on non-standard sociolects of the Scottish dialect. While "worthless" relics such as this were almost invariably discarded they remain of the great interest in Ortheopy the study of pronunciation. Indeed much of what is known about Vulgar Latin pronunciation is preserved in graffiti in the ruins of Pompei. <br/><br/>Concerning the content of the letter: William Steuart or Stewart writes to John Adam Esq. describing water damage to four rooms in Dumbarton Castle: two were newly painted the other two newly wall-papered. An associate suggested that he procure a carpenter in Inversnaid to the amount of GBP 35 and therefore "if you have any masonwork to do I can do it at the time."<br/><br/>The letter is signed by Steuart but was clearly dictated by him to an unnamed scribe. Our transcription of the letter retains the original spelling:<br/><br/>"Dumbarton May 24th 1790. Dear Sir<br/>I received both your letters one of the 10th & the other of the 13th curant & have noted the contents. I told Capt. Roberson what work was to be don sic at the Castle hear sic this year when he simed i.e. seemed much surprised that his hous sic was not rough cast. Ther sic is 2 rooms neu sic painted & other two neu sic pappred sic which will be quite spiled i.e. spoiled with the watter sic comin through the wall & he has wrot i.e. wrote to Campt. Rudyard about it. Last neight sic I had a letter from Mr. Young beiging i.e. begging of me to go to Inversnaid to gat sic som sic Carpenter work don sic ther sic to the amount of GBP 35 so if you have any masson sic work to do I can do it at the time. I am Dear Sir your very humbel sic Serv't" shaky signature of William Steuart. <br/><br/>Questions remain: Why go to Inversnaid to procure a carpenter This extremely tiny village was located 30 miles away from Dumbarton Castle while Glasgow was only 13 miles away. And was recipient of the present letter to be identified with the architect John Adam Esq. of Edinburgh 1721-1792 son of William Adam and older brother of Robert Adam unknown books
2003295155Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries 2003. hardcover. very good. With papers by several authors. Illustrated. iv 442 pages 4to blue cloth. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 2003. A very good copy.<br/><br/> Society of Antiquaries unknown books
1840HGK913-32Edinburgh:: The Society of the Arts 1840. Very Good. 1 sheet folded. 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches. 4 pp. the last a blank. Seal of the Society printed on page 1 text with the program for the evening of Wednesday 12th February 1840 page 3 with a blank form to fill out and give to guests who may tender the completed form for admission; text unmarked. The sheet has been folded several times for mailing and is addressed by hand to "Wm. Kennedy Esq 59 Northumberland Street" and with a return address "1840 Edw. S. Fiby Society of Arts." Sealing wax impression on top of page 3 and the bottom corner of page 3 is torn away missing a 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 inch piece of paper torn at a diagonal to the corner no text or writing affected. Some light foxing in the paper page 4 soiled at the creases. Very Good. Fun little survival from 1840s Edinburgh announcing 8 lectures on such topics as "On a new kind of ink obliterated with great difficulty" by Andrew Fyfe and "Notice on the use of Brass or Copper Plates having their surfaces Silvered for producing Pictures by the process of Daugerreotype" by Mr. John Adie Optician and others. The Society of the Arts, unknown books
192412041New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1924. First edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 60pp; eight pages of photographic plates gravures by James McKissack. Striking cover etching by Frank Brangwyn. Faint stains to rear cover; brief pencil note to rear endpaper verso; Very Good. A survey of social problems in the Glasgow slums accompanied by haunting atmospheric photographs by the Scottish architect and photographer James McKissack. Originally published in "The Outlook." Somewhat uncommon and a nicely-preserved copy. G.P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
1839186361839. Critical Edition Published by the Records Commission Scotland. Thomson Thomas Editor. Acts of the Lords of Council in Civil Causes 1478-1495. Edinburgh: Printed by Command of His Majesty King George the Third 1839. 430 60 33 pp. Main text in parallel columns. Folio 17-1/2" x 11". Contemporary three-quarter calf over paper-covered boards. Moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and corners boards preliminaries and final few leaves detached. Moderate toning light foxing in places internally clean. Ex-library. Small inkstamps to front free endpaper and title page. $150. Published by the Record Commission. Contains judicial proceedings in civil matters held before various committees. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School 1909 I:791. unknown books
1683668941683. An Appealing Collection of Scottish Acts from 1424 to the Act of Union Scotland. Murray Thomas 1630-1684 Compiler. The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James the First And His Royal Successors Kings and Queen of Scotland in Two Parts. Part I. Collected And Extracted From the Publick Records of the Said Kingdom. Edinburgh: Printed by Iosua van Solingen And Iohn Colmar for David Lindsay And His Co-Partners 1682 i.e. 1683. xii 1018 2 pp. With Murray Thomas Compiler. Part II The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraign Charles the First. Holden by Himselfe Present in Person With the Three Estates at Edinburgh Upon the Twenty Eight Day of June Anno Domini 1633. Edinburgh: Printed by David Lindsay 1683. 130 4 133-371 13 373-640 2 pp. Bound with An Index or Abridgement of the Acts of Parliament Made by K. James the I. And II. III. IV. V. Queen Mary Ja. VI. K. Charles I. And Charles the II. Kings and Queen of Scotland. Digested into Heads Set Down After the Order of the Alphabet. Edinburgh: Printed by John Reid 1685. 292 pp. And The Laws and Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Sovereign James VII. Holden at Edinburgh April 23. 1685. By His Grace William Duke of Queensbury. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. His Majesty's High Commissioner for Holding this Parliament By Virtue of a Commission Under His Majesty's Great Seal of this Kingdom. With Special Advice and Consent of the Estates of Parliament. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Freebairn and Company 1685. 875 1 pp. Each session preceded by divisional title page. Four books bound as a three-volume set. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-1/4". Contemporary calf rebacked retaining portions of original gilt spines with raised bands and lettering pieces spines of Volumes I and II reversed blind rules to boards blind tooling to board edges hinges mended endleaves retained. Some minor scuffs and tiny stains to boards light rubbing to extremities corners bumped rear hinge of Volume I cracked early owner bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Light toning to text light foxing somewhat heavier in places minor worming faint dampstaining and foxing in a few places a few passages have brief annotations and markings. unknown books
1701705511701. A Seventeenth-Century Scottish "Case Book" Scotland. Court of Session. Vallange John Editor. A Collection of Decisions Of the Lords of Council and Session In Two Parts. The First Contains Decisions From July 1661 To July 1666. Observ'd by Sir John Gilmour of Craigmiller President of the Colledge of Justice. The Second Part Contains Decisions from November 1681 To January 1686. Observ'd by Sir David Falconer of Newton President of the Colledge of Justice. Never Before Publish'd. Revised and Corrected According to the Most Authentick Manuscript Copies And Augmented with a Table of the Names of the Pursuer and Defender; And with a Table of the Matter Containing not Only the Determination of the Lords in the Cause But also the Positions of Law Made Use of in the Pleading Which May Serve for an Alphabetical Compend. As Likeways the Acts of Sederunt from 1681 to 1691. And Continued to 1696. With an Indice of the Same Acts. Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson For John Vallange Book-Seller 1701. 8 2 136 18; ii 80 16; ii 32; 15 3 pp. Three parts each with individual title page pagination and index. Copyright slip pasted to front endleaf two errata slips pasted to rear free endpaper. Quarto 8-1/4" x 6-3/4". Contemporary mottled calf with recent period-style plain-calf rebacking blind rules to boards gilt title and raised bands to spine hinges mended. Light rubbing to board edges corners bumped. Moderate toning light foxing in places final index leaf of Part I partially detached with moderate wear and a few chips to edges. $950. Only edition. With thorough subject indexes. This collection is notable because each decision is headed by a brief statement outlining its underlying legal principal. In this regard it is a forerunner to a casebook a point indicated in the title which says the reports contain "not only the determination of the lords in the cause but also the positions of law made use of in the pleading which may serve for an alphabetical compend" that is a student notebook of exemplary cases. English Short-Title Catalogue T78113. unknown books
168927134London Glasgow: No publisher/printer 1689. Small 4to 19 cm; 7.5". 7 1 blank pp. <br><br>A petition for redress and significant changes in the king's relations with Scotland. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wing rev. ed. A561; McAlpin IV 341; ESTC R11006. Removed from a nonce volume. Clean. No publisher/printer] unknown books
17036829Edinburgh: Heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson 1703. Folio 31.3 cm 12.25". 1 p. <br><br>Number 57 of 63 of the minutes from this session of Parliament mentioning petitions by Sir Alexander Dalmahoy Sir George Hume the heritors of the shires of Inverness and Ross and Sir William Dowglas as well as a draft of an act for a "Manufactory of Lame Purslame and Earthen Ware." Many of the items produced by the Anderson press bear the misspelling seen in this broadside's header. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC T78734 for holdings of all 63 parts. Tears with slight loss of paper not touching text to inner and outer margins; moderate creasing and dust-soiling. Now in a Mylar folder. Heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson unknown books
184824356Glasgow: Robert Stuart 1848. First edition. 27 Full Page Lithographs drawn by Several Artists. Lithos by Allan & Ferguson. 1 vols. 4to. Original cloth rebacked in new half brown morocco. Some occasional foxing else very good copy. First edition. 27 Full Page Lithographs drawn by Several Artists. Lithos by Allan & Ferguson. 1 vols. 4to. Robert Stuart unknown books
1826229498Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood Edinburgh: and T. Cadell Strand London 1826. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco preserving nineteenth-century marbled boards. Fine. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "change every thing in Scotland to an English model". "In this series of 'Letters' defending the issuance of Scottish banknotes Scott benefits from his work on Swift by patterning the Malachi Malagrowther letters on Swift's Drapier's Letters" Todd & Bowden p. 621.<br/><br/>"In February 1826 there may have been a degree of calculation in Scott's entering the debate on a government measure introduced to deal with the economic crisis which would have restricted the rights of the Scottish banks to issue their own notes but Scott represented it as a nationalist issue 'the late disposition to change every thing in Scotland to an English model' Journal 94. In February and March he wrote three letters to the editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal in which he used the currency issue as an exemplum for the larger tendency. The letters caused a sensation. Ministerial friends were very angry but withdrew the measure. The banks were grateful; taking a lead from his old rival in love William Forbes they agreed to the creation of a trust for the settling of Scott's debts and The Letters of Malachi Malagrowther as the letters are now known is recognized as a classic in political argument" DNB.<br/><br/>A complete set uncommon. Todd & Bowden 186Ac 187Ac 188Ab. Kress III C1778 C1781 C1784 Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, Strand, London unknown books
1818214842Edinburgh: re-printed from the L. 1704 first edition for D. Webser 1818. First edition. 52 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern marbled paper wrappers. Marginal tear in second leaf repaired. First edition. 52 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "Includes Latin text and English translation of the King's commission for an inquiry./ "Containing the commission under the Great Seal of Scotland for making an enquiry into that horrid murther: the proceedings of the Parliament of Scotland upon it: the report of the Commissioners upon the enquiry laid before the King and Parliament: and the address of the Parliament to King William for justice upon the murderers. Faithfully extracted from the records of Parliament and published for undeceiving those who have been imposed upon by false accounts."/ Binder's title: Glencoe./ Variously attributed to Charles Leslie and George Ridpath." - OCLC entry. OCLC: 22975545 re-printed [from the L., 1704 first edition] for D. Webser unknown books
1900001550Various 1900. COLLECTION OF 35 VINTAGE POSTCARDS OF SCOTLAND & AMBLESIDE issued Between 1900-1914 All Unique Views Featuring Famous Locales most taken from original photographs produced by local Scottish and Northern English photographers and tinted. Many of the views feature Lochs and Castles and Abbeys. Others feature the small towns of the day although only three cards feature Ambleside itself. A visually appealing group historically fascinating BEAUTIFULLY HOUSED IN A CUSTOM QUARTER-MOROCCO SOLANDER SLIPCASE WITH MARBLED SIDES. Virtually all the cards are in NEAR FINE unused condition!. Unbound. Near Fine. Various Paperback books
179027962Paris: Defer de Maisonneuve 1790. First edition in French. iv 412; iv 392 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep. Covers a little scuffed upper joint of volume 2 starting else very good. First edition in French. iv 412; iv 392 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. "a good introduction of Scotland to Frenchmen" First French edition of A Tour through the Highlands of Scotland . London 1787.<br/><br/>"This Scottish philanthropist was for many years a bookseller of eminence in London and devoted the fortune he acquired in his business to the improvement of his country. He had long been concerned over the wretched condition of the Highlanders and had made as many as sixteen journeys since 1764 into various parts of the North. He succeeded in arousing the active interest of the London Highland Society in the formation of a British Society for extending the fisheries and improving the sea ports on the coasts. Subscriptions were taken and then he set out on the above recorded tour for which he was voted a gold medal by the Society. The two principal improvements he advocated were inland navigation e.g. tbe Crinan Canal since accomplished and the establishment of free villages or fishing stations on the east coast." - Cox. <br/><br/>Cox says of this French edition: "This work served as a good introduction of Scotland to Frenchmen and is of importance for the story of Ossianism in France. He reproduced some of the arguments of John Smith's Gaelic Antiquities Edinb. 1780 in reply to Johnson's attacks whereby Frenchmen became acquainted with some of the theories of Smith an acquired some notion of the Highland bards.<br/><br/>The Tour was first published in 1787 at the Highland Society of London. Cox III p. 33-34 Defer de Maisonneuve unknown books
1821221500Edinburgh: William Blackwood 1821. First Editions of both First and Second Series. 2 vols. 8vo. Original boards paper spine labels. Spine chipped joints shaky else Very Good. First Editions of both First and Second Series. 2 vols. 8vo. William Blackwood unknown books
182624587Edinburgh: Printed for W. and C. Tait by W. Aitken; Printed by George Ramsay for Archibald Constable and Company 1826. First editions. Only 120 copies were printed of the last work according to a contemporary manuscript note. Handcolored initial on frontispiece engravings engraving at the back of the second work. Frontispiece of the third volume loose. 3 vols. 8vo. Uniformly bound in brown calf spine decorated in blind and gilt with arabesque lozenge on each cover from the library of William Gordon of Fybie with bookplate. Spines and joints quite rubbed upper joints starting some offsetting or spotting mostly at front and back else a very attractive work in a brown cloth box. First editions. Only 120 copies were printed of the last work according to a contemporary manuscript note. Handcolored initial on frontispiece engravings engraving at the back of the second work. Frontispiece of the third volume loose. 3 vols. 8vo. Antiquities of Scotland. Printed for W. and C. Tait by W. Aitken; Printed by George Ramsay for Archibald Constable and Company unknown books
184734314Aberdeen: Lewis Smith 1847. Folding map at front 16 1/2 x 6 inches. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Original light blue wrappers dated 1847 by J. Henderson Lithographer and Engraver. publisher's advertisements on back wrappers. Some discoloration rubbing with chipping of spine else very good with the signature of James Ogilvy Jun. Aberdeen. 28th June 1848 on verso of title. Folding map at front 16 1/2 x 6 inches. 1 vols. Sm. 12mo. Deeside. Lewis Smith unknown books
1993295800New York: Viking 1993. First. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated in black and white. 186 pages. 8vo. red cloth. New York: Viking 1993. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
35235SCOTLAND John. THE TALKIES. London: Crosby Lockwood 1930. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. xvi 194 1 pages plates. First edition. An early technical and historical survey of early talking pictures with photographs of early equipment and movie sets. An attractive bright copy. unknown books
16254028<p>Scotland: 17th c. after 1625</p><p>Folio: 30.6 x 20 cm. 107 lvs. mostly numbered in a contemporary hand: 3 1-8 10-50 1-7 1-34 13 misbound 36-42 1 43-48 48 misbound</p><p>UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT.</p><p>Unpublished manuscript consisting of 107 full-page Scottish coats-of-arms each hand-painted over an underlying generic engraved template. The bare-bones template has minimal detail helm with mantling outline of a blank shield empty compartment with flourishes and serves only as a uniform foundation over which elaborate individualized crests are painted. The first three coats-of-arms are those of royalty and are painted on leaves without the engraved template.</p><p>Bound in 18th century reverse calf in fine condition corners lightly bumped small chip to foot of spine a few signs of wear to lower board. The painted lvs. have been interleaved twice once with lvs. contemporary with the manuscript and again at the time of rebinding in the 18th century. Both sets of blanks present. The volume is in overall very good condition. Two of the paintings have been smudged no. 16 in the first sequence and the unnumbered leaf in the 3rd sequence. One leaf no. 2 in 3rd sequence is torn with loss. There are some early minor paper repairs some a bit crude a few longer clean tears no loss and some smaller tears at the head and foot of scattered leaves. The colors are on the whole very fresh. Individual elements unicorns squirrels mermaids "wild men" and in one instance beavers and Native Americans are painted with nuance and in minute detail.</p><p>Provenance: Bookplate of Thomas Hamilton 1721-1794 7th Earl of Haddington Hadinton. The Hadington arms with the motto "Praesto et presto"I undertake and I persevere are painted on folio 35 first sequence. The title was created in 1627 and bestowed upon the Scottish lawyer and judge Thomas Hamilton First Earl of Melrose d. 1637.</p><p>The volume opens with the arms of Scotland those of the King of Scotland and England and those of the Prince of Wales.</p><p>The manuscript dates to after 1625 the year in which the poet and courtier William Alexander was made 1st Earl of Stirling ca. 1567-1640. Alexander was involved in the Scottish colonization of Nova Scotia and the Stirling arms prominently feature a beaver a Native American and a mermaid. </p><p>Condition notes: old repairs to lvs. 15 18 20 21 51 in first sequence. Leaf 2 3rd sequence torn with loss. Tears to leaf 7 3rd sequence Leaves 16 and 1 smeared. Other minor marginal tears.</p> 17th c., after books
182325421np 1823. 3pp. 1 vols. Folio. bound in later cloth. 3pp. 1 vols. Folio. Sermon of the Month. unknown books
194753554London and Edinburgh.: Tourist and Holidays Board and the Scottish Tourist Board. 1947. Color poster / pictorial / pictographic map 36 x 23.5 inches 91.5 x 51.5 cm on sheet 40 x 25 inches. Creasing and light wear to margins now minimised by professional linen backing. Bright and clean. Very detailed pictorial map of the central area of Edinburgh with the Castle Parliament House and the Palace of Holyroodhouse along its horizontal central axis. There are pictographs of notable people and places; the vast majority of the buildings are named. There are pictorial borders with crests thistles and additional notable places along the upper and lower edges. The artist Kerry Lee has drawn himself and his dog in at the lower right corner of the central map area. . Tourist and Holidays Board) and the Scottish Tourist Board. unknown books
197227134London: Almark Publishing 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Slender hardbound book in dustwrapper. Early printing. 64 pp. With numerous illustrations some in color. A fine book in fine dustwrapper. Almark Publishing hardcover books
192426039Musselburgh Scotland: Bruntons 1924. Black and white photograph depicting an engineering design room men women workers; calendar on the wall identifies & dates Bruntons Wire & Wire Rope October 1924. No studio or photographer noted. Photo approx. 6" x 8" size glossy gelatin print. Mounted on 9 1/2" x 12 1/4" size cardstock; mount card darkened some corners soft; photo sharp well-taken and in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Bruntons paperback 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
