Robinson, JohnMareMagnum
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No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to covers and a few pages, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly indented boards and no bumping to corners. 95pp.
8vo., with 8 plates; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
viii, 272 pages. Bibliography. Index. Footnotes. "Pursues the story of the militia issue and its intellectual significance from its introduction into political debate before the Union by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun. Demonstrates the extent to which the themes of Scottish political debate were absorbed and generalised in the thought of the Enlightenment. Argues that the philosophy of the Enlightenment was not only a reflection of Scottish social experience but also yielded critical and enduring lessons for Scottish political life." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. 24pp. Written and researched by the Ex-Provost of Stromness, this provides new insight into the history of Orkney. Of particular intterest is the extensive list of shops and businesses with names, some brief descriptions and dates Very scarce.
Jacket is cased in protective plastic and is taped to the book on the front inside cover. Library stamps on FEP, pageblock and BEP. Library stickers on FEP and spine. Pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Ex-Library
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. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with extremely minor creasing to upper edge. 160pp. The author endeavours to show that Mackintosh was one of the greatest of British architects. The study concentrates on his major design work carried out between 1896 and 1909 but also looks at his later work and in particular his paintings.
Fair (no dj, red cloth lightly worn top and base of spine and all corners bumped, lightly soiled front board decorated with gilt thistle and shield, top page edges heavily dust marked, front hinge cracked, foxing prelims and back free endpaper, the contents are generally clean with the occasional small spots and smudges, shelf cocked and spine leaning) 12mo 402pp. New and enlarged edition, with illustrations.
127p. + Plus full page photographs. Illustrations by George Mackie. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. Badly dampstained. First Edition. A grand introduction to Scotch, with conti butions by Maurice Walsh, Hugh Macdairmid, Tommy Beaton. Humourous with anecdotes, historical, legal & poetic references to 'Scotland's National Drink'. WHISKEY 4
Book in as new condition. 96pp. The history of Glasgow Airport which began life in 1932 and was used by 602 Squadron in early 1933. It continued in military hands until 1961 when Glasgow Corporation took over the site and built a new airport for the city. Very well illustrated.
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. 58pp. Beginning with the Roman army in AD79, the book tells the story of a series of invasions spanning the next 1000 years, which helped to create an intricate tapestry of peoples, culture and traditions..
Booklet in mint condition. 37pp. Guide to Edinburgh Castle.
VG paperback reprint.9651. eng
Small mark to upper spine corner of front cover and inside cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Large fold-out plan in excellent condition. Photos plus 19pp. The story of the 13th century castle, now a ruin, in East Lothian in Scotland. With 8 photographs.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition; original cloth, a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges. The set comprises Vol. I: Agrarian Transformation and the Evictions 1746-1886; Vol. II: Emigration, Protest, Reasons. COMPLETED SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE SCARCE.
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
No marks or inscriptions. A few very tiny creases to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny rub to front and no bumping to corners. 49pp. Local history of Old Gretna, just inside Lowland Scotland's border with England. Essentially photographs with extensive captions to each.
Paris Au Bureau de la Revue des Deux Mondes 1857 , In-8 broché, 200 pages. Bon état. M. DE LAMENNAIS ET SES OEUVRES POSTHUMES par Ernest RENAN -- JOHN WILMOT, COMTE DE ROCHESTER. UN SATIRIQUE A LA COUR DE CHARLES II par E.D. FORGUES -- EDIMBOURG ET LA SOCIETE ECOSSAISE A LA FIN DU SIECLE DERNIER par M.C. CLARIGNY -- HISTORIQUE ET ESPRIT DE LA LIBERTE DU COMMERCE EN ANGLETERRE par M. CHEVALIER Etc...
No 85 on front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Clean pages in booklet form with slightly sunned boards, rusty staples and covers loose and taped together. Large fold-out coloured map (25 x 28 inches) of the site at the end in excellent condition. 28pp. An account of Bannockburn and the site where the battle was fought. Historical Association Leaflet No 85. Scarce.
pp. (15), 400. Photogravure frontis from a photograph by Elliott and Fry. Short 8vo. 22 cm. Handsome original publisher's blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Scotsman William Black (1841-1898) is, as a novelist, almost completely forgotten today - but his highland themes still have a following. His life (as told here) is actually more interesting than most of his novels. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. W140.
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
Barcelona, Editorial Lumen, 1972. 4to.; 91 pp. Ilustraciones entre el texto. Enc. original en cartoné.
lxxxix + 404pp., 24cm., hardback (cart.cover with dustwrapper), fine condition, ISBN 978-0-7486-1709-8, F70791
xiv + 556pp., 25cm., hardcover (cloth), dustwrapper, VG
Light rubbing to spine ends. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Front hinge weakening. Very light foxing to endpapers ; Numerous beautiful tipped-in color illustrations ; 8vo; 370 pages
Two Volumes. Illustrated with full page engravings in very good state, and a folding map (soiled and slightly chipped). The lovely engravings are mostly by R. Scott after drawings by J. Stevenson. On title page of Volume One there is an inked inscription "Edward James Foote, to his beloved Wife Mary Foote. On title page of Volume Two inked inscription "Edward James Foote to his beloved Wife Mary Foote: and since her lamented death to our Daughters Mary, Elizabeth, Eleanor & Anna". 235mm. Original full leather bindings, very worn. Boards very fragile or detached. The early owner of this set - Vice-Admiral Sir Edward James Foote (1767-1833) was a prominent Royal Navy officer during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He served on a number of ships and at several actions, but is best known for becoming caught up in the aftermath of the collapse of the Parthenopean Republic at Naples in 1799. The Gentle Shephered was first published in 1725. The author, Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) was a Scottish poet (or makar), playwright, publisher, librarian and wig-maker! VERIA BX 2
