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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 traces of handling and storage. 168pp.
First Edition, 12mo, title lightly browned, [2], 28, [2] pp., later stiff marbled boards. The final leaf dated 27th November 1848.
First edition, [4], 288, 149, [1]pp., folding engraved map, Birmingham Law Society stamp on title, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco title label. The Appin Murder occurred on 14 May 1752 near Appin in the west of Scotland, and it resulted in what is often held to be a notorious miscarriage of justice. It occurred in the tumultuous aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The murder inspired events in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped.
No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 44pp. Stories of happenings, many gruesome, in the past in Scotland. Illustrated.
3 portfolios National Art Survey of Scotland Hardcover Very good condition
8vo., First Edition, with 20 fine coloured plates and a map; original green pictorial cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and colours, gilt back, gilt top, backstrip lightly chipped at head and tail else a very good, clean copy. Inman 141.
Roy. 4to., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 9 fine plates (all original tissue guards present), free endpapers mildly browned; original series binding of olive-brown cloth, boards blocked in gilt and blind, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 525 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 491). With the nineteenth century trade tickets of Edmond & Spark, Bookbinders of Aberdeen. Allardyce is one of the most valuable collections of contemporary Jacobite records. This is the second of two volumes (the first appeared in 1895) each of which is complete in itself. This volume comprises: XXX. Depositions against Jacobites, 1746; XXXI. Memorials for Thomas Forbes of Echt and Andrew Hay, 1746; XXXII. Concerning Highland Depredations, 1747; XXXIII. Memorial anent Thieving and Depredations in the Highlands, 1747; XXXIV. Description of the Road from Aviemore to Aberdeen, 1747; XXXV. Description of the Hills, Glens and Passes in the Counties of Aberdeen, 1747; XXXVI. Proposals for Cantoning the Five Highland Additional Company's, 1747; XXXVII. Highland Reports, 1749-50. The Appendix contains a further eight important records. VERY SCARCE. Pargellis & Medley 3306.
1st edition. VG in pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover spine. (About Britain ; no. 11). 6025. eng
8vo., First Edition, with photographs; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Shell Shilling Guide No. 46.
Ex library book with usual marks and stamps. Very clean very tight pages with bright unmarked red cloth boards, rubbing to spine ends and lower edge and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight sunning and a little rubbing to edges. Large fold-out map at the rear (35 x 14 inches) published by Lewis Smith of Aberdeen in excellent condition. 233pp. Originally publshed in 1900, this guide for tourists of the time gives history and legend, poetry and ballad and much description about the area of Deeside and is still of relevance to the present day tourist.
4to, xxviii, [234], 105-189pp., orig. cloth, d.w.
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.
First edition, 8vo, 56pp., disbound. 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. JISC locates copies at the National Library of Scotland and the National Library of Wales only.
pp. viii, 286 + Original Cabinet Photograph Frontis, Lithograph Signature of the Author. Presentation "Kind Love to the Rev. W.J. Menshelwood from James Murphy Sept 3, 1889." Small 8vo. Original full brown patterned cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Small loss head and tail of spine. VERY SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! RELIGION BOX 2
8vo., with a plate and a large folding plan; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT WRAPPER. Reprinted from 'The History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club', vol. xxxi. Bonser 8214.
302 pages. Index. "Traces the evolution of towns from their prehistoric origins right up to the problems and opportunities of the present day." - from dust jacket. Somewhat above-average wear. Sound working copy. Usual library markings. Book
First edition, 36 pp., disbound. Signed at the end: "Your friend and wellwisher." i.e. William Abernethy Drummond. The letter from Aberdeen is John Skinner's "A Letter to Norman Sievwright". Sievwright's "Principles, Political and Religious" was published in 1767. Copies at Aberdeen University, National Library of Scotland, Bodleian Library, University of Wales, Lampeter, General Theological Seminary and St. John's and Trinity Colleges Kinder Library.
8vo., with photographs and large folding map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
285p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
12mo, 191,[1]pp., orig. boards, rubbed, hinge and printed paper label a little chipped, but overall in nice original state. Rare, Copac locates the British Library copy only.
In 8° (16,5x10 cm); VIII, 190 (2 b.), 8 pp. e 8 c. di tav. fuori testo, sue più volte ripiegate contenti la cartina di Lanark e la planimetria di Glasgow e una con la linea ferroviaria Edinburgh - Glasgow. Bella legatura editoriale in piena tela con titolo e fregi in oro al piatto anteriore ed al dorso. Cornici a secco su ambedue i piatti. Ogni tavola è protetta da velina. Esemplare in ottime condizioni di conservazione. Una delle prime guide del nord della Scozia. Questa edizione del 1852 è la prima in assoluto. La guida ebbe un enorme successo e numerosissime riedizioni, tanto da diventare un classico compagno di viaggio dei turisti che volevano visitare la Scozia. Fra i luoghi descritti: Edinburgh e I suoi dintorni, "Watering Places near Edinburgh. Edinburgh to Melrose. Melrose to Abbotsford. Melrose to Dryburgh Abbey. Melrose, Jedburgh, and Hawick. Melrose or Selkirk to Newark Castle, and Vales of Ettrick and Yarrow. Melrose, Kelso, Coldstream, Berwiek-on-Tweed. Peebles, Nidpath Castle, and Inneiieithen. Places of Interest that may be visited from Edinburgh in one day. Description of Perthshire. Edinburgh to Stirling by steamer. Description of Stirling. Stirling to Dollar, Castle Campbell, and the Cauldron Linn. Stirling to Dunblane and Ardoch Camp. Stirling to Callander and the Scenery of the Lady of the Lake. Callander to Loch Lubnaig, Loch Voil, Balquhidder, and Rob Roy's Country. Callander to Lake Monteith, Aberfoyle, and Loch Ard. Callander to t h e Trosachs, Loch Katrine, and Loch Lomond. Glasgow to Loch Lomond and the Highlands. Edinburgh to Perth by Railway. Description of Perth and its Environs. Dundee. Perth to Dunkeld. Dunkeld to Blair-Atholl by the Pass of Killiecrankie. Southside of Garry, Killiecrankie, and Cascade of Urrard. Fall of the Tummel, Coilivrochan, Loch Tummel, Loch Rannoch. Dunkeld to Kenmore . Kenraore to Killin, Lochearnhead, and Crieff Perth to Aberdeen by Railway. Edinburgh to Aberdeen by Steamer. Description of Aberdeen. Aberdeen to Banchory, Ballater, Balmoral Castle, and Castleton of Braemar. …" e tanti altri. Ottimo esemplare. Prima edizione. First edition.
18,5x12 cm; 48, 18, (8), 8, 22, (2), (8), 8, 14, 36, (8), 11, (1) pp. e numerose tavole fuori testo, alcune a colori e altre più volte ripiegate con schemi tecnici e descrizioni di Boilers. Prima edizione di questo catalogo di Boilers della nota ditta Cochran. L’opera è composta da 14 sezioni con la presentazione di diverse tipologie di caldaie. Un’antica collocazione di biblioteca privata al piatto anteriore e per il resto in buone ottime condizioni di conservazione. RARO.
First Edition, title within a typographical border, soiled, 39, [1] pp., disbound. Sometimes attributed to William Logan and to John Ker. Kress, 3451; Hanson, 2895.
6 vols. in one as issued, First Edition, 4to, general title-page repaired on inner blank margin (not affecting the text), the final leaf of the second pamphlet misbound after the fourth pamphlet, each item has a separate title, pagination and signatures, [2], 8, [2], 14, 5, [1], 8, 6, 6, 8 pp., modern marbled boards, gilt morocco label on upper cover, a nice copy. The six pamphlets are variously printed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne by John Gooding, and at Edinburgh by Lumisden and Robertson. The titles are:-**** 1). A Letter from a Scots Gentleman at Berwick, to his Intimate Friend at Newcastle. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1745. 2). A Letter from a Gentleman at Newcastle, to the Burgesses of Edinburgh. [Newcastle upon Tyne], 1745. 3). The Pretended Prince of Wales's Manifesto and Declaration, Dated at Edinburgh, October 14. 1745, Dissected, Anatomised, and exposed to Ridicule. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1745. 4) A Vindication of the Brewers of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Printed in the Year 1725: And reprinted there, in the Year 1745. 5) A Speech Without Doors, made on the 4th of October, on Occasion of the Election of Magistrates at Michaelmas, 1725; and Reprinted in the Year 1745. 6). Proposal for retrieving the Sinking State of the Good Town of Edinburgh, humbly offered to the Consideration of all its Honest Burgess and Welwishers. Edinburgh, Printed in the Year 1737: And reprinted there, in the Year, 1745. **** The final pamphlet is not called for in the publisher's advertisement on the final page of the second pamphlet. These pamphlets are listed separately in the ESTC and various locations are given for single titles but the only complete copies with the general title-page are at the British Library, Aberdeen University, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Huntington, and Chiddingstone Castle.
First edition, small 4to (208 x 165 mm), 46, [2]pp., one of 250 copies printed for private circulation, portrait frontis., cloth-backed boards, title lettered in gilt on upper board.
