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188729359Edinburgh: Privately Printed. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1887. Paperback. Collectanea Adamantaea; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 65 43 52 pages; THE SECRET CORRESPONDENCE OF SIR ROBERT CECIL WITH JAME VI 1766 OF SCOTLAND NOW FIRST PUBLISHED. Complete in three volumes. This is the original printing produced in printed vellum dustwrappers. This is one of a series that was edited by Edmund Goldsmid mostly from previously unpublished original manuscripts both historical narratives and literature and it is said in small editions of only 75-275. Text edges uncut unopened. Provenance- From the notable rare book collection of collector Alex M Hudnut with penciled shelf notation from him or his assistant. Partially printed in red and black. Vellum somewhat darkened on vols I and III varied chipping to vellum DJ's. . Privately Printed paperback
1848B6267Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co. 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. Scattered foxing; Contemporary half balck calf marbled baords. With numerous steel engravings. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; lxiv814;ii852 pages . A. Fullarton & Co hardcover
182766800Perth: printed by Crerar and Son 1827. 12mo pp. 295 1; largely unopened; original brown paper-covered boards red paper shelfback printed paper label on spine Forbes clan coat of arms "Grace me Guide" stamped on the upper board; spine sunned edges rubbed inscription on title page reading "Ruth Forbes One Hund. & Seventy six" light toning to a couple of leaves and the occasional very light spotting very good. Includes dissertations on the life and writings of James I the Scots language and Scottish music. Much of the book is taken up with his best-known poem the King's Quair nearly 1400 lines which was "composed by him while he was a prisoner in the castle of Windsor upon the Lady Jane a princess of the blood royal of England to whom he was afterwards espoused" preface. The boards on the book are slight and appear recycled. John Price notes that his copy in boards reuses "discarded leaves for a temporary binding. printed by Crerar and Son unknown
182714557Perth; Printed by Crerar and son 1827. 1827. Duodecimo pp. 295. Full calf border of blind rolls and gilt double fillets to boards; ornamented and titled in gilt to spine; marbled end-papers. Contemporary ownership inscription in ink to title-page and in pencil to end free end-paper. Soiling to upper board rubbing to joints continuing to spine and upper edge of lower board shelf-wear to extremities edges evenly toned. Occasional spots of toning to contents but generally clean. A very good copy. A study of Scottish poetry and music from antiquity to the eighteenth century including discussion of Ossian Alan Ramsay and traditional folk song with two further works on Scottish poetry and dialect. WorldCat locates copies at Harvard Cincinnatti Michigan South Carolina; National Library of Australia; Leipzig; in the UK Copac locates copies at BL National Library of Wales Manchester and Newcastle. Perth; Printed by Crerar and son, 1827. hardcover
18072109220001Privately printed 1807. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Signed. Folio 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches. Limited edition of only 120 copies. Bound in contemporary navy quarter morocco over marbled boards. Some rubbing to cover. 28 engraved plates vignettes. Final leaf has a small ink stain at the corner. Light foxing. Inscribed by the author the Duchess of Sutherland to Sir Hugh Innes Bt. Innes 1764-1831 was a Scottish MP for Ross-shire and Sutherland. [Privately printed] hardcover
