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1939RO60111077James Nisbet & Co Ltd. 1939. In-8. Relié. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos fané, Intérieur acceptable. 200 pages. Illustré de nombreux dessins en noir et blanc et en couleur, dans et hors texte. Tampons en pages de garde et de titre. Jaquette manquante.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1018343121.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
196056439BBZürich., Galerie Charles Lienhard., 1960. 30 x 24 cm. 18 S. Farbig illustrierter OKarton., 56439BB Sehr gutes Exemplar.
14033Six of the fourteen from Dollar Mains Clackmannanshire Scotland; one from 'Mrs. Fisher's Drummond Street' Edinburgh. Dating from 1799 3 1802 5 1803 5 1804. Totalling: 32pp. 4to; 3pp. foolscap 8vo; 3pp. 12mo. Each letter a bifolium addressed on the reverse of the second leaf with various postmarks wafers and seals and each docketted by the Williamson. The collection in good condition on lightly-aged paper. The fourteen letters addressed by 'E. Williamson' to 'Alexr. Williamson Esqr of Balgray' at the following addresses: six to 'St Leonard by Cross Castle'; three to Lauristone Lauriestone Loristone Street 'back of the medow' and 'North Side of the Medow'; two to 'Lexingtone Michel Cort sic'; and the earliest three addressed to him at 'St Catherine'. Each of the letters addresses him as 'My Dear Father' and is signed by Mrs Williamson as his 'Daughter' but they are each also docketted by Williamson as sent by 'Mrs. Williamson' and from the context and the semi-literate style of the writing it is clear that the writer is Williamson's daughter-in-law rather than his daughter and of French extraction. The letters also indicate that Mrs Williamson's husband was named Charles. The correspondence reveals a foreign lady in a dependent and vulnerable position in Georgian Scotland. It is largely concerned with refurbishments at Dollar Maine for which Williamson is paying letters are docketted by him 'sent her five Guinea Notes' 'sent her two Twenty Shilling Notes' and 'sent her two Guinea Notes' with Mrs Williamson making various requests complaining of lack of funds and justifying her expenditure against suggestions that she is being 'extravagante'. There are clearly tensions between the two parties: one letter is docketted by Williamson: 'Ansd 31st. March 1802 - That I would give no further Directions about the House except the putting in the new Window that I had agreed to allow formerly - That Chas. when he arrives might do as he thought proper'. Williamson's patience has clearly snapped by the time of the last letter. Four of letters are jointly written by Williamson's granddaughter Ann the niece of Mrs Williamson. Mrs Williamson's earliest letter 13 March 1799 sets the tone. In it she writes that she is 'better to have come to Town I am positively sure if I have stay at dollar in the severe wather I will not be in this world now - I was excidingly well receive by Servants People of Consequence & always engage in good Company My Skem is to go from here in the beginning of the nix week as I can not have all I want just now - I have ordre & was myself for my Gardin Seed I have Intention to Land tomorrow some by the Carrier - the Early Seeds you was so good to offer me some suply of money I will accept with gread pleasure what you please to give me but I never will fix how much as I will owe to your generosity'. A week later 30 March 1799 she explains her reasons for not returning to Dollar from Edinburgh: 'I was ready at 8 o Clock in the morning yesterday - but oblige to send an other exxpres to my Servant for he go back to Dollar as it was a terrible Day & so stormed no batots can pass the Ferry without danger . I hope you do not desaprove my Conduct - I do not believe it was possible to do in an other manner - no woman body can expose semself on the watre & in a Cart with such day yestreday & today specially with bad Health'. On 29 March 1802 she writes: 'I supose you will alow me to send for a masson for have the Thing of the chimney Pot properly I have done nothing yet & I have not a Room to go In as the window are to be put Tomorrow'. On 9 May 1802: 'Now my house is ready for receive you & Mr Charle now my dear Father it is Pretty I wish you come for see it - I am sure Mr Charle will be very surprize but I am very wex about my good & Pretty gates - My Dear Father the Country is full of Blargard every Day some Drink Dull mad mans come to the Door my Dear Lion is a gread Saffety it fear them all - but <.> Poor fellow is chut at night For my Roomm he can not privint to Breck the gates & no body lake to go at 12 o Clock at night out see what it is'. On 29 May 1802 she refers to the troubles in her homeland: 'I had some letter from France Saturday & I hope I shall not loss at all If the Peace continue - but it is says all have Soufer very much by the revolution the letter come from Paris In 9 days'. On 20 December 1802: 'Certainly My dear Father I will not be so extravagante to kept Horses for Town after a days reste all must come back twice - let me know how you like my Small Chees & If you think of some things I can bring with me for you - & also If your Batty lake the Ketchen chees If it is agreable to you I shall send more'. On 3 December 1803: 'I have ranged the house In a way to make us Comfortable but not extravagante - as you had allow me to do I shall send the Carpenter with his account to Mr Jamson - an old gate from here is to be minded for a <> at law hill - it was all roted In each side but the Midle it seem can Serve at lawhill - & James shall take it & put it - I have made also greadeal In my Jardin of my one money I hope pay peoples for work & myself I was working very hard for Six weeks - I have done also a gravel walk rong the Jardin In the Planting & make a kind of wood & what kind wether it is we can walk dry In it'. The last letter 1 January 1804 begins: I had yourr yestrenight & I can not Endestand what can have put you angre as I am sure I have always done my dutty - to my Husband to you & to my nice - it is very Inconvenient for me to go Just now but as you Insist upon her doing I shall bring away with me & Set of Tomorrow as soon it is possible In a Post Chaise tho' I am very Short of money In this Instant'. Mrs Williamson's niece Ann's letter of 14 November 1803 is typical: 'My dear Grand Papa I receved with much peasure sic your Letter of 8 Nover and return the most grateful thanks for you fine presant it is very purty My Aunt thinks it purty too - It is very cold here there has been snow upon the hils here but not much yet - I supose Papa has nearly got to America by this time for he has been more than a month away - Lyon plays with me every day and we are grate friends'. Six of the fourteen from Dollar Mains, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; one from 'Mrs. Fisher's Drummond Street', Edinburgh. 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0260551686.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1333406037.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1774AQ12340Edinburgh: Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochrane 1774. 2 70pp 2. With an engraved title-page. Recent plain paper wraps printed paper lettering piece. Very minor wear to extremities. Title a trifle soiled and chipped lightly foxed. An historical record of the missionary work undertaken in Scotland by the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge primarily concerning the state of education in the country as a whole and the Highlands in particular. Intriguingly there is included a chapter on the Society's proceedings on the eastern seaboard of America relating their attempts at converting members of the Indian nations both in terms of their successes and the difficulties encountered. ESTC T82929. First edition. Quarto. Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochrane paperback
1976BOOKS11716Edinburgh Scotland: Self Published . Very good condition/No Dustjacket. 1976. 4to. 120 pp. . * Self Published * unknown
68-1559Edinburgh Scotland: J. Robertson 1794. 8vo. Light Marbled Boards. 160 pp. Very Good with some words underlined a few pages uncut and others minimally dog-eared; bowed. Letterpress on laid paper. Rebound by artisan bookbinder Sasha Mosalov. Edinburgh, Scotland: J. Robertson, [1794]. hardcover
1854ZB357266London 1854. approx. 16 pp. paper wrappers extracted from larger bound volume & disbound some external wear and tears ex library still good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. London? unknown
1892146437Edinburgh : Blackwood 1892. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original paper-labelled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 1 pages; Physical desc. : 261p. Subject: Municipal government -- Scotland. Great Britain. Laws statutes etc. 1837-1901 Victoria . Command paper. Edinburgh : Blackwood hardcover
Sm. folio, 44pp., with fine woodblock arms of William IV at head; disbound, a remarkable crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. 1 & 2 Gulielmi IV, Cap. XLIII; granted Royal Assent 15 October 1831.
1880529541880. Acts Concerning Debtors in Scotland Debtors. Scotland. An Act to Abolish Imprisonment for Debt And to Provide for the Better Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors in Scotland; And for Other Purposes 7th September 1880. London: S.n. 1880. ii 7 1 pp. Octavo 11" x 7". Disbound. Light toning small stamp to verso of first leaf internally clean. $125. 43 & 44 Victoria Chapter 34. unknown
1880529541880. Acts Concerning Debtors in Scotland Debtors. Scotland. An Act to Abolish Imprisonment for Debt And to Provide for the Better Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors in Scotland; And for Other Purposes 7th September 1880. London: S.n. 1880. ii 7 1 pp. Octavo 11" x 7". Disbound. Light toning small stamp to verso of first leaf internally clean. $125. 43 & 44 Victoria Chapter 34. unknown books
Sm. folio, 8pp, with fine woodblock arms of William IV at head; sewed as issued, a crisp, clean copy ideal for framing and display. 3 & 4 Gulielmi IV, Cap. 33; granted Royal Assent 24 July 1833
68-1567Edinburgh Scotland: J. Brown 1803. 8vo. Light Marbled Boards. 31 pp. Very Good somewhat bowed. Letterpress on laid paper. Rebound by artisan bookbinder Sasha Mosalov.No copies for sale on the internet. Edinburgh, Scotland: J. Brown, 1803. hardcover
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
1784AQ21445London: Printed for T. Becket 1784. 23pp 1. Disbound. Spotted and a trifle stained. Later manuscript date to foot of p.23. The first edition of a pamphlet issued by members of the Church of Scotland calling for the removal of legislation that required them when swearing upon a Bible in a court of law to kiss the book rather than merely raise a hand. ESTC T162178. First edition. 8vo. Printed for T. Becket unknown
1st edition. VG/VG. 7750. eng
1st edition. Fine/Fine. 7751. eng
1826AQ17433Duneidin i.e. Edinburgh: Clodh-Bhuailte le Iain Collie 1826. 72pp. Original publisher's powder blue paper wrappers. Rubbed chipping to spine upper joint splitting remnants of stitching to wrapper edges. Several small worm-trails - occasional touching text without loss of sense lightly spotted. An early nineteenth-century Gaelic translation of Church of Scotland catechism prepared for the General Assembly for the use of schools printed two years after their formation of an education committee to address the shortfall in educational establishments across the nation. . 12mo. Clodh-Bhuailte le Iain Collie unknown
000785Soft cover. Good. Duneidin: Clodh-Bhuailte le Iain Collie 1826 that is Edinburgh Ian Collie 1826. The title translates as "The Second Book for Gaelic Schools Maintained by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland". 24mo 980 x 138mm pp72 including Introduction signed I M'D; sewn into blue sugar-paper covered thin card boards the back one creased; binding a little scuffed and worn internally clean and firm although clearly used. . . . Although churches are not part of the establishment in Scotland unlike in England the Church of Scotland is considered the national church of the country. It's presbyterian in form governed by the individual local congregations through Kirk Sessions of Elders in conjunction with the annual General Assembly and dates in form and approach largely from the Scottish Reformation of 1560 led primarily by John Knox and when the former Papal jurisdiction was repudiated by Parliament though not endorsed by the continuing Catholic Mary Queen of Scots. However its antecedents date much further back. Widened education of children and the public was a major aim of the reformers and schools began to be established funded by the Kirk by local councils and to some extent by parents where possible. Reform and extension of the then four universities also occurred these widening the curricula introducing specialist teaching and allowing the challenging of received wisdom bringing the teaching to the equal of anywhere in Europe at the time. . . . NOTE that as the book is very light in weight and small it will be sent post free on any order. <br/> <br/> paperback
First edition, 8vo (222 x 135 mm), 26pp., disbound. Scarce, ESTC gives 4 locations in the UK and 2 in North America. Rothamsted, p.137; Not in Perkins.
Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous charming coloured illustrations throughout, small personal book-label on front free endpaper; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition.
179936399London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1799. The Third Edition. Leather bound. Incomplete. Octavo. 1 viii 441 pages 1 page blank 20 pages Index 1 page advertisement 1 page blank 1. Large folding map approx. 20" x 16" in front is present. Missing the second folding map possibly not bound in. Marbled polished calf leather binding with red leather title label on the spine. Restored at one point in time. Both boards neatly reattached to the binding. Newer leather visible on the outer joints. Hinges are in good condition. Leather spine lightly faded and scuffed. Small hole in the upper right text margin from the title page disappearing by page 8. Map is not affected. Light toning to the map with a very tiny closed tear on the far left margin not affecting the content. The second called for map is missing. Text is lightly toned throughout. Previous owner signature top of the title page. Armorial bookplate of "W. D. Griswold Smith" on the front paste down. The bookplate is mostly covering up an earlier owner name in pencil. Incomplete due to a missing map. Printed for A. Strahan,; T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies unknown
