OSBORNE Brian D.MareMagnum
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Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Two volumes. 770 p. + Portrait plates and other illustrations. 12mo. Handsome and unusual contemporary bindings. Half highly gold gilt cream cloth over lovely floral (daisy vine) boards. Top edge gold gilt. Manuscript presentation (that could be easily removed): "Elizabeth Withers Sherts. Presented by Aunt Mary Shaffner, September 12th, 1896." Probably from the family of the famous movie director, Franklin J. Shaffner (Patton). This set really would make a striking gift today. SW2
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lined at edges with adhesive tape. Published in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely 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 minor traces of storage. 176pp. The story of 100 years of the Cowglen Golf Club in Glasgow. Illustrated. Scarce.
190 pages including glossary, bibliography and index. An authentic account of the history of curling and the conditions under which it has been played from its origins to the present day. Nicely illustrated endpapers. Black and white illustrations throughout. Small ink stamp upon title page else clean, bright and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
DJ darkened and with light chipping. Inscription to former owner by president of Deeside Field on top margin of title page; The nature in the Scottish countryside ; B&W Photographs; 4to; 74 pages
Some tears and chips to DJ. Former owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Slight browning to endpapers; Including maps. ; B&W Photographs; 4to; 93 pages
Sm. 8vo., Second Edition, with endpaper maps; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. First published in the previous year.
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.
4to., First Edition, with 6 plates, free endpapers lightly browned; original navy buckram, upper board framed in blind and blocked in gilt, gilt back, lower board with a few small fade marks else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignettes and over 1,600 illustrations in the text, free endpapers very faintly browned; original navy buckram, upper boards with stylised thistle framed and blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp, clean set. The standard reference and now increasingly difficult to find.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. Clean tight pages in booklet form with slightly sunned unmarked boards, rusty staples, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. 24pp. An account of the financial development of Scotland in the 18th and 19th centurues. Historical Association Leaflet No 91.
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.
2 vols. (288, 286 p.) Hardcover Very good condition, original calf, neatly rebacked From the library of Alexander Lindsay with his armorial bookplate and his inittilas on front covers.
Scotland as described by some 19th. C. travellers : Thomas Gray, William Gilpin, Sarah Murray, Thomas Thornton, William & Dorothy Wordsworth, Robert Southey, Felix Mendelssohn & Karl Klingemann, Hans Christian Andersen & Queen Victoria . 296p. plates index. Book
Covering the meteoric rise of Scottish and Welsh nationalism ; 8vo; 158 pages
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, clear gilt lettering to front and spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor scratch to front and with slightly sunned spine. 468pp. The fullest and most comprehensive survey of the flora of Britain's northernmost group of islands. The study lists 827 Shetland species with their distribution, habitat and frequency plus any other details of interest. The middle pages comprise twenty-six maps of the islands. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
Two Volumes. pp. 310; 316 (pp. 122-124 blank and/or excised with no loss of text). Foxed. 12mo. 175 mm. Original leather spines and corners over marbled boards, rubbed. Hardbound. Good. A Scottish romance set in the early 1600's. The first edition was published in the same year in three volumes at Edinburgh. First American edition. S&S/AI 10197. PAIMP 22
379 p. Some copies have a map, but there is none here. Inked ownership of Elisa Hooker on title page. Pencil markings in margins. XLib stamp on title page and elsewhere. Bookplate of Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary on front paste down. Small 8vo. 195mm. Original full red cloth binding. Spine crudely repaired with red tape. Fourth edition. ENGLAND BX 4
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
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present), 138 plates from photographs (one folding), 5 folding maps (3 coloured), 6 full-page maps (5 coloured), and 23 illustrations and diagrams, and several tables, in the text, endpapers lightly spotted, small label scars on front free endpapers, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down of first volume, some mild age-staining (mainly marginal); original blue cloth, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut and partially unopened, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, bright copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 480 COPIES. Includes a bibliography. Nice copy of a scarce standard reference.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations; strongly bound in boards, upper board with paper label, original printed wrappers (worn) preserved, a very good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its neat stamp on front wrapper and pocket on title. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with diagrams in the text; strongly bound in boards, upper board with paper label, original printed wrappers (worn) preserved, a very good, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its neat stamp on front wrapper and pocket on title. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
