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Book in mint unread condition. 64pp. Reprint of the 1940s LNER guide to the Scottish railway line from Fort William to Mallaig and Spean Bridge to Fort Augustus.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; navy buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly dust-soiled dustwrapper. Brief description of this great collection of 541 volumes, which is calendared in HMC 4549. Includes a few letters not printed there. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Pargellis & Medley 3311.
Rubbing and small chips to DJ ; 8vo; 376 pages
8vo., Third Edition, with potrait frontispiece, 116 full-page coloured illustrations of tartans and many smaller illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, backstrip slightly faded else a very good, bright, clean copy.
Thane and Moss solve the intriguing mystery of a theft from a Glasgow Whisky distillery - as neat and complex a story as in a single malt ! 188p. Book
414 pages including index and black and white photographic plates. The most illuminating investigation yet published on the evolution of Freemasonry. Traces the flight after 1309 of the Knights Templar from Europe to Scotland. Shows how the influence of Freemasonry emerges as a key factor in the fomation of the United States of America as an embodiment of the ideal 'Masonic Republic'. Prior owner's name has been scribbled out inside front cover and atop title page, else unmarked. Light yellowing. Spine leans to right. Reading creases along spine, else average wear. Book
No marks or inscriptions. 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 very minor traces of storage. 255pp. 'A pioneering study of Scottish-Islam relations which will be of deep interest in today's world.'
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.
240 pages. Bibliography, index. Black and white photographic plates. "The first comprehensive account of the tweed industry of Scotland." - from dust jacket. Front endpaper neatly removed else clean and unmarked with light to moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
12mo, 191,[1]pp., folding engraved map, small area (75 x 12mm) torn away from head of map, slightly intruding into the border and headline text, duty stamp on title, cont. sheep, rubbed, spine chipped, upper hinge cracked. ESTC listing just one copy (L) for this year.
First Edition, 4to, frontis., 22 facsimiles, orig. quarter vellum, slightly soiled. Founded in 1580 with a bequest of 300 books from Mr. Clement, a citizen of Edinburgh.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Includes an extensive bibliography. SCARCE
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked gilt embossed red cloth boards, sunning to spine, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 94pp. Reprint of the work originally published in 1951 to commemmorate the fifth centenary of the University of Glasgow. Very well illustrated.
21 numbers [all published], 12mo, stain on blank margin of I2, a few other scattered spots in the text, vi, [1], 4-248 pp., contemporary half calf, lacks spine. The Glasgow University and National Library of Scotland copies only on Copac.
8vo., First Edition, with 5 coloured plates on 4 and 28 monochrome plates on 20, inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper.
4to., Second Edition, with title-vignette, numerous photographs (several full-page) in the text, 3 double-page coloured maps in the text and pictorial endpapers; original series binding of green cloth, backstrip blocked in blue and lettered in green, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very faintly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel and with one tiny loss at upper edge of rear panel. The dustwrapper carries the first state price of 12s 6d rather than the later 15s. The first edition of Bone's contribution to this wonderful and much sought-after series was published in 1938. This thoroughly revised edition is scarce in its own right, especially in this condition. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
32 pages, illustrated, map, (Cotman-Color book series). eng
Clean Copy
Sm. folio, First Edition, with frontispiece in photogravure (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 8 fine plates in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), 2 plates in colour, and 50 illustrations in the text, free endpapers very lightly browned; original half vellum gilt, blue-grey boards, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, covers very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Millais' sojurn in the Highlands was partly for the purpose of collecting specimens for his well-known portrayals of surface-feeding and diving ducks.
8vo., on laid paper, with frontispiece in photogravure toned in blue (original tissue guard present); original green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in rare unclipped dustwrapper, the latter wanting lower half of backstrip. First published in 1904 and dedicated to Dr. John Goodchild. Includes Ireland as well as the folk of the Scottish Highlands. EXTREMELY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
VG/G (dj is worn at edges and has a number of unclosed short tears without loss) Octavo 396pp illustrated
19x14. 327p. Lám. Enc. Tela ed.
Description In 1426, leaving her home in the sun-bleached courts of Avignon, seventeen-year-old Ninian rides into the darkness and strife of Scotland to marry a stranger. Her path crosses that of Gavin Cameron of Kinveil, priest and Chancellor of Scotland. Laconic, ambitious and handsome, he is the one man the Stewart king dares to trust, the one man strong enough to save the kingdom from the civil war planned by the charming, implacable Archdeacon Columba Crozier and his bastard sun, Adam de Verne. Tied by blood on one side and by an overwhelming -- and forbidden -- love on the other, Ninian, growing from her careless girlhood into a beautiful woman and an artist of brilliance and power, is precipitated into violence and tragedy, in which she, too, has a vital part to play.479p. Genealogy on endpapers . Book
12 pages. Nice art deco front cover illustration. Dozens of wonderful contemporary ads, in particular the two-colour Duncan's Chocolates ad on back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound and charming vintage copy. Book
Lengthy inscription on reverse of frontis. No other marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine, dusty/foxed page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small pieces missing, nicks, chips and small tears to edges and sunned spine. 157pp. Illustrated account of what to see on a visit to Edinburgh.