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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
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.
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.
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
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. 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.'
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
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
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.
Rubbing and small chips to DJ ; 8vo; 376 pages
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.
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.
First edition, folio, [12], 270pp., limited to 375 numbered copies, title page printed in red and black with vignette at its centre, 20 photoengraved plates after the artwork of D. Y. Cameron, tissue guards, orig. green buckram decorated in blind and gilt, uncut, t.e.g. light rubbed otherwise a very nice copy.
8vo., Second Edition, on laid paper, with a coloured frontispiece and 7 coloured plates; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in darker blue, an unusually bright, crisp, clean copy. First published in 1915. The present edition is updated to include an account of the Great War.
4to., First Edition, with 8 coloured plates and 20 monochrome illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Collins' well-known 'Britain in Pictures' series. Carney 21.
64 pages. Archival black and white photos. "The original Lenzie, extending from Kirkintilloch to Cumbernauld, was a feudal barony belonging to the Comyn family." - from page 3. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
60 pages. Select bibliography. Numerous black and white reproductions of archival photos. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this informative local history. Book
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. SCARCE
"Rose Fenemore is taking a break from her Cambridge teaching post in an isolated cottage on the Hebridean island of Moila. One evening, she is shocked to discover an attractive stranger, Ewen Mackay, in her kitchen, who claims to have grown up in the cottage. She is tempted to believe him when another man seeks shelter from the storm. John Parsons also rouses Rose's skepticism and more tender feelings as well. And as the truth about the two men unfolds, the stormy petrels, fragile elusive birds who fly close to the waves, come to symbolize Rose's confusion and the mystery of her future." Book
4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece maps, 9 plates, numerous illustrations and tables in the text; original blue cloth, small age-stain on upper boards else a very good,bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition
First edition, 4to (185 x 135mm), [12], 118, [2]pp., the first leaf is blank except for marginal rules and signature-mark "A", the last leaf is blank except for marginal rules, woodcut devices on title, new endpapers, recent full calf, gilt lettered red morocco label to spine. "On the accession of James I, Egerton was reappointed lord keeper and advanced to the peerage on 21 July 1603 as Baron Ellesmere, of Ellesmere in Shropshire (where he was given a large estate), but at the king's behest relinquished the rolls in favour of the Scottish lawyer Edward Bruce. On 24 July Egerton was appointed lord chancellor, relinquishing his position as lord keeper. He presided over the chancery and Star Chamber for another fourteen years, and also conducted a number of state trials, notably those of Sir Walter Ralegh (1603), and the gunpowder plotters (1605)."?(ODNB.) This speech took four hours to deliver and concerns the rights of Scots born after the accession of James I, the case concerns 'Robert Calvine, sonne and heire apparant of James L. Calvine of Colcrosse in the realme of Scotland.' - (pp.4-5). Provenance: Early signature of Davenport Talbot on A1. STC, 7540.
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper of second volume; cloth, gilt backs, all very good, clean copies in the dustwrapper. The trilogy comprises 'The Ballad and the Plough. A Portrait of the Life of the Old Scottish Farmtouns' (1978), 'Willie Gavin, Crofter Man. Portrait of a Vanished Lifestyle' (1980) and 'The Cornkister Days. Portrait of a Land and its Rituals' (1984). David Kerr Cameron's masterly study of the old Scottish rural way of life is carefully structured. In the first volume he tells of the larger farms or 'farmtouns'; in the second he examines the more numerous smallholdings or crofts. In his final volume he broadens the focus to include the life of the fields, the seasons and rituals, and the culture of the agrarian background in general. In its scope, its detail and its rigorous objectivity the trilogy is unique. A handsome set of an important contribution to the agricultural history of Scotland.
No 85 on front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. Clean pages in booklet form with slightly sunned boards, rusty staples and covers loose and taped together. Large fold-out coloured map (25 x 28 inches) of the site at the end in excellent condition. 28pp. An account of Bannockburn and the site where the battle was fought. Historical Association Leaflet No 85. Scarce.
From series of short, illustrated travel/guide books first published in Britain by Blackie & Son around 1910 and continuing in print until the 1950s. Each title featured a particular region, town or city and was illustrated by watercolour landscape painter, E. W. Haslehust. This vintage copy from the "Beautiful Scotland"series contains 12 charming full colour plates. 68p. Contents clean and bright, but cover a little soiled and a strip from the lower spine is missing. Name of previous owner on ffep. Book
8vo., First Edition, with photographs; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy. Shell Shilling Guide No. 46.
