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Lang, Jean . A LAND OF ROMANCE THE BORDER ITS HISTORY AND LEGEND
NY no date (early 20thc) Dodge. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 460p., six plates in photogravure from paintings by Tom Scott, index, cloth. Top edge gilt. VG, light wear. (a16614)
$25.00 Maclagan, Robert Craif . THE GAMES AND DIVERSIONS OF ARGYLESHIRE
London 1901 1st Folklore Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 270pp., index, cloth. institution stamp on verso of front blank and on title page. VG, small stain around edges of blank end paper; cover cloth bright and crisp, excellent condition. Original book, not a reprint. (a16654)
$75.00Maclaurin, Jo and Ro. Maqueen. TRIAL OF MUNGO CAMPBELL BEORE THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICIARY IN SCOTLAND
London 1770. For the murder of Alexander Earl of Eglintoun from an authentick copy, extracted from the records of the Court. Hardcover. Spine and tips leather with yellow brown marbled boards. Small octavo, 111pp., full page map, 76pp., (appendix) marbled boards. Bookplate of Kerr, 1860. Good, leather quite rubbed; front hinge just beginning to crack text lightly evenly, browned, small tear on title page (no loss), cover corners rubbed and worn. Pictures available on request. (a17108)
$100.00 Simpkins, John Ewart . EXAMPLES OF PRINTED FOLKLORE CONCERNING FIFE WITH SOME NOTES ON CLACKMANNAN AND KINROSS-SHIRES
London 1914 Folklore Society. Scotland. County Folklore Volume VII. Octavo., 419pp., hardcover. VG plus, very minor wrinkle on spine. (a19236)
$75.00 Dod, S. Bayard . A HIGHLAND CHRONICLE
NY 1892 1st Dodd, Mead. Large paper edition, copy No. 92 of 110 printed. Hardcover. Large octavo, 290pp., cloth.Owner signed. Good, spine a bit frayed, cover soiled and worn. (a21366)
$45.00Yamada, Osamu; Hilda Spear and David Robb. THE CONTRIBUTION TO LITERATURE OF ORCADIAN WRITER GEORGE MACKAY BROWN AN INTRODUCTION AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wales 1991 1st Mellon.Hardcover octavo. Orkney writer. 105pp., green buckram cover with lettering in silver. hardcover. Fine, no DJ. no owner marks. no dj. Unused. (a25757)
$39.00 Pryde, George S. PhD (translator, editor) . AYR BURGH ACCOUNTS 1534-1624
Edinburgh 1937 University Press. Hardcover. Large octavo, 313pp., index, green cloth. VG plus, no DJ. (a25972)
$32.00Burns, Robert. POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS (with original mounted photographs)
London 1888 Suttaby and Co. 8vo., 613pp., mounted original photographs (photograph of Burns as frontispiece, original photo of painting of Burns on titlepage, 5 full page original photographs of street scenes, bridges and rivers and a cemetery), full green leather. All edges gilt. Owner signed. Good, spine faded to brown. (a29879)
$200.00Watts, Cedric (editor). SELECTED WRITINGS OF CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM
NJ 1981 1st Associated University Presses. Scottish politician, 1852-1936. Hardcover. Octavo, 212pp., index. VG plus in Fairly Good,DJ, worn. (a30087)
$29.00MacDonald, George. POEM SELECTED BY V.D.S AND C.F.
NY 1890 (1887). Dutton. 12mo., hardcover. 207pp., Attractive binding of red cloth with 3 gilt thistles pictured on front board; ivory cloth on spine overlaid with full gilt decoration. Hardcover. All edges gilt. VG. owner signed (in 1892). (a30161)
$100.00Muller, Paul. DIE SPRACHE DER ABERDEENER URKUNDEN DES SECHZEHNTEN JAHRHUNDERTS
Berlin 1908 Mayer & Muller. 8vo., 142pp., wraps. Linguistics. Unopened. Good plus, light wear. Original printing not modern remake. (a30632)
$29.00 Wanless, Andrew . POEMS AND SONGS MAISTLY SCOTCH
Detroit 1873 2nd (To which is added anumber of new pieces never before published) A. Wanless.Hardcover. Small octavo, 192pp., cloth. Near Good, lacks front blank (opens to titlepage), spine ends and cover corners worn, cloth worn off in several spots on rear outer hinge, spine ends worn down. Binding secure. Text Fine- bright and clean. (a31507)
$20.00 King, John . THE LEAF OF THE PAST: A POEM
Glasgow 1838 George Gallie. Hardcover. Small octavo, 58pp., original maroon cloth. Good, head of spine chipped and tearing along outer hinge, pages very lightly browned and some occasional soiling. Spine professionally reinforced. Rare. (a31512)
$200.00 Glenlivet . GLENLIVET BEING THE ANNALS OF THE GLENLIVET DISTILLERY FOUNDED BY GEORGE SMITH IN 1824
1959 Scotland. ardcover . thin 8vo., 40pp. a few illustrations. Good, light wear, cover faded. no DJ. (a31513)
$22.00 Brown, John MD . ARTHUR H. HALLAM
Edinburgh 1862 1st Edmonston and Douglas. 12mo., 72pp. Owner signed on titlepage. Original pressed blue cloth with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Good plus. Hinges not cracked in or out; no ownership marks. (a31673)
$35.00 Macrow, Brenda and Robert M. Adam . HILLS AND GLENS
Edinburgh 1949. 4to., 107pp., photo plates. Owner inscribed on front blank. VG, small snag on spine repaired, no DJ. (a32904)
$25.00 (Henryson, Robert) Wood, H. Harvey (editor) . THE POEMS AND FABLES OF ROBERT HENRYSON
Edinburgh 1965 (1933). Blue cloth. octavo., 304pp., index, hardcover. VG faint white spotting on cover, no DJ, (a33103)
$29.00 Young, Julia Ditto . BLACK EVAN A TALE OF THE 'FORTY-FIVE' IN VERSE
NY 1901 1st ed. Neeley . octavo., 125pp., hardcover with marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. VG, light wear. (a33607)
$20.00 (photography) . FOTOFEIS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN SCOTLAND
Edinburgh 1995 1st (stated). Catalogue of Exhibition held 5 October -5 November 1995. 4to., 192pp., photo illus., wraps. VG. (a33802)
$35.00 Manns, James . THE SCOTTISH INFLUENCE ON FRENCH AESTHETIC THOUGHT
Rochester 1988. In the Journal of the History of Ideas. 8vo., 20pp., wraps. Article included in a whole issue of this journal. 8vo., 165pp., wraps. Good, light soiling, a few pages folded at corner. (a38462b)
$35.00 Miller, Hugh . THE CRUISE OF THE BETSEY OR A SUMMER HOLIDAY IN THE HEBRIDES WITH THE RAMBLES OF A GEOLOGIST OR TEN THOUSAND MILES OVER THE FOSSILEFEROUS DEPOSITS OF SCOTLAND
NY n.d (c.1890) Ninth Edition. Sm.8vo., 486pp., boards. VG, light wear to head of spine. (a39751)
$65.00Barbour, Alexander Hugh Freeland. ON THE ROAD
Edinburgh 1931 first edition. Printed for Private Circulation. Hardcover Lg.8vo., 310pp., Blue cloth with silver crucifix pictured on front board. VG, no DJ. Hinges not cracked; text clean; binding secure; no owner marks. Quite Scarce book (a44264)
$85.00 (incunables) . CATALOGUE OF INCUNABLES AND S.T.C. BOOKS IN THE MITCHELL LIBRARY GLASGOW
1964 Glasgow Public Libraries. 8vo., 131pp., wraps. Ex-library. Good, small chip in middle of rear wrap. (a44673)
$29.00Milne, George. THE WESTERN ISLES AND OTHER POEMS
Argyll no date (c. 1973) Oban Times. 12mo., 20pp., wraps. VG, small stain on front. Very Scarce. (a44764)
$39.00 McDonald, William R. . SCOTTISH SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ALMANACS
Edingburgh 1966. Complete issue of The Bibliotheck Vol. 4, Nos, 7 & 8 (in one issue). 12mo., pp.257-322, 87-174, illustrations, wraps. Includes a catalogue of these almanacs. Good, a few small chips on cover. (a44843)
$29.00(scotland). THE REBELLION OF 1715 GATHERING CLOUDS BEING A CONTEMPORARY ACCOUINT OF THE EVENTS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE REBELLION
Edinburgh 1884. Privately Printed for the Clarendon Historical Society. Limited to 120 large paper copies. 4to., 126pp., removed from bound volume and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a46367)
$55.00Francis, Francis . HOT POT: OR MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS (1880)
London 1880 first edition. Field Office. Hardcover. sm octavo. Essays on Fishing; much on trout and salmon fishing. 316pp., original green cloth with black and gilt trim. Good, inner hinges cracking, cover somewhat worn. Text clean but toned; owner bookplates (W. Keith Rollo and O. M.Reed) (a48583)
$50.00 Lawson, Thomas . THE PEST OF SCOTLAND OR A TOCSIN SOUNDS IN EMBRO. A TRAGI-COMEDY IN TWO ACTS AND TWO SCENES
Glasgow 2001 The Centre. "About the trial of Thomas Muir...on a charge of sedition at the court of session, Ediburgh, 1793." Sm.8vo., wraps. VG . (a49099)
$35.00 M'lauchlan, Rev. Thomas . CELTIC GLEANINGS: OR, NOTICES OF THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF THE SCOTTISH GAEL. IN FOUR LECTURES.
Edinburgh 1857. 12mo., 168pp., original cloth. Small signature on front free blank. VG, a few spots on front and rear covers, some offsetting on endpapers. (a51294)
$50.00(new testament). TIOMNADH NUADH AR TIGHEARNA AGUS AR SLANUIGH-FHIR IOSA CRIOSD. EIDIR-THEANGAICHT' O'N GHREUGAIS CHUM GAIDHLIG ALBANNAICH
1767 Dun-Eudain, Le Balfour, Auld agus Smellie. This is the first printing of the New Testament in Scots Gaelic. Hardcover. First edition. Sm.8vo., about 600pp. double column text. Full leather with old paper strip reinforcing front outer hinge. Ink inscription on title page. Last word in text, centered on bottom line, is "Crioch" so appears to be complete. Does lack front and rear blanks and a frontispiece if it ever had one. It now opens to titlepage. Fairly Good, front inner hinge cracked; leaves lightly browned; coverall somewhat worn but binding secure and solid. Contemporary inscription written in brown ink on titlepage reads: "Simon Hosack. Purchased by John McArthur at a public sale of the Rev. Dr. Hosack's Library and presented to his friend John Grant , 9 April 1848". Dr. Hosack , 1755-1833 was Presbyterian minister in Johnstown, Fulton county, New York. John Grant, 1836-1893 also lived in Johnstown. **Pictures available on request. (a51942)
$500.00 Walsh, James . BURNS'S CHARACTERISTICS; OR A CLUSTER OF FLOWER AND FRUIT FROM THE POET'S GARDEN
Glasgow 1903. A Lecture Delivered Before the Rosebery Burns Club, Glasgow 10th March 1903. Sm.8vo., 62pp., printed boards. * Briefly inscribed and signed by 'the author' on the front free blank. VG, light foxing. Scarce. (a52802)
$80.00 Watts, C. T. . R. B. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM (1852-1936): A LIST OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS
Glasgow 1965. Article (14pp.) included The Bibliothek, A Scottish Journal of Bibliography and Allied Topics. Included in a complete issue of this journal with several articles. 8vo., wraps. VG. (a53207)
$25.00 Barrow, G. W. S. . BEGINNINGS OF FEUDALISM IN SCOTLAND
London 1956. Article (27pp.) in The Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research. Included in a compete of issue of this journal with several articles, Sm.4to., wraps. VG. (a53602a)
$40.00(scotland). LYRIC GEMS OF SCOTLAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE SONGS WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENTS
London & Glasgow n.d. (c.1950) Bayley. Music and lyrics. 4to., 256pp., wraps. with cloth spine. Good, spine slanted. (a54834)
$23.00 Roy, G. Ross . STUDIES IN SCOTTISH LITERATURE VOLUMES ONE AND TWO
1971 Vogue Press. Originally published in 1963-1964. 2 volumes bound in one.Hardcover. Octavo, 281pp., 269pp., index, yellow cloth. VG, cloth as bit soiled, no DJ. (a55406)
$26.00(music). THE SCOTTISH MINSTREL NO. 1, NO. 2, NO. 3, NO. 4
Baltimore n.d (c.1850) George Willig & Co. 4 Airs, music only, no text. Oblong large octavo, 82pp., original printed boards with later paper spine. Good plus. (a56113)
$45.00Cooper, Dominic. THE DEAD OF WINTER
NY 1965 St, Martins. Fiction. Sm.8vo., 216pp., hardcover. Near Fine, a few spots on endpapers, in Near Fine DJ, light soiling. (a58769)
$25.00 Alexander, Christine . AIRDRIE SCOTLAND
Philadephia 1875 1st. 50 copies printed for private circulation only. Introduction by Henry J. Williams. Octavo, 12pp., illustrated with two original photographs: one is a photograph of a painted portrait of Christian Alexander, the second is an outdoor view of Airdrie Manor in Scotland with 4 people in front, in full black leather with gilt trim and gilt lettering. Signed by Alexander Biddle. Good, light wear, spine ends slightly worn down. Very scarce. (a63544)
$450.00 Campbell, John Francis . FROST AND FIRE, NATURAL ENGINES, TOOL-MARKS AND CHIPS WITH SKETCHES TAKEN AT HOME AND ABROAD BY A TRAVELLER 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Edinburgh 1865 1st Edmonston & Douglas. Geologist and world traveller offers detailed look geology and climate of Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and British Isles. 2 volumes. Octavo, 506pp., 519pp., frontis map, numerous engravings, folding pictorial chart, 3/4 green leather with marbled boards and mounted leather spine labels. Near VG, lacks half of folding chart, some rubbing and wear. (a63609)
$140.00 Muirhead, Findlay . SCOTLAND
London 1949 3rd. Blue Guide. 12mo., 452pp., atlas of Scotland and 34 other maps and plans, hardcover. VG, spine faded, in Good DJ. (a64523)
$22.00 (scottish music) . SELECTION OF COPYRIGHT SONGS WITH MUSIC - PART 1, PART 2
Glasgow c.1845 John Cameron. Scottish folksongs and melodies: Annie Laurie, Chase at Sea, Hurrah for the Highlands, Like a Blade O'Grass, My Ain Dear Nell, etc. Two books. 12mo., 50 songs with music scores, original orange printed wraps with black lettering and design. Good plus, orange cover color has toned considerably, light wear with tiny cover chips. 2 small books. Scarce. (a66523)
$175.00 Arnot, R. Page . HISTORY OF THE SCOTTISH MINERS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
London 1955 1st George Allen & Unwin. Large octavo, 445pp., frontis, plates, index, hardcover. Near Fine in VG D, a few stains on the reverse side. (a66951)
$35.00 Scott, Sir Walter; John Wilson Croker . THOUGHTS ON THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF CURRENCY & TWO LETTERS ON SCOTTISH AFFAIRS
Barnes and Noble 1972 reprint. Introduction by David Simpson and Alastair wood. A complete and unabridged photolithographic facsimile of these two famous 19th century Scottish classics.Octavo, xxv, 84pp., 39pp., 62pp. (1), blue cloth hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a67435)
$125.00 Ross, Archibald . LIFE SKETCHES OR PLEASANT REMINISCENCES OF A BUSY CAREER SPENT AMONG ALL CLASSES AND CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
NY 1904 Raeburn. Small octavo, 247pp., green cloth hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracked. (a68092)
$50.00 Kelsey, Jeannette G. Washburn . A DIVERTED INHERITANCE
Philadelphia 1904 1st Printed for Private Circulation. Scottish genealogy: Sinclair and Morrell families. Hardcover. 4to., 135pp., foldout map, two foldout genealogical charts, maroon cloth. VG plus. (a70671)
$30.00(religion). SCOTCH SERMONS 1880
NY 1881 Appleton. Articles by many different Scottish ministers including: Corporate Immortality by John Caird; Union with God by Caird; Law and Miracle by D. J. Ferguson; The Vision of God by Ferguson; Homespun Religion by John Connngham; Authority by William Leckie McFarlan; Christian Priesthood by Allan Menzies; Pharisee and Publican by Thomas Rain; Eternal Life by Patrick Stevenson, etc. Hardcover. Small octavo, 345pp., cloth. VG. (a70776)
$33.00 Bryce, William Moir . THE SCOTTISH GREY FRIARS VOLUME 1 HISTORY
Edinburgh and London no date Sands & Co. History of the Franciscans. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 492p. Illustrations and facsimiles, dar bluegray cloth. Owner bookplate. VG, soiling on top fore-edges, some light cover wear. Volume 1 only. (a70854)
$175.00White, F. Buchanan, M.D. FLS (editor) . THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST: A MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY - VOLUMES I, II, III IV, VI (5 hardcover volumes)
Edinburgh 1871-1882 William Blackwood. Hardcovers. 5 volumes, Octavos, about 300pp per volume, gilt printed original green cloth with mounted red leather spine labels. VG plus. Scarce. 5 volumes. (a71007)
$360.00 Macdonald, George and Alexander Park . THE ROMAN FORTS ON THE BAR HILL DUMBARTONSHIRE
Glasgow 1906 first edition James Maclehose. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 150pp., photo illustrations, 4 foldout plates, blue cloth. VG, cloth rubbed, end papers foxed. Not a modern reprint. (a71234)
$80.00 Morrison, David Baillie (editor) . TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY 1756 - 1956 OF SAINT ANDREW'S SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
NY 1956 1st Saint Andrew's Society. Scottish heritage in New York State. Hardcover. Copy No. 293 of 1500. Sm.4to., 453pp., photo illustrations, illustrated cloth. Near Fine. (a71488)
$25.00 Van Buuren, Catherine . THE BUKE OF THE SEVYNE SAGIS, A MIDDLE SCOTS VERSION OF THE SEVEN SAGES OF ROME
1982 Lieden University Press. From the Asloan Manuscript c. 1515. Octavo, 463pp., original wraps. VG, slight cover wear. (a71656)
$90.00 Hill, George . THE ADVANTAGES OF SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES, A SERMON ...IN THE HIGH CHURCH OF EDINBURGH...JUNE 7, 1787
Edinburgh 1787 Martin and M'Dowall. Small octavo, 92pp., removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a74770)
$35.00Sharp, Elizabeth A.. WILLIAM SHARP (FIONA MACLEOD) A MEMOIR
NY 1910 1st Duffield. Scottish writer. Hardcover. sm4to. Top edge gilt. 433pp., frontis portrait, photo illustrations, cloth. Good, front inner hinge reinforced. Owner bookplate. Text clean and binding secure. no dj. (a75439)
$29.00 Scott, Sir Lindsay . THE COLONISATION OF SCOTLAND IN THE SECOND MILLENIUM BC
Cambridge 1951. Main article at, pp.16-82, large foldout map, in a single issue of the Proceedings of Prehistoric Society. VG. (a78097)
$65.00 Somerville, Robert . DUNFERMLINE SKETCHES & NOTES (signed)
Dunfermline 1917 1st Herbert T. Macpherson. Octavo, 21 pencil drawings reproduced, each with accompanying text, paper covered boards. **Signed by Somerville. ** Original fine pencil drawing of Horner's Vale, Somerset, dated 1932 and signed by Somerville tipped inside front cover. This original drawing is 6-1/2 x 5 inches and is very nicely done. Also, two hand written letters, each in original stamped envelopes, from Somerville to F. J. H. Sutton of New York City both dated 1932 . Both letters are detailed and long (4 full pages each) with an original photograph and a photo-illustrated postcard laid in of Horner Tea Gardens. This is the subject of the drawing. Also an original photograph of a site 10 miles from Dumfermline. VG. Collection of book, original artwork, 2 letters and 2 photos. (a78267)
$275.00 Terry, Charles Sanford . A HISTORY OF SCOTLAND FROM THE ROMAN EVACUATION TO THE DISRUPTION 1843
Cambridge 1920 University Press. Hardcover. Octavo, 653pp., pedigree charts, double page color map, lilac cloth. Nunnery blind stamps on end papers. Paper spine label removed. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a79666)
$24.00 Scotland . DESCRIPTION OF THE REGALIA OF SCOTLAND
Edinburgh 1824 James Ballantyne. 12mo., 34pp., original wraps. Owner signed. Good, worn but intact. (a79674)
$75.00 Morrison, Leonard A. . RAMBLES IN EUROPE: IN IRELAND, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, BELGIUM, GERMANY, SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE WITH HISTORICAL FACTS RELATING TO SCOTCH-AMERICAN FAMILIES, GATHERED IN SCOTLAND AND THE NORTH OF IRELAND
Boston no date c. 1880. Cupples, Upham. Hardcover. Octavo, 351p., engraved frontis, illustrations, cloth, Owner signed. Good plus, light staining on front end papers and boards. (a79912)
$35.00 Lloyd, O Ll; F. L. R. Williams, W. G. Berry and C. du V. Florey (editors) . AN ATLAS OF MORTALITY IN SCOTLAND INCLUDING THE GEOGRAPHY OF SELECTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
London 1987 1st Croom Helm. ISBN 0-7099-4122-6.Hardcover. Octavo, 191pp., cloth. VG plus, faint indentation on rear cover, one tiny spot on spine, slight wear to cornber, no DJ. (a80636)
$50.00 Walford, L. B. . RECOLLECTIONS OF A SCOTTISH NOVELIST
NY 1910 Longmans, Green & Co. Hardcover. Large octavo, 317pp., frontis, illustrations, original blue cloth. Top edge gilt. Good, inner hinges cracked, corners gently bumped. (a80937)
$25.00Ogilvie, Will. WHAUP O' THE REDE: A BALLAD OF THE BORDER RAIDERS (first edition 1909)
Dalbeattie 1909 Thomas Fraser. Epic poem. Hardcover. Octavo, 118pp., original grey illustrated boards. Good plus, cover a bit toned on edges and spine and end papers. No owner marks, no dj. Binding secure; hinges not cracked; text clean. (a82248)
$39.00 (scotland) . THE LORETTO REGISTER 1825 TO 1925
Edinburgh 1927 Constable. History of Scottish boys school. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 312pp., frontis photo illustrations of school, photo illustrations, cloth. Good, cover a bit worn and soiled, no DJ. (a83707)
$30.00 Edinburgh Ragged or Industrial Schools . EIGHT INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES and ANNUAL REPORTS ON THE EDINBURGH ORIGINAL RAGGED OR INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS 1848-1853
8 pamphlets, all published in Edinburgh by either John Elder or John Maclaren. 1848-1853. All small octavo wraps. All lack covers and all are disbound. A few pages are torn, some page tip chipping but overall Fairly Good. (1) FIRST ANNUAL REPORT, 1848, 58p. (2) EIGHT MONTHS' EXPERIENCE OF THE EDINBURGH ORIGINAL RAGGED OR INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, 1848, 27p. (3) SPEECHES DELIVERED AT THE SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EDINBURGH ORIGINAL RAGGED SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, 1849, 24p. (4) THIRD ANNUAL REPORT, 1850, 74p. (5) CORRESPONDENCE BETWIST THE HON. LORD MURRAY AND THE REV. DR CANDLISH REGARDING THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD WITH THE EDINBURGH ORIGINAL RAGGED AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS, RAMSAY LANE, 1851, 24p. (6) FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT , 1852, 30p. (7)REPORT OF A MEETING OF THE EORI SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, 1853, 20p. (8) SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT, 1853, 20p. Fascinating information on orphans and street urchins in 19thc Scotland. "Thos Arabs of the city are wild as those of the desert, and must be broken into three habits - those of discipline, learning and industry, not to speak of cleanliness" (p. 19, 1848) Collection of 8 reports: (a85583)
$185.00 Blythe, Benjamin Hall; William James Doak, Leffert Lefferts Buck . GLASGOW BRIDGE; RAILWAY BRIDGE OVER THE FITZROY RIVER AT ROCKHAMPTON QUEENSLAND; THE NIAGARA FALLS AND CLIFTON STEEL ARCH BRIDGE
London 1901. Octavo, pp. 51-146 plus 4 foldout plates and 7 woodcuts in text and discussion correspondence relating to the articles, removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. CXLIV and rebound in later wraps. Technical. VG. (a87484)
$49.00Leslie, Alexander; Gamble, J. G.; J. Addy. THE EDINBURGH WATERWORKS; WATERWORKS OF PORT ELIZABETH SOUTH AFRICA; WATER-SUPPLY OF PETERBOROUGH (3 articles bound as one)
London 1883. Removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXXIV, pp. 91-189, including appendices, correspondence and discussion of the articles, 5 foldout plates and 2 woodcut text illustrations, rebound in later wraps. VG. (a87607)
$75.00 (wallpaper patterns) . AUTHENTIC SCOTCH PLAIDS BY BIRGE
no date c. 1925? Full color sample book. Folio, 48p., showing 24 double page bright and boldly colored patterns, metal spiral binding with cloth spine. Unusual in that all the wallpapers are reproductions of authentic Scotch plaids and each design is accompanied by a page of text identifying the clan and giving some interesting information about the clan.Good plus, lightly toned throughout, light cover wear. (a87728)
$75.00 (William Clarke) Firth, C. H. (editor) . THE CLARKE PAPERS. SELECTIONS FROM THE PAPERS OF WILLIAM CLARKE - VOLUME IV
NY 1901 Longmans Green. Edited by Firth. Clarke was Secretary to the Council of the Army 1647-1649 and to General Monck and the Commanders of the Army in Scotland 1651-1660. Hardcover. Square octavo, 331pp., purple cloth. VG plus, a few pages as yet uncut. Volume IV only. (a87740)
$95.00 Chambers, William and Robert . CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL NEW SERIES, VOLUME IV NOS 79-104 JULY - DECEMBER 1845
Edinburgh 1845 Chambers. 26 issues bound in one volume. Hardcover. 4to., 416p., original yellow end papers,brown embossed cloth. Many fascinating articles: Two Days in Warwickshire, Visit to a Private Asylum for the Insane of the Higher Classes, Club LIfe, Autobiography of Dr. Zschokke, A Tale of Sioux Indians by Percy St. John, etc. Good, light cover wear. Binding secure. No ownership marks. (a88321)
$45.00Wesenberg-Lund, C. . A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE LAKES OF SCOTLAND AND DENMARK
1906. first edition. Article removed from the Proceedings of Royal Society of Edinburgh vol XXV part I. , pp. 401-448 with two plates and rebound in later wraps. VG. clean; no ownership marks. (a89276)
$35.00Buchanan, George Cunningham . THE PORT OF DUNDEE
London 1902. first edition. Article and discussion on pp. 1-39 with 2 foldout plates and 7 text illustrations . Removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Volume CXLIX and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a89287)
$45.00 Mackenzie, Donald A . THE SCOTTISH PORK TABOO
Manchester 1923 first edition. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, vol 66, April 30, 1923. One plate and one text figure. Internally near Fine, cover Good with fraying on cover edges and light spine wear. no ownership marks. (a89584)
$29.00 Paton, Noel and Leonard Findlay . CHILD LIFE INVESTIGATIONS POVERTY, NUTRITION & GROWTH STUDIES OF CHILD LIFE IN CITIES AND RURAL DISTRICTS OF SCOTLAND
London 1926 first edition HMSO. octavo wraps. Special Report no. 101. 333p. vi. Several medical society stamp on cover and blind stamp on titlepage. Good, light toning of text; light cover wear. Binding secure. (a89834)
$34.00