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1823réf. 25421np 1823. 3pp. 1 vols. Folio. Later cloth. 3pp. 1 vols. Folio. unknown books
1844réf. 019816London Edinburgh & Glasgow: A. Fullarton & Co @1844. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing to a few plates but most plates clean. Rubbing to spine edges and corners. Very Good. Two small folio 8-1/2" x 10-5/8" volumes bound in half brown morocco leather and cloth with matching leather corners gilt-decorated and lettered spines marbled edges. Illustrated with a steel-engraved title page and 79 steel-engraved views. Apparently lacking the printed title page and half-title page A. Fullarton & Co hardcover books
1839réf. 001823London: George Virtue 1839. Hardcover. Scattered foxing but most plates clean. Spine worn some splitting joints but covers tight. Overall Very Good. W. H. Bartlett. Two quarto 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" volumes bound in one full gilt-decorated morocco leather volume. Illustrated with two steel-engaved title pages three portraits and 84 engraved views and engravings after paintings. Many of the engravings are views by W. H. Bartlett. There is no printed title page though there are two engraved title pages. No information could be found for this particular title which is similar to Wilson's book issued the next year. George Virtue hardcover books
1821réf. 221500Edinburgh: William Blackwood 1821. First Editions of both First and Second Series. 2 vols. 8vo. Original boards paper spine labels. Spine chipped joints shaky else Very Good. First Editions of both First and Second Series. 2 vols. 8vo. William Blackwood unknown books
1633réf. 836821633. Scottish Acts 1633 Scotland. Statutes. Charles I 1600-1649 King of Scotland. The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles By the Grace of God King of Great Britaine France And Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Holden by Himselfe Present in Person With His Three Estates At Edinburgh Upon the Twentie Eight Day of Iune Anno Domini 1633. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young 1633. 66 10 pp. Folio 10" x 6-1/2". Modern boards with some staining but usable. Pencil annotations to table of acts. A good copy for its age. $350. A collection of 31 acts passed by the first Scottish parliament of Charles I with tables listing each act and the titles of 176 unprinted private acts. Many acts deal with property tithes and royal revenue crucial issues during this period. English Short-Title Catalogue S116972. unknown books
1818réf. 727991818. Three Sons of a Jacobite Hero Tried for Abduction and Assault Trials. Scotland. M'Gregor James Defendant. M'Gregor Duncan Defendant. M'Gregor Robert Defendant d.1755. MacGregor Rob Roy bap.1671-1734. The Trials of James Duncan and Robert M'Gregor Three Sons of the Celebrated Rob Roy Before the High Court of Justiciary in the Years 1752 1753 and 1754. To which is Prefixed a Memoir Relating to the Highlands With Anecdotes of Rob Roy and His Family. Edinburgh: Printed by J. Hay and Co. 1818. cxxix 244 pp. Octavo 6-3/4" x 4". Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards blind fillets to calf edges blind stamping and gilt fillets and title to spine. Moderate rubbing to boards with a faint stain to upper corners rubbing and some wear to extremities joints starting at head corners bumped some offsetting to endleaves bookplate of Alexander C. Renton dated July 1823 to front pastedown early owner signature of Robert Campbell to head of title page. Light toning to interior light soiling in a few places some leaves torn along fore-edge without loss to text. $350. Only edition. After abducting Jean Key Wright a nineteen-year-old widow James forced her to marry him and then sexually assaulted her. He was tried for the abduction and the assault and his brothers were tried as accomplices; all were found guilty. James fearing the death penalty escaped prison while awaiting sentence. Duncan an attorney was disbarred. Robert was executed. The trial drew public attention because the three were sons of Rob Roy a Jacobite outlaw and folk hero. Robert Campbell d.1852 one of this book's former owners was a Scottish military officer. He passed this book down to his son Alexander Campbell Renton 1812-1839. unknown books
1794réf. 752691794. Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session Scotland. Court of Session. Dalrymple Sir David 1726-1792 Compiler. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session From the Institution of the College of Justice In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: s.n. 1794. iv 18 42 pp. Quarto 10" x 8-1/4". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning light foxing to a few leaves small penciled "24" to foot of title page internally clean. $450. Second expanded edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters Dalrymple Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet of Hailes was an advocate judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session covering the period from 1532-1793. First published in 1767 it was revised and expanded again in 1798. All editions are scarce. OCLC locates 2 copies of the second edition in North America 1 in a law library Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue T62289. unknown books
1767réf. 738931767. Edinburgh: Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. Edinburgh: Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. Dalrymple's Biographies of the Lords of Session Scotland. Court of Session. Dalrymple Sir David 1726-1792 Compiler. A Catalogue of the Lords of Session From the Institution of the College of Justice In the Year 1532. With Historical Notes. Edinburgh: Printed by Sands Murray and Cochram 1767. iv 17 1; 26 pp. Quarto 10" x 7-3/4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent buckram gilt title to spine edges rouged. Minor bubbling to rear board hinges reinforced. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing mostly to margins light soiling in a few places somewhat heavier to title page and final leaf light creasing to margins of a few leaves. Ownership signature "David Brown" and early annotation to title page additional ownership inscription "Geo: Martin- from a friend-" to head of p. 1 later and early manuscript corrections and additions some quite extensive in a few places affected by trimming on p. 22 of the second section only. $450. First edition. An important figure in Scottish law and letters Dalrymple Lord Hailes 3rd Baronet of Hailes was an advocate judge and historian. The present work is one of the earliest comprehensive biographies of the members of the Court of Session. It was revised and expanded twice in 1794 and 1798. The annotations and corrections to our copy mostly to the Catalogue both follow the pasted-in errata slip and add some 39 names from 1775-1816. OCLC locates 4 copies of the first edition in law libraries Harvard Yale University of Cincinnati University of Virginia. English Short-Title Catalogue T117992. unknown books
1757réf. 739411757. Decisions of the Court of Session 1735-1796 Scotland. Court of Session. Decisions of the Court of Session From the Month of November MDCCXXXV. Edinburgh: Printed by G. Hamilton & J. Balfour 1757. ii 2 216 pp. Lacking second part pp. 217-460 covering decisions from 1739-1744. With Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1792 to July 1793. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1794. ii 155 1 9 3 pp. With an appendix and index. Complete. And Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1794 to July 1795. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1796. ii 293-434 2 2 pp. With an appendix and index. Complete. Publisher advertisement to verso of title page. And Davidson Robert Compiler. Douglas David Compiler. Decisions of the Court of Session From November 1792-July 1796. By Appointment of the Faculty of Advocates. Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute 1798. ii 435-538; 13-23 25 pp. Lacking first parts pp. 1-434 covering decisions from 1792-1795 and corresponding portion of appendix. Publisher advertisements to final leaf. Folio 13-1/2" x 8". Together four items housed in attractive 14-1/4" x 8-3/4" quarter imitation morocco clamshell case with raised bands and lettering pieces to spine. Original plain wrappers item 4: recent wrappers edges untrimmed items 2 and 3 have contrasting paper spines with printed labels. Light soiling to wrappers spines of items 2 and 3 worn spine ends abraded. Light toning occasional light soiling and spotting a few cracks to text blocks all leaves secure minor worming to last quarter of item 1 without loss to legibility. $450. The Court of Session is Scotland's supreme civil court. The Faculty of Advocates is a body of advocates lawyers admitted to practice in the courts of Scotland. Primarily issued in parts the decisions included here span time frames from 1735-1739 1792-1793 1794-1795 and 1795-1796 with the Court's term lasting from June to November. The first compilation presumably the first of two parts has been attributed by some to Lord Kames 1696-1782 the leading Scott. unknown books
1832réf. 729711832. Executed after a Failed Insurrection Trial. Scotland. Mackenzie Peter 1799-1875. Wilson James Defendant 1760-1820. The Trial of James Wilson For High Treason With an Account of His Execution at Glasgow September 1820 Etc. Etc. Now Respectfully Submitted to the Consideration of the Reformers of Glasgow By Their Faithful and Devoted Servant The Exposer of the Spy System &c. &c. Glasgow: Printed and Published by Muir Gowans & Co. 1832. 48 pp. 3 parts in one with continuous pagination. Octavo 8" x 5". Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light toning more moderate to pp. 17-32 light foxing and soiling in a few places. $450. Only edition issued first as three parts and then a composite edition. Wilson a Scottish radical and would-be revolutionary led a march on Glasgow after being fed information by British government spies who claimed that England was in the midst of an insurrection and that the French were assisting the rebels. This was not the case and upon his return Wilson was arrested and executed in August of 1820. Mackenzie was a journalist who wrote about the British infiltration of radical networks. OCLC locates 11 copies of this title 4 in North America Harvard Princeton New York Public Library Queens University. Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature 27585. unknown books
1617réf. 776191617. A Milestone in Scottish Economic History Scotland. Statutes. James VI 1566-1625 King of Scotland. The XXII Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraine James be the Grace God King of Scotland England France And Ireland: Defender of the Fatih sic &c. Halden be His M at Edinburgh The 28 day of June 1617. With Advise of the Estates of this Realme Drop-Head Title. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason 1617. 20 ff. Bound with The Act Anent the Setling of Measures and Weghts Concluded at Edinburgh the 19 Day of Februar 1618 Yeeres. By the Commissioners Having Power to Doe the Same by Act of Parliament Made the Twentie Eight Day of Iune 1617 Drop-Head Title. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason 1618. Folio 10-3/4" x 6-1/2"; 27 x 16.5 cm. Recent quarter calf over marbled boards blind fillets to calf edges gilt fillets and title to spine endpapers added. Moderate toning to interior light browning to margins woodcut head-piece of Fol. 1 affected by trimming along fore-edge small ink spots and spark burns to a few leaves. $500. A collection of 41 public acts with a table bound to an important 1618 act to reform the Scottish system of weights and measures. This work represents a milestone in Scottish economic history. It documents the formal establishment and standardization of uniform weights and measures throughout the Kingdom of Scotland including standardizing the ell stone pint and firlot under royal commission. English Short-Title Catalogue S122277 S122309. unknown books
1621réf. 776171621. A Session with Two Significant Acts Scotland. Statutes. James VI 1566-1625 King of Scotland. Hay Sir John 1578-1654 Editor. The XXIII Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraine Iames by the Grace of God King of Scotland England France and Ireland: Defender of the faith; &c. Halden at Edinburgh The 4. Day of August 1621. By the Noble and Potent Lord James Marquis of Hamilton Earle of Arrane And Cambridge; Lord Aven And Innerdail &c.: Commissioner appointed for Halding of the Said Parliament By Virtue of His Majesties Commission Granted to Him Under the Great Seale of This Kingdome: With the Speciall Advise Consent and Assent of the Estates of This Realme. Extracted Foorth of the Registers and the Bookes of the Acts of Parliament of this Kingdome of Scotland By Sir George Hay Of Kinfawns Knight: Clerke of His Maiesties Counsell Register And Rolles. Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas Finlason His Maiesties Printer 1633. ii 34 ff. Woodcut portrait of James VI and royal arms to verso of title page. Folio 10-3/4" x 6-3/4". Recent quarter calf over marbled boards blind fillets to calf edges gilt fillets and title to spine endpapers added. Moderate toning to interior light browning to margins woodcut head-pieces of title page and Fol. 1 affected by trimming along fore-edges small ink spots and spark burns to a few leaves. $500. A collection of 33 public acts with tables listing each act and the titles of 87 unprinted private acts. Two of the public acts are significant: the ratification of the Five Articles of Perth which introduced aspects of Anglican ceremony to the Church of Scotland and a tax on interest payments. English Short-Title Catalogue S121967. unknown books
1858réf. 188671858. BLACKWOOD MAGAZINE. Tales of Blackwood. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1858-61. Twelve volumes. Small octavo later three-quarter black calf raised bands elaborately gilt-decorated spines marbled boards speckled edges. $600.Finely bound set of stories and essays from ÒBlackwoodÕs Magazine.ÓWilliam BlackwoodÕs ÒmagaÓ first issued in 1817 was one of the leading political and literary journals of Victorian England. The mouthpiece of the Scottish Tory Party it also published George EliotÕs first stories. Marbled boards lightly rubbed. A beautiful set in nearly fine condition. hardcover books
1826réf. 24587Edinburgh: Printed for W. and C. Tait by W. Aitken; Printed by George Ramsay for Archibald Constable and Company 1826. First editions. Only 120 copies were printed of the last work according to a contemporary manuscript note. Handcolored initial on frontispiece engravings engraving at the back of the second work. Frontispiece of the third volume loose. 3 vols. 8vo. Uniformly bound in brown calf spine decorated in blind and gilt with arabesque lozenge on each cover from the library of William Gordon of Fybie with bookplate. Spines and joints quite rubbed upper joints starting some offsetting or spotting mostly at front and back else a very attractive work in a brown cloth box. First editions. Only 120 copies were printed of the last work according to a contemporary manuscript note. Handcolored initial on frontispiece engravings engraving at the back of the second work. Frontispiece of the third volume loose. 3 vols. 8vo. Printed for W. and C. Tait by W. Aitken; Printed by George Ramsay for Archibald Constable and Company unknown books
1776réf. 725741776. A Fine Example of a Manuscript Precedent Style Book Edinburgh 1776 Manuscript. Scotland. A Collection of the Stiles of Personal Rights and Diligence. Personal and Real. Volume I. Edinburgh 1776. 355 4 pp. With an index. Quarto 8" x 6-1/4"; 20.3 x 15.9 cm. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands gilt fillets lettering piece reading "Stiles" and contemporary paper hand-lettered shelf label to spine. Moderate rubbing and a few ink spots to boards joints starting at head light creasing to spine rubbing to extremities with notable wear to spine ends board edges and corners which are bumped front and rear endleaves lacking along with final index leaf. Text in attractive clear hand. Light toning light foxing and stains from pressed flora in a few places. $650. A neatly organized precedent or style book with text copied from various contemporary Scottish and English sources. The designation of "Volume I" and paper spine label suggest this manuscript was part of a set of volumes used in a law office. Topics covered in this book include land law bonds assignation and inheritance. The index contains entries from "Adjudication" to "Suspension. unknown books
1917réf. 18824London: Hodder and Stoughton 1917. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good. The elusive 1917 1st edition IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG "Royal Midland Counties Home for Incurables" stamp on the front free endpaper in a bright VG example of the scarce dustjacket with light chipping at the spine ends including 1" of loss to the foot of the spine and light spotting and soiling to the panels. Still though very presentable and uncommon as such. Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
1827réf. 66800Perth: printed by Crerar and Son 1827. 12mo pp. 295 1; largely unopened; original brown paper-covered boards red paper shelfback printed paper label on spine Forbes clan coat of arms "Grace me Guide" stamped on the upper board; spine sunned edges rubbed inscription on title page reading "Ruth Forbes One Hund. & Seventy six" light toning to a couple of leaves and the occasional very light spotting very good. Includes dissertations on the life and writings of James I the Scots language and Scottish music. Much of the book is taken up with his best-known poem the King's Quair nearly 1400 lines which was "composed by him while he was a prisoner in the castle of Windsor upon the Lady Jane a princess of the blood royal of England to whom he was afterwards espoused" preface. The boards on the book are slight and appear recycled. John Price notes that his copy in boards reuses "discarded leaves for a temporary binding. printed by Crerar and Son unknown books
1721réf. 792951721. Rare Pamphlet Outlining "A Project for Retrieving Credit" Bankruptcy. Scotland. The Cry of the Creditors upon Bankrupt Estates in Scotland Renewed; Containing a Project for Retrieving Credit And Advancing Trade By Preventing Tedious Law-Suits: Again Addressed to the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session Members of Parliament And all Scotsmen. Edinburgh: Printed by the Successors of Andrew Anderson 1721. 24 pp. 12mo. 6" x 4"; 15.2 x 10.2 cm. Disbound stab-stitched pamphlet. Light browning some soiling to exterior margins trimmed closely with loss to page numbers and words on a few leaves legibility not affected. $750. This urgent early 18th-century economic tract offers a remarkable window into the systemic financial distress gripping Scotland. The anonymous author soundly illustrates the scale of the crisis noting that over the preceding forty years "almost the Fourth Part of all the Estates in Scotland had Changed Masters or Proprietors through their becoming bankrupt." To remedy this economic paralysis the author proposes a radical overhaul of Scottish bankruptcy law and debt collection procedures. By streamlining legal mechanisms and "preventing tedious law-suits" the project aims to unlock frozen assets protect desperate creditors and ultimately revive a stagnant merchant trade. The publication of this pamphlet in 1721 is highly significant. It was printed in the immediate chaotic aftermath of the collapse of the South Sea Company in late 1720. Popularly known as the "South Sea Bubble" this historic event was the world's first global financial crash. The speculative bubble ruined thousands of investors across Great Britain devastated credit markets and triggered a wave of high-profile bankruptcies. This tract represents a direct localized Scottish response to that imperial financial catastrophe capturing the desperation of creditors trying to salvage what remained of their fortunes. This pamphlet is of the utmost rarity. A single copy is located globally between the OCLC and the English Short-Title Catalogue housed at the National Library of Scotland. It is notably absent from the premier economic collections of the period. Not in Goldsmiths.' English Short-Title Catalogue T192280. unknown books
1701réf. 705511701. A Seventeenth-Century Scottish "Case Book": A Key Precursor to Modern Legal Education Scotland. Court of Session. Vallange John Editor. A Collection of Decisions Of the Lords of Council and Session In Two Parts. The First Contains Decisions From July 1661 To July 1666. Observ'd by Sir John Gilmour of Craigmiller President of the Colledge of Justice. The Second Part Contains Decisions from November 1681 To January 1686. Observ'd by Sir David Falconer of Newton President of the Colledge of Justice. Never Before Publish'd. Revised and Corrected According to the Most Authentick Manuscript Copies And Augmented with a Table of the Names of the Pursuer and Defender; And with a Table of the Matter Containing not Only the Determination of the Lords in the Cause But also the Positions of Law Made Use of in the Pleading Which May Serve for an Alphabetical Compend. As Likeways the Acts of Sederunt from 1681 to 1691. And Continued to 1696. With an Indice of the Same Acts. Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson For John Vallange Book-Seller 1701. 8 2 136 18; ii 80 16; ii 32; 15 3 pp. Three parts each with individual title page pagination and index. Copyright slip pasted to front endleaf two errata slips pasted to rear free endpaper. Quarto 8-1/4" x 6-3/4"; 21 x 17.1 cm. 8 2 136 18; 2 80 16; 2 32; 15 3 pp. Three parts bound in one volume each with its own title page pagination and index. Includes the original copyright slip pasted to the front endleaf and two errata slips pasted to the rear free endpaper. Contemporary mottled calf professionally rebacked in period-style plain calf with raised bands blind rules to boards and a gilt title label. Board edges lightly rubbed; corners bumped. Internal contents show moderate uniform toning with scattered light foxing. The final index leaf of Part I is partially detached with moderate edge wear and minor chipping not affecting legibility. Overall a clean sturdy and well-preserved copy. $750. This rare collection offers an invaluable window into Restoration-era Scots Law compiling decisions reported by two prominent Presidents of the College of Justice: Sir John Gilmour of Craigmillar 1605-1671 and Sir David Falconer of Newton 1623-1685. Beyond its utility as a law report this work is historically significant as an ea. unknown books
1611réf. 750661611. Edinburgh: Printed be Thomas Finlason 1611. Edinburgh: Printed be Thomas Finlason 1611. Scottish Acts from 1600-1609 Scotland. Skene John 1543-1617 Compiler. The Lawes and Acts of Parliament Made be the Most Excellent and Mightie King and Monarch James be the Grace of God King of Great Britane France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Since His Maiesties XV. Parliament the XIX Day of December 1597. Collected Revised and Extracted Foorth of the Register of his H. Kingdome of Scotland. With ane Table of the Principall Matters Conteined Therein. Edinburgh: Printed be Thomas Finlason 1611. i 40 2 ff. Folio 10-1/2" x 6-1/2"; 26.7 x 16.5 cm. Recent quarter calf over marbled boards blind fillets to calf edges gilt fillets and title to spine endpapers renewed. Light rubbing and slight fading to spine. Light toning to interior light soiling and very light foxing in a few places very light edgewear to first few leaves tear to bottom-edge of f. 16 not affecting text early annotations to ff. 17-19. $750. Only edition. This single-volume collection of Scottish statutes acts as a direct continuation of Sir John Skene's landmark 1597 compilation The Lawes and Actes of Parliament. Printed in Edinburgh by Thomas Finlason-who succeeded Robert Waldegrave as King's Printer-this work codifies the primary legislation passed during a critical transitional era in British legal history. The volume captures the sixteenth through twentieth Parliaments of King James VI of Scotland 1600-1609 a period spanning his accession to the English throne as James I in 1603 and his relocation to London. Contains key acts restoring and regulating the Episcopal hierarchy in Scotland reflecting James VI's effort to align Scottish ecclesiastical governance more closely with the Church of England. Features the notable "Act Against Skandalous Speeches and Lybels" highlighting the Crown's stringent control over public discourse sedition and political dissent during the Union of the Crowns. Compiled by Sir John Skene of Currie Clerk Register and prominent legal antiquary whose official revisions standardized public access to statutory law in early modern Scotland. The annotations to our copy are brief glosses. English Short-Title Catalogue S116978. unknown books
1873réf. 46421Kirkwall Orkney Scotland 1873. Paper wrappers. A near fine copy. 56 pp. 4to. A rare daily diary from April 14th 1873 to January 27th 1874 detailing the weather storms the growing of crops cattle shipments plantings the comings & goings of the islanders of ships some large mostly smaller Reaper class to & from Inverness Edinburgh Wales and beyond including the author's trip to Edinburgh concerning the author's acceptance as clerk treasurer and officer of the board of the church. The journal ends with his note that he "must down to Kara Are of Kara and brake the sad news to his sister about a death.and followed by "moderate wind with a slight drizzling rain." A wealth of information on a remote area of the Orkney Islands. unknown books
1891réf. 2638Various locations in Missouri: May to June 1891. Very good. 54pp. rectos only. Small quarto. Contemporary limp dark brown leather thin gilt borders and gilt lining on spine. Minor wear spine head a bit tender. Clean internally. An interesting collection of observations on American business politics and more from the standpoint of a Scottish lawyer and businessman working in the American Midwest in 1891. According to an 1891 Scottish directory George D. Ballingall was one of three partners in Fraser Stodart and Ballingall of 16 Castle Street in Edinburgh which matches the address he records on the front free endpaper of the present diary. Ballingall and his partners were managing secretaries for a few companies including the Missouri Land and Live Stock Company Limited which provides easy justification for why he was visiting Missouri here. Ballingall himself is listed in the same directory as a member of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet a private society of notable Scottish solicitors. The present diary covers Ballingall's time in various locations in Missouri in May and June 1891. He discusses politics real estate farming mining prospects and most intensely the law. He records his experiences in St. Louis Joplin Pierce City and other locations visiting mines taking meetings and providing consultations gathering his own legal advice and more. Ballingall devotes the last several pages of the diary to various legal acts in the Missouri legislature and ponders how they will affect his business interests in the state the affairs of corporations foreign reporting requirements and so forth. He also discusses the evergreen topic involving the struggle between federal and state powers. He concludes by discussing how Missouri farmers organized as did the farmers in Kansas and how this new faction of the "people's party" controls the legislature now. May to June unknown books
1826réf. 229498Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood Edinburgh: and T. Cadell Strand London 1826. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half red morocco preserving nineteenth-century marbled boards. Fine. Second edition of the first two Letters First edition of the Third Letter. 60; 86 2 blank; 39 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "In this series of 'Letters' defending the issuance of Scottish banknotes Scott benefits from his work on Swift by patterning the Malachi Malagrowther letters on Swift's Drapier's Letters" Todd & Bowden p. 621. "In February 1826 there may have been a degree of calculation in Scott's entering the debate on a government measure introduced to deal with the economic crisis which would have restricted the rights of the Scottish banks to issue their own notes but Scott represented it as a nationalist issue 'the late disposition to change every thing in Scotland to an English model' Journal 94. In February and March he wrote three letters to the editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal in which he used the currency issue as an exemplum for the larger tendency. The letters caused a sensation. Ministerial friends were very angry but withdrew the measure. The banks were grateful; taking a lead from his old rival in love William Forbes they agreed to the creation of a trust for the settling of Scott's debts and The Letters of Malachi Malagrowther as the letters are now known is recognized as a classic in political argument" DNB. A complete set uncommon. Todd & Bowden 186Ac 187Ac 188Ab. Kress III C1778 C1781 C1784 Printed by James Ballantyne and Company for William Blackwood, Edinburgh: and T. Cadell, Strand, London unknown books
1641réf. 729301641. Edinburgh: 1641-1649. 6 titles in 1 book. Edinburgh: 1641-1649. 6 titles in 1 book. Acts of Charles I and II 1640-1649 Scotland. The Acts Made in the Second Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles By the Grace of God King of Scotland England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Holden at Edinburgh in the Severall Sessions Thereof According to the Dates Therein Mentioned. Acts Past and Done in This Present Session of Parliament The Eleventh of June 1640. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler 1641. 160 20 pp. Bound with Five Other Volumes of Acts Covering June 4-July 29 1644 November 3 1646-March 27 1647 March 2 1648-June 10 1648 January 4 1649-March 16 1649 and May 23 1649-August 7 1649 Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler 1644-1649. Folio 10" x 6-1/4". Recent period-style calf blind fillets and corner fleurons to boards gilt-edged raised bands gilt-stamped decoration to compartments and lettering piece to spine edges rouged. A few small scuffs and scratches to boards larger scratch to rear board light rubbing to extremities corners lightly bumped. Moderate toning to interior trimming to head and foot with slight loss to running title and catchwords in a few places but no loss to legibility occasional faint dampstaining with no loss to legibility light soiling in a few places gutter of leaf N1 pp. 145-146 of first title and fore-edge of leaf A2 pp. 1-2 of fifth title mended small tears to edges of folding table which is mended on verso small hole to text block of final three leaves without loss to legibility. An appealing volume. $1000. First collected editions. This volume contains Scottish acts from 1640-1649 spanning the reigns of Charles I and II and the first and second English Civil Wars. English Short-Title Catalogue R33336 R12952 R11735 R21983 R19064 R19030. unknown books
1633réf. 775121633. A Volume of Scottish Acts 1633-1649 With a Notable Australian Association Scotland. Statutes. Charles I 1600-1649 King of Scotland. The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles By the Grace of God King of Great Britaine France And Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. Holden by Himselfe Present in Person With His Three Estates At Edinburgh Upon the Twentie Eight Day of Iune Anno Domini 1633. Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young 1633. 66 10 pp. Bound with 7 Volumes of Acts of Charles I and II. Edinburgh: Printed by Evan Tyler second volume printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler 1641-1649. Folding table of consanguinity and affinity lacking from 7th volume Acts Done and Past in the Third Session of the Second Triennall Parliament. 1649. Folio 10-1/2" x 6-1/2". Contemporary speckled calf blind rules to boards raised bands and blind fillets to spine lettering piece lacking gilt tooling to board edges. Light rubbing and a few minor nicks scratches and stains to boards front board starting at head but secure chipping to head of spine moderate rubbing to joints spine ends and corners which are bumped pastedowns loose and lightly soiled upper outside corner of rear pastedown lacking later armorial bookplate of John Adrian Louis Hope 7th Earl of Hopetoun to inside of front board faint offsetting to endleaves. Moderate toning to interior light soiling faint staining and tiny spark burns in a few places corners of several leaves folded and untrimmed clean tear to gutter of leaf C4 pp. 21-22 of third work affecting text without loss to legibility ink staining to title page of sixth work mended tears to leaves Q1-2 of seventh work with loss to text early ink marks and one brief annotation to a few leaves recent pencil annotations to title pages. $1200. These volumes of Scottish acts cover the tumultuous reign of Charles I and the beginning of the reign of Charles II touching on important topics such as military affairs religious practice and freedom or lack thereof and the complex relationship between Scotland and England. Hope 1860-1908 was an English statesman who served as the first governor-general of Australia 1901-1902. Before that he was Governor of Victoria 1889-1895. English Short-Title Cat. unknown books
