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19608vo., with plates and endpaper maps; red cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, yellow top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright, crisp reissue of a Morton title first published in 1933. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19108vo., 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.
19658vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; purple cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities.
19632 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, many full-page and smaller illustrations, plans and diagrams in the text, and 2 large folding maps in pocket at end of second volume, free endpapers lightly spotted; green cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference.
19934to., First Edition, with photographs in the text; black cloth, gilt back, grey endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19188vo., First Edition, with mounted coloured frontispiece, title in red and black, 11 mounted coloured plates and two plates in monochrome, endpapers mildly browned; original red buckram, gilt back, uncut, backstrip lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Covers 2nd Dragoons, Royal Scots Greys, Scots Guards, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), Royal Scots Fusiliers, KOSB, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 90th Perthshire Light Infantry.
19848vo., Second Impression, with illustrations and numerous maps (a number folding); green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19498vo., Sixteenth Edition, with sepia-toned frontispiece, 21 fine sepia-toned plates (10 double-page) and endpaper maps, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, covers mildly age-faded else a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A difficult Morton title to find in the dustwrapper. First published in 1933.
18944to., First and Sole Edition thus, on laid paper, with a frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, and a fine double-page facsimile, parallel text in Latin and English, free endpapers browned (as usual), frontispiece and facsimile lightly spotted; original series binding of olive green cloth, blocked in blind, club badge blocked in gilt on front board, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 525 NUMBERED COPIES. New Spalding Club, publication no. 12. With the club's Seventh Report by Council (1893) and list of members (to 30 June 1894) bound in at end. Hector Boethius [or Boece] (1465-1536), first principal of the University of Aberdeen, is known for two important works of medieval Scottish history: the 'Historia Gentis Scotorum' (Paris, 1527) and his earlier Lives of the Bishops of Murthlack and Aberdeen (Paris, 1522). Of the latter work, a facsimile text in the original Latin was issued by the Bannatyne Club (publication no. 11) in 1825. The present edition remains the sole published transliteration. Moir was Co-Rector of Aberdeen Grammar School. Read 3742.
20008vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
19758vo., First Edition, with plates; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers just a trifle faded else a near fine copy. SCARCE.
19698vo., First Edition, with plates and double-page map in the text; original series binding of blue tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, blue top, a very good, bright,clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON TITLE VERSO.
19718vo., First Edition, with plates and 2 folding maps (one coloured in outline) in pocket at end; green cloth, gilt back, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19478vo., 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.
18928vo., First Edition; blue cloth, boards framed in blind, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, boards very lightly age-marked else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 125 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THIS COPY NO. 34).
1950Sm. 8vo., with coloured map as frontispiece, plates, and 2 folding coloured maps; original red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy. With front and rear endpaper trade advertisements, and 4pp of advertisements at front.
18832 vols., [of 3], roy. 8vo., First Edition, HEAVILY CORRECTED AND ANNOTATED IN MS THROUGHOUT; red faux-morocco cloth, sides framed and lettered 'PRESS COPY' in gilt, gilt backs, green endpapers, expertly rebacked to style with old backstrips laid down, both very good, bright, clean copies. EDITION LIMITED TO 150 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 47). WITH THE AUTHOR'S SEPARATE PRESENTATION CERTIFICATE NUMBERED AND COMPLETED IN MS (Certificate lightly frayed at edges). THIS COPY IS PRESENTED BY THE EARL OF SEAFIELD [the author's son] TO THE HON. JAMES OGILVIE GRANT OF GRANT. Tragically, this copy is wanting the first volume. It is unclear whether the copious amendments were made before or after presentation, but given the volume of revision it seems likely that they were made after scrutiny by the recipient. RARE AND POSSIBLY UNIQUE. Thomson p.73.
19478vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous fine plates in monochrome and front and rear endpaper maps on green stock; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at head. With splendid wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. Published in Batsford's notable 'The Face of Britain' series. First published in 1939. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
181812mo., text with some light and occasional underlining in red; plain contemporary wrappers, sewed as issued, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy oin wholly unrestored contemporary binding. Elegant copy of a scarce pamphlet more usually found contained within 'Miscellanea Scotica' (1818-1820). The Commissioners included John Marquis of Tweedale, William Earl of Annandale, John Lord Murray, Sir James Stewart, Adam Cockburn, Sir Archibald Hope, Sir William Hamilton, Sir James Ogilvie and Adam Drummond. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. See Davies 2952.
19568vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at head and tail of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by Peter Dunbar. Prebble's vivid retelling of the Tay Bridge disaster. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19058vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), title in red and black, and 74 fine coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present), free endpapers lightly spotted; blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, gilt top, uncut, a near fine copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Inman 71.
1984Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs, illustrations and charts throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. SCARCE. Blythman 196.
1996Roy. 8vo. First Edition, with frontispiece, map, and illustrations and tables in the text; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly rubbed dustwrapper.
18858vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title-vignette and numerous full-page facsimiles (all original tissue guards present) in the text; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt and blocked in black, gilt back, bevelled boards, uncut, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 352).
19938vo., Second Impression, with title-vignette, and very numerous illustrations and maps in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, maroon endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Donald Watson. First published in 1983.