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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.
20108vo., First Edition, with numerous plates, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
1988Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrated title and numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
19848vo., First Edition, with illustrations and maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19668vo., First Edition, with photographs and maps; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol. XCVIII, Sessions 1964-65 and 1965-66. VERY SCARCE.
19303 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with 3 frontispieces (original tissue guards present), full-page facsimile, 2 full-page pedigrees and 13 maps in the text, and 12 large folding maps (a number coloured), tops and fore-edges lightly spotted; original green buckram, gilt backs, uncut, covers moderately age-marked and faded else a good, clean working set. Sold from an institution with its bookplates, pockets and stamps on front endpapers. The trilogy comprises: Vol. I: Blenheim (new impression, 1930); Vol. II: Ramillies and the Union with Scotland (first edition, 1932); Vol. III: The Peace and the Protestant Succession (first edition, 1934). A sound working set. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE.
19424to., 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.
20033 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispieces, illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial printed cloth, gilt backs, red endpapers, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-case lettered in gilt. FIRST ISSUE OF THE BOXED TRILOGY BY FOLIO SOCIETY. The set comprises 'Culloden' (1961; first FS edition 1996), 'The Highland Clearances' (1963; first FS edition 2003), 'Glencoe' (1966; first FS edition 1996). Often termed the Fire and Sword trilogy, this is the author's masterly account of the key event of the Jacobite Rebellion and the destruction of the traditional clan system. THIS THREE-VOLUME SET IN SLIP-CASE IS VERY SCARCE.
19628vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 33 plates (one double-page) on 22 and 3 full-page maps; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Battles' series.
19718vo., Sixth Impression thus, with title-vignette, 8 plates, and 2 full-page maps in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; green tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published by S&W in 1963. Second volume of Prebble's masterly trilogy of Scottish studies, following 'Culloden' (1961) and preceding 'Glencoe' (1966).
19633 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with plates and maps, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper of second and third volumes; cloth (red tweed/green tweed/black respectively), a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly creased and frayed at edges. The trilogy comprises 'Culloden' (1961; third impression 1963), 'The Highland Clearances' (1963; second impression 1963); 'Glencoe' (1966; third impression 1968). Often termed the Fire and Sword trilogy, this is the author's masterly account of the key event of the Jacobite Rebellion and the destruction of the traditional clan system. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19678vo., with photographs and large folding map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
