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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.
19148vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette, and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; oatmeal cloth, upper board lettered in black with mounted coloured illustration (not repeated in text), backstrip lettered in black, uncut, a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19298vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, and folding plan, tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper; grey cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed errata slip mounted on last leaf of Contents. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
18573 vols., 8vo., with 3 engraved frontispieces (original tissue guards present), engraved and printed titles, and 48 engraved plates and portraits, neat contemporary signature on title of first volume, later uniform signature on front free endpapers; attractively bound in contemporary navy half calf, blue cloth sides, backs with raised bands, second compartments with red leather labels lettered and ruled in gilt, third compartments lettered and numbered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, marbled edges, ivory endpapers, backstrips very lightly chafed at heads else a very good, bright, cleasn fresh copy. The front endpapers of the first volume carry extensive and relevant annotation in a neat scholarly hand. The frontispieces are (respectively) 'Stirling', 'Dunstaffnage' and 'Inverness'; the engraved titles 'Craigmillar Castle', 'Linlithgow' and 'Fort Augustus. Loch Ness', all by Miller after Turner. Essentially a popular history of Scotland, 'Tales of a Grandfather' was written by Scott for his grandson John Hugh Lockhart. First published between 1828 and 1830, the three Scottish volumes were later joined by a fourth volume (1831) covering France from Charlemagne to Louis XIV. The Scottish volumes are however, complete in themselves. A REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP, CLEAN SET IN WHOLLY UNRESTORED PERIOD BINDING. SCARCE THUS.
19878vo., First Edition, with coloured plates and numerous monochrome photographs in the text; burgundy cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With small personal book-label on front free endpaper. SCARCE.
19488vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and folding coloured map, free endpapers faintly browned, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1948Sm. 8vo., Seventh Edition, with coloured map as frontispiece, plates, and maps and plans (a number folding); original series binding of red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a near fine copy. With front and rear endpaper trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1912Sm. 8vo., Fifth Edition, with coloured map as frontispiece, plates, and maps and plans (a number folding); original series binding of red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy.` With front and rear endpaper trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1935Sm. 8vo., Ninth Edition, with coloured map as frontispiece, plates, and maps and plans (a number folding); original series binding of red cloth, covers and backstrip printed in black, radial corners, a near fine copy. With front and rear endpaper trade advertisements. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
4to, 29.7cm. Pp. 100, frontisp., 38 photos on 8 pls., 1 fold. map, 1 fold. pl. of column. sections, 1 fold. sheet of map and sections, 46 figs., bibl. Orig. wrs. Very good.