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First Edition, with the circular stamp of the "Birmingham Law Society" on title, [2], 73, [1] pp., disbound. The charge preferred against Major Thomas Moncrieff of the Berwickshire Regiment of Militia, was "for not resisting immediately, and endeavouring, as far as in his power, to prevent, the outrage committed in the mess-room on the 30th January 1807; whereby a gross insult was offered, not only to the Major, but every officer present, contrary to his duty as an officer then commanding the regiment, and contrary to good order and military discipline." COPAC locates copies at the British Library, National Library of Scotland and Glasgow University.
First Edition, half-title, [2], 22 pp., a little dusty, disbound.
First Edition, half-title, [4], 84pp., disbound. In reply to the issue of 27 Dec. 1746 of 'Old England' and to Lord Mansfield's 'The Thistle'.
First Edition, no half-title, 33, [1] pp., disbound. Bill of April 7, 1747, enacted 20 Geo.ii.c.43.
Second Edition, half-title, [4], 5-24pp., disbound.
344pp., 16 portraits, orig. printed wrappers, 4,483 lots.
First Edition, 12mo, title lightly browned, [2], 28, [2] pp., later stiff marbled boards. The final leaf dated 27th November 1848.
21 numbers [all published], 12mo, stain on blank margin of I2, a few other scattered spots in the text, vi, [1], 4-248 pp., contemporary half calf, lacks spine. The Glasgow University and National Library of Scotland copies only on Copac.
First edition, [4], 288, 149, [1]pp., folding engraved map, Birmingham Law Society stamp on title, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco title label. The Appin Murder occurred on 14 May 1752 near Appin in the west of Scotland, and it resulted in what is often held to be a notorious miscarriage of justice. It occurred in the tumultuous aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745. The murder inspired events in Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped.
First edition, folio, [12], 270pp., limited to 375 numbered copies, title page printed in red and black with vignette at its centre, 20 photoengraved plates after the artwork of D. Y. Cameron, tissue guards, orig. green buckram decorated in blind and gilt, uncut, t.e.g. light rubbed otherwise a very nice copy.
4to, 10pp., frontis., 27 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers. Occasional Publications No. 1.
First edition, 8vo (227 x 142mm), x, 288pp., ex-library, copy, small library stamp on title and in a few places in the text, library morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt. Covers the provision for the poor in Scotland from the middle ages through to the mid-nineteenth century. Sections include: Acts against beggars and vagrants, gypsies. Parochial chargeablity. Overseers of the poor, correction houses, treatment of the poor. Parish schools and the Unions. Amounts paid to the poor. Emigration is seen as the remedy.
First edition, small 8vo (187 x 128 mm), 148pp., frontispiece, presentation inscription on upper blank margin of title, "To Mr. Jas. A. Morris from his old friend the Author.", 4pp. of advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, a nice copy.
First edition, 4to (325 x 255mm), [4], 96pp., portrait frontispiece of the library benefactor Sir Peter Coats, 5 full-page plates of the library and it's interior, orig. blind stamped cloth, bevelled edges, upper cover stamped in gilt, a.e.g
First edition, small 4to (208 x 165 mm), 46, [2]pp., one of 250 copies printed for private circulation, portrait frontis., cloth-backed boards, title lettered in gilt on upper board.
First edition, 4to (185 x 135mm), [12], 118, [2]pp., the first leaf is blank except for marginal rules and signature-mark "A", the last leaf is blank except for marginal rules, woodcut devices on title, new endpapers, recent full calf, gilt lettered red morocco label to spine. "On the accession of James I, Egerton was reappointed lord keeper and advanced to the peerage on 21 July 1603 as Baron Ellesmere, of Ellesmere in Shropshire (where he was given a large estate), but at the king's behest relinquished the rolls in favour of the Scottish lawyer Edward Bruce. On 24 July Egerton was appointed lord chancellor, relinquishing his position as lord keeper. He presided over the chancery and Star Chamber for another fourteen years, and also conducted a number of state trials, notably those of Sir Walter Ralegh (1603), and the gunpowder plotters (1605)."?(ODNB.) This speech took four hours to deliver and concerns the rights of Scots born after the accession of James I, the case concerns 'Robert Calvine, sonne and heire apparant of James L. Calvine of Colcrosse in the realme of Scotland.' - (pp.4-5). Provenance: Early signature of Davenport Talbot on A1. STC, 7540.
8vo, 56pp., first and last leaf a little stained and dust soiled, uncut. JISC locates a single copy at the University Aberdeen.
8vo, v, [iii], [5]-23, [1]pp., double-page engraved frontis., loose, orig. boards, hinges cracked, spine chipped, uncut.
First edition, 8vo, 56pp., disbound. William Aiton (1760-1847) of Strathaven was Sheriff Substitute for the Middle Ward in Lanarkshire, and was widely known as an authority "on all matters bearing on Scottish husbandry". He had the perception to observe that one of the major problems of the Scottish farmer was the cultivation of moss earth. JISC locates copies at the National Library of Scotland and the National Library of Wales only.
First Edition, [6], 97, [1], xxxpp., with half-title, engraved title with an engraved vignette drawn and engraved by W. H. Lizars, inscription on title "Jas. Hay 16 April 1821", date shaved from the imprint, large folding pedigree, disbound. "It will be seen, involves the question of the Male Representationship of the ancient Sovereigns and Princes of the isles; for whoever is Heir Male of Ranald of the Isles Founder of Clanranald, is also the Male Representative of his remote Ancestor Donald of the Isles, Grandson and Heir of Somerled first King of the Isles, after whom the Macdonalds are surnamed at the present day. It is well known that the descendants of Somerled (who lived in the 12th century) were Sovereign Princes, and treated as such by Foreign Powers."
First edition, small 8vo, 210pp., frontis., portrait, plates, orig. cloth, d.w.
First edition, 8vo (222 x 135 mm), 26pp., disbound. Scarce, ESTC gives 4 locations in the UK and 2 in North America. Rothamsted, p.137; Not in Perkins.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 448pp., 3 plates showing 15 photographic portraits, inner hinge a little shaken, orig. publishers green cloth, lettered in gilt.
First edition, small 4to, 416pp., 48 coloured plates, orig. publisers red cloth, decorated in gilt and blind, some minor wear.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 182pp., frontis., 22 plates (4 coloured), orig. publishers red cloth, gilt, spine faded otherwise a nice copy.