LAWSON (Roderick)MareMagnum
3.445 Ergebnisse
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.
First edition, 8vo, xxiv, 185, [1]pp., six coloured plates, inner hinges a little shaken, orig. publishers brown cloth, decorated in gilt, some light wear.
First edition, 8vo, viii, 107, [1]pp., frontis., bookplate to front endpaper, orig. publishers red cloth, decorated in gilt and blind.
First edition, 8vo, vi, 75, [1]pp., bookplate to front endpapers, orig. publishers red cloth, decorated in gilt and blind, covers lightly stained.
First edition, 8vo, xvi, 382pp., some light foxing, orig. publishers blue cloth, gilt, a nice copy.
First edition, 8vo, xvi, 641pp., some light foxing, orig. publishers brown cloth, rebacked with partial orig. spine laid-down, a good copy. Provenance: Presentation inscription to Capt. Gill of Calderwood Castle.
First edition, small 4to, xii, 136, [2]pp., 18 plates (7 coloured), orig. full vellum binding, lettered in gilt, some light spotting and small nick to spine.
First edition, 8vo, xviii, 184, [2]pp., frontis., 8 plates, orig. publishers blue cloth, decorated in gilt and silver, a nice copy.
First edition, 4to, 125pp., foreword signed by the author in ink, numerous illustrs., orig. publishers quarter blue morocco, blue cloth boards, gilt, spine faded otherwise a nice copy. Provenance: With a tipped-in A.L.s of presentation from the author to Mr. Harris, "I send you a copy of the centenary history of the Q.O.R.G.Y.... It was a very restricted edition and very few libraries have a copy..."
First edition, 4to, [10], iv, 255, [1]pp., 11 plates, some occasional light spotting, orig. publishers red cloth, gilt, spine faded, uncut, t.e.g.
First edition, 4to, viii, 283pp., 9 plates, orig. publishers red cloth, decorated in silver and gilt, spine faded, head and foot a little frayed.
First edition, 4to, viii, 238pp., 28 plates, 28 plates, orig. publishers red cloth, lettered in gilt, a very good copy.
First edition, 4to, viii, 140pp., one of 100 numbered copies, coloured frontispiece, 16 plates, orig. publishers blue cloth, gilt, small indent to fore-edge of boards otherwise a nice copy. A rare privately printed regimental history. Provenance: With the bookplate of the Marquess of Linlithgow, signed in ink, 1910.