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1979rif. biblio568Brown covered boards with gilt lettering and design on the spine. Tight binding Unmarked text. Foxing. Cracks on outside Spine Gutters. An Authentic Replica of the First Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica originally published 1768-1771 Encyclopedia Britannica hardcover
rif. 18820no date. hardback. very good condition in cloth. hardcover
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1728rif. 50632hEdinburgh: Mr. Thomas Ruddiman 1728. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Contemporary full tooled Cambridge paneled calf with raised bands and burgundy gilt title label to spine. Some minor professional restoration to binding. Edges and endpapers mildly toned. Otherwise a clean tight and unmarked book. Very neat -- a sound and handsome copy of this scarce political Scottish Church tract. No half-title. vi242pp. Mr. Thomas Ruddiman Hardcover
rif. 143719883X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1904rif. 18810David Douglas Edinburgh - Central Conservative Office & Central Council of the Scottish National Union 1904. 10th edition. Hardback. Cloth G. viii926pp index Ex-Library Reform Club then Hammersmith Public bookplates a few small stamps gilt numbers of the spine otherwise a nice clean copy. The Campaign Guide was first issued by the Scottish National Union in preparation of the 1892 General Election. The book was fully re-written for each subsequent General Election & this 10th edition contains all the relevant policy & party views of the Boer War in South Africa. The purpose of the book was to bring together Policy & Manifesto for the Conservative & Unionist activists & give them a sound historical grounding in the previous Governments. An interesting historical document. David Douglas, Edinburgh - Central Conservative Office & Central Council of the Scottish National Union hardcover
First Edition, title within a typographical border, soiled, 39, [1] pp., disbound. Sometimes attributed to William Logan and to John Ker. Kress, 3451; Hanson, 2895.
6 vols. in one as issued, First Edition, 4to, general title-page repaired on inner blank margin (not affecting the text), the final leaf of the second pamphlet misbound after the fourth pamphlet, each item has a separate title, pagination and signatures, [2], 8, [2], 14, 5, [1], 8, 6, 6, 8 pp., modern marbled boards, gilt morocco label on upper cover, a nice copy. The six pamphlets are variously printed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne by John Gooding, and at Edinburgh by Lumisden and Robertson. The titles are:-**** 1). A Letter from a Scots Gentleman at Berwick, to his Intimate Friend at Newcastle. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1745. 2). A Letter from a Gentleman at Newcastle, to the Burgesses of Edinburgh. [Newcastle upon Tyne], 1745. 3). The Pretended Prince of Wales's Manifesto and Declaration, Dated at Edinburgh, October 14. 1745, Dissected, Anatomised, and exposed to Ridicule. Newcastle upon Tyne, 1745. 4) A Vindication of the Brewers of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Printed in the Year 1725: And reprinted there, in the Year 1745. 5) A Speech Without Doors, made on the 4th of October, on Occasion of the Election of Magistrates at Michaelmas, 1725; and Reprinted in the Year 1745. 6). Proposal for retrieving the Sinking State of the Good Town of Edinburgh, humbly offered to the Consideration of all its Honest Burgess and Welwishers. Edinburgh, Printed in the Year 1737: And reprinted there, in the Year, 1745. **** The final pamphlet is not called for in the publisher's advertisement on the final page of the second pamphlet. These pamphlets are listed separately in the ESTC and various locations are given for single titles but the only complete copies with the general title-page are at the British Library, Aberdeen University, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Huntington, and Chiddingstone Castle.
1900rif. 6631Dundee: Valentine & Sons Ltd 1900. Hardcover. Good. Oblong 8vo. Pp. 20. Illustrated with black & white heliogravure photo reproductions. Textured red cloth titles and decorations stamped in gilt on the cover saddle stapled. Covers moderately bowed and stained gilt darkened edges rubbed first leaves lightly foxed staples oxidized. Souvenir views of Scottish Borders sights mostly Abbotsford House inside and out plus Dryburgh and Melrose abbeys. The photos are exquisite. Uncommon. Valentine & Sons, Ltd hardcover
rif. 12600Glasgow: Cameron & Co. Publishers and sold by all booksellers. 1880s. 128pp. 12mo. In original wraps with 11.5 x 7 cm label pasted on cover with coloured illustration of a man performing a magic trick for a group of ladies beneath the title 'EVENING PASTIMES OR AMUSEMENTS FOR HEARTHS AND HOMES'. In fair condition a tight copy on aged paper in worn wraps. Ownership stamp of the Sussex ornithologist H. L. F. Guermonprez on front free endpaper. After '. Puzzles and Paradoxes' the title continues: 'With a Series of Comic Lessons for Fireside Recreation.' Among the sections are 'Transposition of Letters' 'Conundrums' 'Enigmas and Riddles' 'Charades' 'Practical Puzzles and Paradoxes' and 'The Alliterative Lesson'. The second half of the volume is devoted to 'Parlour Games'. Scarce: no copy in the British Library or on OCLC and the only copy on COPAC at the National Library of Scotland by which it is tentatively dated to the 1880s. See Image. Glasgow: Cameron & Co., Publishers, and sold by all booksellers. [1880s?] paperback
rif. LFA-126739742Revue de 50 pages, format 205 x 285 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs, bon état
1962rif. LFA-126728704Revue mensuelle de 72 pages, format 140 x 210 mm, illustrée, brochée, Impr. de Sceaux, bon état
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.
1937DJ darkened and with light chipping. Inscription to former owner by president of Deeside Field on top margin of title page; The nature in the Scottish countryside ; B&W Photographs; 4to; 74 pages
rif. 1396031 Moray Place Edinburgh. 27 December 1825. 4pp. foolscap 8vo on two bifoliums. On aged and worn paper with slight bloom at head and a little loss to spine from disbinding. The letter 2pp. begins: 'Now for a twelvemonth the dues collected for the passage of Vessels through the Caledonian Canal have been progressively deposited in the Bank of Scotland at Inverness and Fortwilliam by the Collectors upon deposit Receipts in the name of Mr Rickman and me.' The receipts amounting to £4200 and 'a certain Sum of Interest' having arisen he conveys the instructions of the Canal's Commissioners that a new account be opened in Edinburgh. The letter continues with further details and is signed 'Ja Hope'. Accompanying the letter and 2pp. long is a tabulated 'Schedule of Deposit Receipts of The Bank of Scotland sent to the Bank to be placed to the Credit of the Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal' with the first entry dated 23 August 1824 and the last 19 December 1825. This lists 42 deposits made in Inverness and Fort William with 'Dates' 'Days' 'Interest' and 'Sums'. The interest on the £4200 total is £68 13s 3d. Docketed 'Schedule of Deposit Receipts of the Bank of Scotland Canal Dues.' Accompanying the document is a manuscript resolution dated 'Bank of Scotland 29 Decr 1835': 'The Sum of £4268. 13/3 is placed to Credit of Messrs Rickman & Hope for Commrs for the Caledonian Canal. In Account with the Bank of Scotland - A Y p Secy'. Also present are four lines of pencilled accounts. 31 Moray Place, Edinburgh. 27 December 1825. unknown
1920rif. 53119Glasgow & Edinburgh: R.W. Forsyth Ltd. 1920. 8vo. 166 pp unpaginated. photo-illustrated title including 128 colour serigraph sample plates of Forsyth tartans numerous colour plates text illustraitions. Dark green embossed cloth over beveled boards Arts & Crafts cover art lettering on front cover embossed on back cover minor bumping shelfwear still VG copy w/ former ownership signature on verso of ffep. First edition thus of this lavishly illustrated catalogue of tartans and highland accouterment supplied by Forsyth’s department store in Glasgow and Edinburgh at the beginning of the 20th century. One of the lozenge illustrations on the title shows the landmark Forsyth Building erected in 1906 and was Scotland’s first steel-framed structure and the spire was completed by Gilbert Bayes. R.W. Forsyth, Ltd., hardcover
First Edition, half-title, [2], 22 pp., a little dusty, disbound.
