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Undated, 8vo, pages not numbered, illustrations by Graham Nairn eng
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Undated, 8vo, pages not numbered, illustrations by Graham Nairn eng
1939Best.-Nr. 599257Atlantic Highlands New Jersey: Atlantic Highlands High School 1939. Softcover. Fair. First edition. Slim small quarto. Heavily illustrated from photographs; title page illustration by "R. Lukshis". Maroon patterned stapled wrappers heavily worn with a cover stain first and last pages tanned staples pulling but still a sound but fair only copy of this charming New Jersey yearbook. The pages have a short slight crease but are otherwise bright. Atlantic Highlands High School unknown books
2008Best.-Nr. LFA01315N° 32 - Eté 2008: revue de 186 pages, format 285 x 235 mm, illustrée, brochée
1773Best.-Nr. AQ35986Edinburgh: s.n. 1773. 2 18pp. Modern green cloth calf lettering piece. A trifle dusty. The second edition published anonymously of a short tract addressing the growing avarice of Highland landlords and the resulting mass migration of Highlanders to England and the English colonies. Dedicated to English Lieutenant-General Sir James Adolphus Oughton 1720-1780 'who has been pleased to discover a particular Attachment to the Highlands of Scotland' the work presents a picture of a discontented nation: 'their lands are rented at such a price and raised to such a pitch that they plainly see it is impossible to support the burden laid upon them.the spirit of emigration is once begun and is spreading fast'. All editions are scarce; this variant of the second edition with beaded rather than straight-line rules on the title page is no exception; ESTC records copies at just five locations in the British Isles Advocates BL Glasgow NLS and NMS and just three further in North America California NYPL and Kansas. ESTC N20925. Second edition. 8vo. [s.n.] hardcover
Best.-Nr. SONG0548810168Used: Good unknown
19558vo., Fifth Edition, with frontispiece, plates, 112 coloured plates of tartans and large folding coloured map at end; red cloth, upper board blocked in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy.
19708vo., Eighth Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted at fold-ins.
Best.-Nr. DADAX0415532736New unknown
1947Best.-Nr. 100154231The Ettrick Press 1947 in8. 1947. Cartonné. Cet ouvrage compile des contes populaires et traditions des Highlands et des îles d'Écosse recueillis oralement par l'auteur Alasdair Alpin MacGregor. Il présente des récits de fées brownies et autres créatures surnaturelles souvent publiés pour la première fois et inclut des photographies prises par l'auteur. Le livre initialement paru en 1937 a été réédité avec des corrections en 1947
1973Very Good English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 15 p. A study on the nomadic life in Dest-i Misan region, Iran and environment. Göçebe hayat.
Best.-Nr. DADAX1436764645New unknown
Best.-Nr. DADAX0367357933New unknown
1935Small mark inside rear cover and to last page. No inscriptions, no creasing to main covers, slight rubbing and creasing to oversize edges. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards. 32pp. A series of sepia photographs of the beautiful places of Scotland. Not dated, ca 1930s.
1988Best.-Nr. 600284Atlantic Highlands New Jersey: Atlantic Highlands Elementary School 1988. Unbound. Fine. Stated "First Edition." Small quarto. Eight corner-stapled leaves printed rectos only. A fine copy of this sweet elementary school newspaper that prints goings-on at the school student poems and a one-page activity sheet titled "GET PUZZLED Atlantic Highlands Elementary School) unknown books
19328vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, front endpaper map in blue and rear endpaper chart in blue; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt and lettered in black, gilt back, a near fine copy. With 2pp series catalogue preceding half-title and 4pp publisher's advertisement at end. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
19741974 reprint of the 1913 edition originally published by Beaux Arts Society Publishers. Book features large b&w photos, mostly exteriors, some interiors of notable homes in the Seattle area on Lake Washington, the Highlands, on Galer st., Boylston Ave., Prospect Ave. , E. Aloha, W. Howe, Boren Ave. Minor Ave., Queen Anne, Bainbridge Island, Seneca St. , the Arctic Club, and homes of the Merrills, the Dennys, the Frinks, C.D. Stimson, the Ames', etc. Most pages have full page photo and a short description of the house. Unpaginated, about 150 pages in large format. Leatherette covers, cracking at the outside hinges. Interior of the book is Fine. With 4 page loose-leaf flyer insert outlining history of Beaux Arts Village. Front end paper has 1" closed tear.
1972No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked pale green boards, slight bumping to lower page corners and no bumping to board corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with slight marking and very minor creasing to edges. 359pp. The far north-west of Scotland in Wester Ross and Sutherland.
1944Descriptions and guide to the mountains and hills of Scotland, England and Wales. 120 pages. Bumped corners, slightly soiled covers and sunned spine.
Best.-Nr. DADAX0226293815New unknown
1911Wonderful vintage brochure in brown decorated card covers. Measures 23 cm x 10.5 cm when closed. Opens to reveal six large double-side leaves, each measuring 30.5 cm x 23 cm when folded-out. Includes twenty-three black and white reproductions of photos plus a map, all supported by considerable text. Rates for cottages and tents provided inside back cover. A plaque located near the former site of the inn states it closed in 1928 and burned down in 1936. It was purchased in 1910, a year before this brochure was printed, by Toronto feminist Flora MacDonald Denison who, inspired by the philosophy of Walt Whitman, set out to build a wilderness retreat for the avant-garde. Guests were offered painting lessons, amateur theatre, and poetry readings. Many well-known Canadian artists, including members of the Group of Seven, painted and sketched in this area, drawn by the strking landscape. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A marvelous piece of Canadiana. Book
1947Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy in unclipped cartographic dustwrapper.
1838Good hbk in worn brown covers. Top edge of cover spine frayed, bottom edge torn. Some pages grubby and foxed. Ink inscription on the front endpaper. PP 491-494 loose. Illustrated by a series of portraits and other engravings. The book deals with the military service of the Highland Regiments and the history of the Highland Clans.18388. eng
19828vo., First Edition thus, with tinted plates, illustrations in the text and large folding coloured map; red coarse-grain leatherette, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. Much-needed reissue of the scarce original edition of 1885. The plates appear here for the first time.
1930With numerous photograph pages. Pages 169-304, lxviii-clxxxii, i-xx advertisements. Wear to top/base of spine with some loss at base. Slight browning to margins of covers. Faint foxing occasionally throughout.
1909Pages 211-242. Features: New Hampshire Industries and Their Builders - The Rockwell Clough Company - article with one-page photo portrait of W. Rockwell Clough; The City of Geneva and John Calvin, 1509-1909; Pembroke Academy; Obituaries for Hon. John Noble, Mary E. Blair, Ellen Porter Champion, Mrs. James W. Henderson, Adelaide Cilley Waldron, M'Clure, David, Thomas S. Ellis, and Michael M. Stevens; Poems; Nice illustrated back cover ad for the Grand Trunk Railway System features the tourist route through Canada, with illustration of Hotel Wawa, Lake of Bays, "Highlands of Ontario"; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy of this vintage issue. Magazine