Scottish Diaries and Memoirs, 1746-1843.
603pp. + ads. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (d.w. lightly soiled and slightly chipped, otherwise very good). Stirling: Eneas MacKay, (1942). More
603pp. + ads. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (d.w. lightly soiled and slightly chipped, otherwise very good). Stirling: Eneas MacKay, (1942). More
Glasgow: Mackenzie, 1880. Including The Airs of All the Songs and an Original Life of Burns by the Editor. Pictorial title page; full page plates and many text illustrations. 4 volumes. Short 4to, original green cloth, elaborately decorated in red, gold & black. London, Glasgow & Edinburgh, n.d. ca. 1880. Fine copies of an attractive set. More
London: R. Blamire. 10 volumes. Illustrated throughout with handsome plates, many tinted. Tall 8vo, uniformly bound in full brown calf with elaborate gilt-stamped designs in 3 spine compartments, black leather labels in 2. London: R. Blamire, 1792-1809. Handsome set comprising mixed editions of his best known works. Spine Reads: Picturesque Works. Includes: Highlands of Scotland (2nd ed., 1792); Essays on Beauty, Travel & Landscape (1792); Remarks on Forest Scenery. (2nd ed., 1794); Southern Tour (1804); Cumberland and Westmorland (3rd ed...... More
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1972. Black-and-white frontispiece portraits. 248 pages, small 4to, green cloth, dust wrapper. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1972. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
London: Bentley, 1839. Rubricated titles and frontispiece portraits. 2 volumes. Slim 8vo, full tan polished calf; ornately gilt spines with red and black leather labels, marbled edges. Light scattered foxing on first few pages of each volume. London: Richard Bentley, 1839. First Edition. A near fine beautiful set. More
Amsterdam: 1669. Map. Uncolored copperplate engraving. Image measures 17.5 x 21.5". This sea chart depicts the British aisles with North oriented to the right. Centered on the Isle of Man, each countries coat of arms is included. Soundings, sand bars, fishing banks and navigational hazards are noted. The cross-staff is being used in the scale cartouche. It was a navigational tool used to measure the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the sun or stars. This..... More
Amsterdam: 1665-66. Map. Uncolored copperplate engraving. Image measures 17.5 x 21.5". This sea chart depicts the British Isles with North oriented to the right. The map extends to include the English Chanel and coastline of Normandy. In addition to ports, the index also includes soundings, sand bars, fishing banks and navigational hazards. Each region is adorned with a decorative coat of arms, and embellished compass roses appear at the top and bottom of the map. This map was published in..... More
Amsterdam: Jacques & Gasper Anthoine, 1669. Sea chart. Uncolored copperplate engraving. Image measures 19 7/8" x 22 3/4". This handsome sea chart by Pieter Goos depicts Ireland in its entirety, with the north oriented to the right. The chart also extends to parts of Scotland, England, and France. Also prominently featured are rhumb lines, scales, embellished tall ships, an elegant cartouche, and the harp crest for Ireland and the lion crest for Scotland. This map was published in Goos' "De..... More
Illustrated. 605pp. Thick 8vo, cloth (spine darkened and a bit worn at ends). New York, (1932). A very good(-) copy. More
Edinburgh: Walter Greenoak Patterson, 1894. Illustrated with 18 black and white plates. xii, 175 pages. Small 8vo, tan cloth. Edinburgh: Walter Greenoak Patterson, 1894. Text block untrimmed, top edge gilt. Green leather bookplate on paste-down front endpaper. Front and rear endpapers toned. Slightly bent at corners and toned cover, stained at rear. Internally bright, clean, and solid. Overall a very good (+) copy. More
158 illus. 4to, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. soiled). London: Bracken Books, (1985). vg. More
London: Thomas Nelson, 1962. Illus., folding map. 8vo, green cloth. London: Thomas Nelson, (1962). Near Fine The Glens of Scotland. More
Garden City: Doubleday Page, 1915. With Pictures from Drawings by Walter Hale. 145 pages. Small 4to, cloth-backed boards with paper labels. Garden City: Doubleday Page, 191. First edition. More
London: Hutchinson, 1965. Illustrated (b.w). Red cloth, d.w. shows some small chips and tears. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1965. A very good copy. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. Illustrated (b.w). Red cloth, missing d.w. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. A very good copy. More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1928. 101 photogravures. Small 4to, blue cloth, head of spine and edges of corners worn, pages throughout are slightly wavy, index pages at end are foxed, spine sunned. London: A. & C. Black, 1928. More
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2004. With 326 duotone illustrations and 6 maps. 256 pages. Large 4to, green cloth with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. New York: Thames & Hudson, (2004). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
A Succint History. 462pp. Edinburgh, 1910. More
Edinburgh: Scottish Mountaineering Club, 1953. Illustrated. 8vo, red cloth, some pages with light foxing to margins, otherwise very good. Edinburgh: Scottish Mountaineering Club, 1953. More
London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy. Etching and engraving. Sheet measures 12 3/16" x 8 3/8". Engraving after a painting by the same name, with notable changes, accompanied by a lengthy inscription written by Hogarth seeking to illustrate and explain the differences between characters, caricatures, and outre. Hogarth regarded himself as a character artist, and found critics' view of him as a caricaturist to be offensive. The original painting depicts four judges in session appearing disinterested and even asleep. In this..... More
London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1822. Engraving. Image measures 17.25 x 22". Sheet measures 18.5 x 23.5". Popular politics in the eighteenth century were often complicated affairs. While British contemporaries prided themselves on their constitutional rights, only a small fraction of the population were able to vote in general elections for parliament. Around the time that this print was originally published in 1758, only about 200,000 men were able to vote for members of parliament. Even so, politicians were inclined..... More
London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1822. Engraving. Image measures 16.5 x 21.5". Sheet measures 18 x 23.5". This print by William Hogarth represents a myriad of many Hogarthian characters which often straddle the line between humor and tragedy. In this scene, English troops are shown marching northward into Scotland to quell uprisings by the Jacobites, who were loyal supporters of the recently dethroned Stuart monarch James II. Here, despite their dangerous mission, the soldiers have become distracted by the bustling..... More
Paisley: Alex. Gardner, 1874. 2 volumes. Frontispiece. 2 volumes, tall thick 8vo, 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, ornately gilt spines (lightly rubbed. Paisley: Alex. Gardner, 1874. Very Good (+). More
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1820. 2 volumes. [iv], 340; [iv], 335, [1]pp. 12mo, beautifully bound in contemporary 3/4 green polished calf over marbled boards; ornate gilt-decorated spines with raised bands; marbled endpapers and page edges (light scattered foxing throughout, otherwise a lovely copy). Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd and London: Whittaker, 1820. First edition. Very good (+). Delightful tales, some in the local dialect, told with the charm and humor associated with Hogg. More
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