Harvie-Brown (John Alexander, editor). [A Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland, complete set], 1st editions, Edinburgh: David Douglas [-Oliver and Boyd], 1887-1935, comprising: A Vertebrate Fauna of Sutherland, Caithness and West Cromarty; The Outer Hebrides; The Orkney Islands [2 copies]; Iona and Mull [2 copies]; Argyll and the Inner Hebrides; The Moray Basin [in 2 volumes]; The Shetland Islands; The North West Highlands and Skye; The Tay Basin and Strathmore; The Tweed Area; Forth, all plates as called for, closed tear to list of illustrations in Shetland, a few ownership inscriptions, bookplates (Sutherland: George Watson Neish; Moray: Martin W. Woodcock and Michael P. Harris; Argyll: Sir Alexander Kay Muir and Michael P. Harris; Moray: Michael P. Harris; Shetland: Cyril F. Parker; North West Highlands: Michael P. Harris), all in original cloth except Argyll and the Inner Hebrides (in contemporary green half morocco by Bickers & Son), a few spines nicked or faded, 8vo, together with 2 copies of 'Sim', Vertebrate Fauna of "Dee", 1st edition, Aberdeen, 1903Qty: (16)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Mullens & Swann p. 282 (all works except Shetland, p. 199, and Tweed and Forth, not listed); Wood pp. 379 (Sutherland, Argyll, Moray Basin and North-West Highlands and Skye), 366 (Iona and Mull), 267 (Orkney), 335 (Shetland). '[Harvie-Brown's] contributions to ornithological science are literally legion ... His greatest work, however, and the one that will form an imperishable monument to his name, is the series of volumes on the vertebrate fauna of Scotland, most of which were written either by himself, or in collaboration with other ornithologists' (Mullens & Swann). The projected accounts of the Clyde and Solway areas do not seem to have materialised.
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[Islay]. The Book of Islay. Documents illustrating the History of the Island, 1st edition, [Edinburgh]: privately printed, 1895, 6 plates, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original green half morocco, rubbed, spine unevenly faded, pale markings to sides, 4to, one of 250 copies only, together with: Mackenzie (William Cook). History of the Outer Hebrides (Lewis, Harris, North and South Uist, Benbecula, and Barra), 1st edition, Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1903, 24 plates, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, orginal cloth, rebacked in morocco, 8vo, number 25 of 150 copies 'of this Special Edition', Stirton (John). Crathie and Braemar. A History of the United Parish, 1st edition, Aberdeen: Milne and Hutchison, 1925, frontispiece, 41 halftone plates (tipped in as issued), one further plate, damp-stain to foot of frontispiece, faint tide-mark to mounts of a few plates at foot, bookplate of Princess Beatrice (1857-1944), original cloth, 4to, Balfour (David, editor). Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland: from Original Documents, 1st edition, Edinburgh: [privately printed], 1859, original blue cloth, rubbed, 4to, Mackay (Angus). The History of the Province of Cat (Caithness and Sutherland) from the Earliest Times to the Year 1615, 1st edition, Wick: Peter Reid & Coy Ltd, 1914, halftone portrait frontispiece, errata leaf, top edge gilt, original cloth, rubbed, 4to, Bone (Stephen & Gertrude). Of the Western Isles, 1st edition, London: T. N. Foulis, 1925, woodcuts throughout, original quarter vellum, 4to, number 37 of 150 copies on hand-made paper and signed by author and illustrator, and 12 similar (not collated), including another copy of The Book of Islay, 3 copies of Symington Grieve's The Great Auk, 1885, and others, all in original cloth, 4toQty: (19)NOTESTHE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY PART III: SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Mullens & Swann p. 418 (Mackenzie).
A collection of 45 paperweights including a limited edition Caithness Glass paperweight by Peter Holmes, numbered 98/500, 6cm high, eight other Caithness Glass paperweights entitled, 'Pink Champagne', 'Flower of Scotland', 'Myriad', 'Maydance', 'Twirl', 'Mooncrystal', 'Cauldron' and 'Wavedancer', an Irish Kerry Glass paperweight with impressed factory stamp to base, 6.5cm high, an end of day green glass example, millefori paperweights and others CONDITION REPORT: Condition reports have not been included in the description. If you require further images of this lot or a condition report please contact us with your request
FOUR BOXED GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS, comprising Paul Ysart, Milliefiori, two Webb Corbett one depicting Spider and Web and a Caithness 'Flower in Rain', with certificate (4)Condition: No damage at all to the Ysart paperweight, no scuffs to the base, all the paperweights in this lot are in excellent condition

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