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Seton Sir George. A history of the family of Seton during eight centuries. Edinburgh: privately printed by T. and A. Constable 1896. First edition 2 volumes 4to. with an engraved frontispiece mounted on india paper to each volume illustrated (including numerous hand coloured coats of arms mounted on india paper) 26 engraved plates mounted on india paper original green cloth rebacked t.e.g. others uncut occasional slight spotting and offsetting. (2). Note: Ferguson p. 160. No 6 of 12 on large paper from an edition of 212.

Somerville James Baron. Memorie of the Somervilles: being a history of the baronial House of Somerville. Edinburgh: Constable 1815. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume 9 engraved plates folding genealogical table at the end of volume 2 without the directions to the binder in volume 1 and the errata and directions in volume 2 contemporary light blue straight grain morocco decorated in gilt and blind spines decorated gilt in compartments a.e.g. light spotting of the plates. (2). Note: Ferguson p. 165; Todd Bowden 93A. Edited by Sir Walter Scott. "[This is] one of the most curious pieces of family history ever produced to the world on which he [Scott] laboured with more than usual zeal and diligence from his warm affection for the noble representation of its author." (Lockhart V.14). Provenance: With the armorial book-plates of John Borthwick of Crookston.

Scottish Family History. Works on Scottish family history to include: Wimberely D. A short account of the family of Irvine of Drum. Inverness 1893. First edition 4to. frontispiece 3 folding pedigrees original wrappers; Roe Hugh. A genealogical deduction of the family of Rose of Kilravock. Edinburgh: Spalding Club 1848. First edition 4to. frontispiece plates original cloth; Leslie Charles. Historical records of the family of Leslie from 1067 to 1868-9. Edinburgh 1869. First edition 3 volumes largely uncut and unopened; Lindsay Lord. Lives of the Lindsays or a memoir of the houses of Crawford and Balcarres. London 1839. First edition 3 volumes folding tables and facsimiles original blind stamped cloth; Vincent John. The Crawford papers edited by John Vincent. Manchester 1984. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece publisher's cloth; Crawford Lord. The Earldom of Mar. Edinburgh 1882. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Warrender Margaret. Marchmont and the Humes of Polwarth. Edinburgh: Blackwood 1894. First edition 8vo. coloured frontispiece plates original cloth inner joints cracking; Mackenzie Alexander. History of the Mathesons. Stirling 1900. second edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece later pigskin fore-edges uncut; one of 450 copies on ordinary paper; Menzies D.P. The "Red and White" Book of Menzies. Glasgow 1894. First edition 4to. portrait frontispiece plates original cloth slightly stained frontispiece loose; Seton George. The House of Moncrieff. Edinburgh 1890. First edition 4to. coloured frontispiece coloured illustrated of arms in the text original red cloth t.e.g. foot of spine damaged. (15).

Stevenson John Horne & Wood Marguerite. Scottish heraldic seals royal official ecclesiastical collegiate burghal personal. Volume 1 Public seals [Volumes 2 & 3 Personal seals]. Glasgow: Maclehose 1940. First edition 3 volumes folio half green morocco cloth edges rubbed inner joints of volume 2 cracking bound from proof sheets with the printers stamp on p. 609 on volume 3 and a number of proof corrections; MacDonald William Rae. Scottish armorial seals. Edinburgh: Green 1904. First edition 8vo. plates original cloth; Birch Walter de Gray. History of Scottish seals from the eleventh to the seventeenth century. Stirling: Eneas MacKay 1905-07. First edition 2 volumes 4to. plates original cloth; Porteous Alexander. The town council seals of Scotland historical legendary and heraldic. Edinburgh: Johnston 1906. First edition illustrated with errata leaf original cloth. (6).

Stevenson John Horne. Heraldry in Scotland. Glasgow: Maclehose 1914. First edition 2 volumes 4to. illustrated plates (including some coloured) original quarter vellum cloth boards t.e.g. others uncut no 158 of 210; Paul Sir James Balfour. An ordinary of arms [with] Volume II An ordinary of arms contained in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland 1902-1973 compiled in Lyon Office. Edinburgh: Green 1903 [Volume II Edinburgh: Lyon Office 1977]. second edition of volume I. First edition of volume II publisher's cloth volume II with dustwrapper. (4).

Buchan John. Scholar Gipsies. London: John Lane 1896. First edition 8vo inscribed and dated by author on front endpaper engraved title and six etchings by DY Cameron pp. 16 publisher's adverts at rear publishers decorative cloth gilt corners bumped head of spine torn chipped at foot lower board stained some foxing to title and frontispiece; John Burnet of Barns. London: John Lane 1898. First edition 8vo pp. 12 publisher's adverts at rear original decorative green cloth corners bumped backstrip discoloured repairs to lower section of backstrip chipped at head and foot publisher's adverts foxed; Buchan John Document signed medical form dated Jan 16 1923 approx size 7cm by 10cm; Buchan Susan Autograph letter signed addressed to Miss Waring 8vo no date regarding her visit to Oxford previous fold (4).

Buchan John. Homilies and recreations. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1926 8vo number 98 of 200 large paper copies signed by the author original quarter cloth black label gilt glassine wrapper head and foot of spine bumped head of upper board discoloured wrapper chipped and torn uncut; Castle Gay. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1930. First edition 8vo inscribed and dated by author on front endpaper original green cloth dustwrapper absent some foxing to edges and 11 other works by Buchan (13).

Burns Robert. The works with an account of his life and a criticism of his writings to which are prefixed some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry by James Currie to which are added many other additions by Gilbert Burns. [with] Reliques of Robert Burns collected and published by R.H. Cromek. [with] Life of Robert Burns by J.G. Lockhart. London: Cadell & Davies 1820; the second work London: Cadell & Davies 1817. The third Edinburgh: Constable 1828. 8th edition of the works 4th edition of the Reliques and first edition of Lockhart's Life together 6 volumes engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 folding facsimile as a frontispiece to volume 2 vignette portrait of Burns mounted on india paper at the head of chapter 1 of the Life uniformly bound in contemporary light tan calf spines decorated gilt in compartments by Cars of Glasgow some patches of light foxing. (6). Note: Egerer 242 202 & 315.

Callander John. Two ancient Scottish poems the Gaberlunzie-man and Christ's kirk on the green. Edinburgh 1782 8vo full marbled calf gilt red label hinges cracked corners bumped some foxing bookplate of Robert Maxtone Graham; Bloomfield Robert Rural tales ballads and songs. London 1802. First edition 8vo half title portrait frontispiece woodcut illustrations contemporary half calf rubbed at extremities some foxing leaf C torn C2 repaired C4 torn; Macneill Hector The poetical works London 1801 2 volumes 8vo 9 engraved plates full calf gilt rubbed (4).

Drummond William. The Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden. Edinburgh: James Watson 1711. First collected edition 2 parts in one volume folio 2 engraved portraits small holes in I2 affecting two words later half calf uncut some spotting worn; Macpherson James Fingal an ancient epic poem. [n.p] 1762 4to contemporary calf worn text-block split; Temora. [n.p.] 1763. First editions 4to 2 copies contemporary calf worn one with covers detached titles slightly soiled or discoloured; The Poems of Ossian in original Gaelic. [n.p.] 1807 8vo 3 volumes translated into Latin by R. MacFarlan large paper copy engraved plates and map contemporary calf worn; Pinkerton John The History of Scotland from the Accession of the House of Stuart to that of Mary. London: C. Dilly 1797. First edition 2 volumes 4to engraved portrait frontispiece modern brown half morocco spines gilt (9). Note: Most copies have a single frontispiece portrait but a few appear to have a further 5 portraits. The present copy has two different engraved portraits of Drummond.

Wilson Prof & Chambers Robert. The Land of Burns. A series of landscapes and portraits illustrative of the life and writings of the Scottish poet. Glasgow: Blackie & Son 1840. First edition 2 volumes 4to engraved titles 78 engraved plates half green morocco gilt gilt edged foxing throughout; Burns Robert The complete works of Robert Burns London: George Virtue [n.d.] 4to illustrated by W.H. Bartlett T. Allom and others engraved title 56 engraved plates full red calf gilt gilt edged rubbed foxing (3). Note: Egerer 425 Egerer 1064.

Bronte Charlotte. Shirley. London: Smith Elder and Co 1849. First edition 3 volumes8vo later morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere t.e.g. mild foxing some creasing (3).

Bronte Charlotte. Villette. London: Smith Elder and Co 1853. First edition 3 volumes 8vo later green morocco by Bayntun Riviere t.e.g. owners' ink inscription on title volume II occasional foxing at outer edges lacking publisher's list (3).

Lawrence T.E. Seven pillars of wisdom. London Jonathan Cape 1935. First trade edition 4to 54 plates 4 folding maps original cloth gilt boards stained dustwrapper chipped at edges torn along hinges interior clean.

Literature and Poetry. A collection of literature and poetry works approximately 350 volumes (9 boxes) including Kipling Rudyard Captains Courageous. London 1897. First edition 8vo blue cloth gilt; France Anatole The revolt of the angels. London 1924 8vo illustrated by Frank Pape black cloth gilt. Sold not subject to return. (qty).

Newstead Abbey. Campbell Thomas. Gertrude of Wyoming. London: Longmand Hurst Rees and Orme 1809. First edition 4to partial autograph letter signed pasted to endpaper from Thomas Campbell unfinished proof of Byron pasted onto front free endpaper tipped in study of Thomas Campbell early 19th Century full calf gilt with armorial gilt "Newstead Abbey" stamp on boards upper board detached rubbed at edges foot of backstrip chipped title-page foxed.

Peters Ellis. A Morbid Taste for Bones. London: Macmillan 1977. First edition 8vo original cloth dust-jacket.

Rowling J.K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. London: Bloomsbury 2003. First edition 8vo signed by author on half title dust wrapper a fine copy.

Shakespeare William. The complete works reprinted from the First Folio edition; edited by Charlotte Porter and H.A. Clarke with an introduction by John Churton Collins. London: Harrap [1906]. 13 volumes 8vo. photographic frontispiece and title-page to each volume contemporary half green morocco cloth boards t.e.g. others uncut by Morrel of London spines faded a few minor nicks slight offsetting to the title-pages. (13). Note: No 33 of 75 sets.

Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley 1831 third edition 12mo additional engraved title and frontispiece with series half-title (Standard Novels No. IX); Schiller F. von. The Ghost Seer 1831 12mo additional engraved title and frontispiece together 2 works bound in 2 volumes original purple cloth uncut paper labels on spines spines slightly faded a little light spotting to frontispieces and engraved titles light discolouration of upper cover of first volume.

Smith Revd. Sydney. The works. London: Longman etc. 1839-40. First edition 4 volumes 8vo. full light calf covers with border of gilt fillet and floral roll tool spine decorated gilt in compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces marbled fore-edges by Grieve of Edinburg (4). Note: Smith after a sojourn in Edinburgh became a lifelong friend of Stewart Scott Horner and others. It was he who suggested to Jeffrey and Brougham the starting of the Edinburgh Review and he supervised and contributed to the first three issues. "A lover of justice and truth he was a life-long defender of the oppressed. His failure to rise higher in the church is attributed to his wide reputation as a master of wit and satire. He is placed among the premier English wits and has been compared to Swift and to Voltaire." (Columbia Encyclopedia).

Southey Robert. Essays moral and political. London: John Murray 1832. First edition 2 volumes 8vo contemporary calf gilt red and black labels rubbed and scratched hinges cracked bookplates removed from front endpapers; Journal of a tour in the Netherlands in the Autumn of 1815. Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Co 1902. First edition 8vo number 168 of 519 copies original quarter cloth marbled boards slipcase slipcase rubbed endpapers browned uncut (3).

Trusler John. Hogarth moralized. London: sold by S. Hooper and Mrs Hogarth 1768. First edition 8vo pp. viii 212 v 3 74 plates in text approx 6cm by 8cm contemporary calf red label rubbed upper board detached occasional foxing ink stain to upper corner of pp.113 ink notes in margins. Note: BM.

Voltaire Francois Marie Arouet de. La ligue ou Henry le Grand poeme epique. Geneva: J. Mokpap 1723. First edition 8vo pp. viii 216 contemporary marbled paper covers chipped at edges backstrip cracked uncut some browning at edges. Note: BM.

Abercromby Patrick. The martial achievements of the Scots nation: being an account of the lives characters and memorable actions of such Scotsmen as have signaliz'd themselves by the sword at home and abroad. Edinburgh: Robert Freebairn 1711-15. First edition 2 volumes folio volume 1 contemporary panelled calf volume 2 plain calf both volumes. rebacked some instances of marginal staining and paper generally a little discoloured throughout. (2).

Aesop. Fables of Aesop and other eminent mythologists with morals and reflections by Sir Roger L'Estrange. London: Sare etc. 1694-99. second edition 2 parts in 1 volume engraved portrait frontispiece by White after Kneller of the translator engraved plate of Aesop and his characters contemporary blind ruled calf a few minor scuff marks tear in the lower half of the portrait plate (no loss) single wormhole in the outer margins of first couple of signatures some paper discolouration (chiefly in the second part). Note: Wing A 707.

Blackstone William. Commentaries on the laws of England: book the first [the second]. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1766-67. second edition 2 volumes (of 4) engraved Table of Consanguinity and folding table of Descent in volume 2 contemporary light tan calf small gilt monograms of Dukes of Richmond and Gordon wear to heads and tails (2). Provenance: With the Gordon Castle book-labels and monogram of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon on the spines. Loosely inserted is a receipt of 1767 for the original purchase of these two volumes by the Duke of Gordon from James Robson Bookseller in New Bond Street London.

Blair Hugh. Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres. London: Strachan 1783. First edition 2 volumes 4to. engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 contemporary sprinkled calf red and green morocco lettering pieces small gilt monograms of Dukes of Richmond and Gordon a few scuff marks offsetting from the portrait to the title in volume 1 title to volume 2 a little spotted occasional instances of spotting elsewhere (2). Provenance: With the Gordon Castle book-labels and monogram of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon on the spines.

Brannon George. Vectis scenery or a series of original select views exhibiting the picturesque beauties local peculiarities and general aspect of the Isle of Wight drawn from nature and engraved by George Brannon to which are prefixed A concise topographical description and the general tours of the Island. [s.l.]: published for the Engraver by the principal bookseller of the Island 1825. First edition oblong 8vo. engraved map and 26 engraved views with tissue guards original quarter roan paper boards printed paper label spine and corners worn some marginal spotting. Provenance: With the book-label of Susan Euphemia Beckford daughter of William Beckford as Duchess of Hamilton and wife of the 10th Duke.

Byron George Gordon Noel Lord [i.e Polidori John William]. The Vampyre: a tale by the Right Honourable Lord Byron. Paris: Galignani 1819. third edition 12mo. contemporary half calf marbled boards spine and corners rubbed and worn water stain at the top of the inner margin some spotting. Note: Summers Gothic bibliography pp. 121 & 542; Wise Byron p. 96 (for the first edition). By John William Polidori though often attributed to Lord Byron who explicitly denied the authorship in a letter to Galignani's Messenger April 27 1819. First published in the New monthly magazine April 1819 it was translated into French and German these translations persisting upon regarding Byron as the author. The real author who was uncle to Dante Gabriel Rossetti ended by taking his own life. Polidori is credited with creating the vampire genre. His vampire based on Byron to whom Polidori was personal physician is given the name Lord Ruthven a name originally given to a Byron based character in Caroline Lamb's Glencarron. Polidori's vampire was not only the first in English fiction but provided the character type that came to predominate in fantasy fiction i.e. the aristocratic fiend who preys on victims in high society. Provenance: With the book-label of Susan Euphemia Beckford daughter of William Beckford as Duchess of Hamilton and wife of the 10th Duke.

Crabbe The Revd. George. Tales. London: Hatchard 1812. First edition K3 a cancel contemporary half red calf spine decorated gilt paper boards a little wear at head and tale. Provenance: With the book-label of Jane Helena Shute.

Fraser James Baillie. Travels and adventures in the Persian provinces on the southern banks of the Caspian Sea with an appendix containing short notices of the geology and commerce of Persia. London: Longman etc. 1826. First edition 4to. contemporary quarter calf cloth boards signature on title-page a few instances of foxing.

Campbell The Revd. the Hon. Archibald Bishop of Aberdeen. The doctrine of a middle state between death and the resurrection: or prayers for the dead: and the necessity of purification plainly proved from the Holy Scriptures; and the writings of the fathers of the church London: printed for the author and sold by Mr. Tayler 1721. First edition folio contemporary panelled and sprinkled calf spine decorated gilt in compartments covers slightly scuffed. Note: Chief work of the author who was variously described as "adorned with none of the qualifications necessary in a bishop and remarkable for some things inconsistent with the character of a gentleman" it sets out arguments for the reformed churches to reconsider a doctrine of purgatory. Dr. Johnson described Campbell as "the familiar friend of Hickes and Nelson; a man of letters but injudicious; and very curious but credulous." In his later years he founded a non-juring sect and is further remembered as being instrumental in the loss of the registers of the Church of Scotland from the reformation to 1590.

Crawfurd George. The lives and characters of the officers of the crown and of the state in Scotland. Volume 1. Edinburgh: printed by Robert Fleming and Company and sold by Mr. James M'Euen 1726. First edition folio with the final leaf entitled '"The appendix. Num.XXXIII'" bound before the Index contemporary sprinkled calf spine rubbed and joints worn some leaves discoloured tear in p. 411 (no loss) last leaf partly stained and creased. Note: ESTC T144044 and NLS recording the publication of only the first volume despite the author's expressed intention in the Preface to issue a further volume "if I shall meet with due Assistance and Encouragement." (His italics not ours): the apparent non-appearance of the second volume leading to the conclusion that he received insufficient of either.

Domesday-Book. Domesday-Book seu liber censualis Willelmi primi regis Angliae inter archivos regni in domo capitulari Westmonasterii asseruatus jubente rege augustissimo Georgio tertio praelo mandatus typis First printed edition 2 volumes large folio (46 x 28.5 cms) original marbled boards modern half calf occasional pages a little discoloured. Note: Updike Printing types Volume II pp. 121-122. Issued in 1783 without a title-page under the direction of Abraham Farley this is the first printed edition of the Domesday. The special types were cut by Joseph Jackson. The Record Commission issued title-pages (from where this entry is taken) in 1816 along with a further 2 volumes. of Indices and Additatemnta. Of the 1783 volumes. 1200 copies were issued at a total cost of #38000.

Fisher Admiral John Baron. Some notes by Lord Fisher for his friends. London: for private circulation only 1919. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original printed wrappers in a slip case no. 97 of 100 copies; Memoirs. London: Hodder & Stoughton 1919. First edition 8vo. portrait frontispiece plates original red cloth (2). Note: Lord Fisher ("Jackie") became the chairman of the Hamilton Trustees in terms of the Hamilton Estates Act 1918. The 12th Duke's will in effect left his "distant kinsman" Alfred Douglas-Hamilton the 13th Duke a liferent of the Hamilton Estates and a mountain of debt and to his daughter inter alia the English Estates (mostly in Suffolk) and the Isle of Arran (Brodick Castle etc.) outright. The Executors of the 12th Duke's will found it extremely difficult to administer the estate as a whole given the complexity of the trusts and the possible conflicts of interest between the beneficiaries. They therefore raised a private Act of Parliament to enable a separate set of trustees to administer the Hamilton Estates and Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher was the first chairman of the Hamilton Trustees. As such it was he with his co-trustees who oversaw the granting of the lease to the Bent Colliery Company and the other steps which led eventually to the demolition of Hamilton Palace.

Fraser James Baillie. Narrative of a journey into Khorasan in the years 1821 and 1822 including some account of the countries to the North-East of Persia; with remarks upon the national character government and resources of that kingdom. London: Longman etc. 1825. First edition 4to. large folding engraved map errata leaf contemporary quarter calf cloth boards light discolouration of the map with some off-setting to the title-page signature on title-page. Provenance: With the book-plate of the 14th Duke of Hamilton.

Dumas Alexandre. La tulipe noire. Paris: Baudry [1850]. First edition 3 volumes 8vo. without half-titles and the blanks at the end of volume 2 & 3 contemporary half green calf marbled boards spines decorated gilt in compartments orange and red morocco lettering pieces some minor scuff marks at the joints and corners title of volume 3 discoloured and some patches of discolouration to other titles and elsewhere (3). Note: Carteret I. p. 239; Vicaire Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXe sieclè III 389. One of the most famous French writers of the 19th century Dumas is best known for his historical novels such as the The three musketeers The Count of Monte Cristo and The black tulip. Dumas is credited with revitalising the historical novel in France and along with Balzac and Sue pioneering the roman feuilleton or serial novel. In 1850 appeared The Black Tulip a romantic adventure set in the 17th century Holland. In the middle of the political struggle for freedom is Cornelius van Baerle a young man who has devoted himself to tulip-growing. Cornelius is falsely imprisoned for high treason. With the help of Rosa the daughter of a jailer he manages to grow a black tulip. Cornelius wins his freedom and hundred thousand guilders in glittering gold pieces as reward for the tulip. "This tulip" continued the Prince "will therefore bear the name of its producer and figure in the catalogue under the title Tulipa nigra Rosa Barlaensis because of the name Van Baerle which will henceforth be the name of this damsel.".

Lamartine Alphonse de. Souvenirs impressions pensees et paysages pendant un voyage en orient 1832-1833. Paris: Gosselin 1835. First edition 4 volumes 8vo. with portrait folding table and 2 folding maps contemporary half red calf marbled boards some spotting throughout. Note: Carteret II p. 24. Lamartine's account of his travels with his wife and daughter led him to become known as l'Emir Francais. As with many other distinguished Europeans Lamartine made his way to the "court" of Lady Hester Stanhope on the slopes of Mount Lebanon and he records his visit in a long letter to the Vicomte de Marcellus as an appendix to volume 4. The death of his daughter in Beirut and political affairs in France led him to return home overland through Constantinople and the Danube valley (4). Provenance: With the initials of William Alexander 11th Duke as Marquess of Douglas & Clydesdale on the half title of volume 1 dated August 1835 at Zurich.

Maitland Sir Richard of Lethington. The history of the House of Seytoun to the year M.D.LIX with the continuation by Alexander Kingston to M.D.C.LXXXVII. [Edinburgh: the Bannatyne Club] 1829. First edition 4to. engraved frontispiece original half roan paper boards upper joint split one of 100 copies; Debrett's baronetage of England. London C. & J. Rivington etc. 1828. 6th edition 2 volumes 12mo. engraved plates of arms later half calf marbled boards; Taylor James. The great historic families of Scotland. London: Virtue 1887. First edition 2 volumes 4to. plates original cloth printed paper labels labels chipped heads and tails rubbed prelims. foxed no 99 of 250 copies (5). Provenance: The Taylor signed on the title-pages by Lady Flora Douglas Hamilton sister of the 13th Duke.

Nichelson William. A treatise on practical navigation and seamanship. London: for the author 1792. First edition 4to. engraved frontispiece 4 engraved plates contemporary half roan marbled boards extremities rubbed upper joint broken edge of lower margin of frontispiece wormed. Provenance: With the signature of Joseph Rowland of Avening on verso of front free endpaper.

Sibbald Sir Robert. Scotia illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis. Edinburgh: ex off. typ. Jacobi Kniblo Josuae Solingenis & Johannis Colmarii 1684. First edition 3 parts in 1 volume folio without the armorial plate and with 19 engraved plates (of 20) contemporary mottled calf spine worn upper joint split paper a little discoloured. Note: Aldis 2491; Nissen 3847; Wing S.3727.

Society of Antiquaries. A collection of ordinances and regulations for the government of the Royal Household made in divers reigns from King Edward III to King William and Queen Mary also receipts in ancient cookery. London John Nichols for the Society 1790. First edition 4to. contemporary half vellum marbled boards extremities worn inner joints cracking. Note: Bitting p. 532. There is a separate cookery section of 50 pp. with mainly fourteenth century recipes from a ms. in the Royal Society Arundel Collection no. 344. Here are over two hundred recipes for such dishes as Potage de frumenty Growell of forse Grene pesen with bakon Hares in padell Bouche Jane Sause for a goose Crem of almonde mylk and perhaps not surprisingly after all this Medicina optima pro stomacho!.

Brown Richard. A history of accounting and accountants. Edinburgh: Jack 1905. First edition 4to. portrait frontispiece plates original quarter brown morocco t.e.g. others uncut upper cover partly faded endpapers slightly browned. Note: No 94 of 250 edition deluxe copies signed by the author.

[Harris Joseph]. An essay upon money and coins. Part I. The theories of commerce money and exchange. London: G. Hawkins 1757. First edition part 1 only 8vo. early wrappers original stab holes note in a contemporary hand on the recto of the front free endpaper. Note: Kress 5614; Goldsmiths 9259. "This is one of the very best treatises on money and coins that has ever been published. It is clearly and ably written; and in addition to an exposition of the principles that determine the value of coins and the course of exchange it contains some good illustrations of the influence of commerce and of the division of labour in furthering the increase of wealth. Part II is principally occupied with an examination and refutation of the various statements that have been from time to time put forward in vindication of a degradation of the standard" (McCulloch). Part II was published in the following year. The notes at the front refer to Hume and there is a ms reference to Law in the margin of p. 122 presumably to John Law's Money and trade considered.

Liverpool Charles Jenkinson Earl of. A treatise on the coins of the realm in a letter to the King. Oxford: University Press for Cadell & Davies 1805. First edition 4to. contemporary tree calf extremities a little rubbed. Note: Kress B4935. Reprinted by the Bank of England in 1880.

Mill John Stuart. On liberty. London: John W. Parker and Son 1859. First edition 8vo pp. 207 pp.8 publishers catalogue at rear original purple cloth gilt backstrip sunned edges of lower board dented owner's ink inscription on title uncut interior very clean.

House of Commons. Select Committee. Report together with minutes of evidence and accounts from the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the cause of the high price of gold bullion Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 8 June 1810. London: Johnson 1810. 8vo. later half calf marbled boards by Maclehose of Glasgow part of previous owner's signature torn from the upper edge of the title-page; A Digest of the evidence of the Bank Charter taken before the Committee of 1832. London: Ridgway 1833. 8vo. later half calf marbled boards by Maclehose of Glasgow; Mills Richard Horner. The principles of currency and banking. London: Groombridge 1853. First edition 8vo. original cloth; Shaw W.A. The history of currency 1252 to 1894. London: Wilson 1896 second edition 8vo large folding table original cloth and 3 others. (7).

Palgrave R.H. Inglis editor. Dictionary of political economy. London: Macmillan 1894-99. First edition 3 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Smart William. Economic annals of the 19th century. London: Macmillan 1910-17. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Giffen Sir Robert. Economic inquiries and studies. First edition 2 volumes 8vo. original cloth; Mill John Stuart. Principles of political economy. London: Longmans Green 1886. 9th edition 2 volumes 8vo. contemporary half calf cloth boards by Maclehose of Glasgow and 5 others. (14).

Tooke Thomas. Thoughts and details on the high and low prices of the last thirty years. London: John Murray 1823. First edition 4 parts. in 1 volume 8vo.folding table at end of first part contemporary half calf marbled boards a few minor scuff marks. Note: "A pioneer of the empirical method in economics Tooke worked extensively to understand the causes behind price fluctuations investigating such variables as changing seasons new machinery and monetary polices. He was a staunch critic of trade barriers opposing any government restriction on foreign trade." (Columbia Encyclopedia) The present work was altered and enlarged to become A history of prices and the state of the circulation during the years 1793-1856.

Tooke Thomas & Newmarch William. A history of prices and of the state of circulation from 1793 to 1837 [1856]. London: Longmans etc. 1838-57. First edition 6 volumes 8vo. original blind stamped cloth with some wear to head and tails inner joints of volumes 5 & 6 splitting (6). Note: Kress C4744. In the first four volumes of this the author' s best know work he deals with the prices of corn and the circumstances affecting prices the prices of producing other products and the state of circulation. The final two volumes written in conjunction with William Newmarch deal with railways free trade banking in Europe and the effects of new discoveries of gold. "A standard work valuable alike to practical and speculative inquirers." (McCulloch Literature of political economy p. 196.

Heath Ambrose. Good Drinks. London: Faber & Faber 1939. First edition 8vo cover and title designed by Edward Bawden original decorative paper boards dustwrapper in same design wrapper scratched and price clipped worm damage in lower corner of upper board; Open Sesame. London: Nicholson and Watson 1939. First edition 8vo decorative half cloth dustwrapper in same design wrapper sunned at spine and chipped boards very bright and another similar; Savoury Snacks. London 1939. First edition 8vo decorative half cloth dustwrapper chipped at edges one inch section of spine absent ink mark on upper board; What's left in the larder? London 1940. First edition 8vo decorative half cloth dustwrapper slight sunning to spine price clipped and 18 others on cookery (23).

Mill John Stuart. Autobiography. London 1873 8vo original cloth slightly rubbed; Milton J. L'Allegro and Il Penseroso. London 1848 4to. First edition 30 plates by R. Doyle D. Roberts and others elaborately blind-stamped calf George Dalziell's copy with letters from the Secretary of the Board of Trade's secretary and Sir H. Absolom tipped in some light spotting; Aristophanes. The Lysistrata. New York 1967 facsimile edition illustrations by A. Beardsley original boards uncut; Wilson J.G. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland. London [1876] 8vo 4 volumes 2 tinted titles and 38 engraved plates original cloth gilt; Somerville William Hobbinol or the Rural Games. London: J. Stagg 1740. First edition 4to contemporary calf blind-stamped arms to covers neatly rebacked; Scott George (ed) The Memoirs of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill of the most Remarkable Affairs of State. London R. Boulter 1683. First edition 4to contemporary panelled calf small hole to C1 some spotting hinges weak and a quantity of miscellaneous books (qty).

Macquoid Percy & Edwards Ralph. The dictionary of English furniture. London: Country Life 1924. First edition folio 3 volumes black and white illustrations and coloured plates publisher's green cloth t.e.g corners bumped some rubbing to edges; Cescinsky Herbert English furniture of the eighteenth Century. London: The Waverly Book Company [c. 1910] 3 volumes illustrated with black and white photographs half morocco gilt rubbed interior clean (6).

Annan [Thomas]. The old country houses of the Glasgow gentry. Glasgow: James Maclehose 1870. First edition one of 120 copies 100 mounted photographs original quarter red morocco gilt gilt stamp on upper board bevelled boards rubbed extensive foxing throughout.

AnnanThomas (photographer). Forbes Revd. A.G. Photographs of Glasgow with descriptive letterpress Glasgow: Duthie [n.d. 1868]. First edition small 4to frontispiece and 12 other mounted photographs by Thomas Annan publisher's cloth t.e.g. stained and worn contents loose in binding light water staining of the lower corners of the prelims. Provenance: Peter Nelson.

Paton James & Annan James Craig. Scottish history & life. Glasgow: Maclehose 1902. First edition folio engraved frontispiece illustrated plates by T. & R. Annan & Sons original half blue morocco t.e.g. others uncut by Maclehose; The Princess Louise Scottish Hospital for Limbless Sailors & Soldiers at Erskine House. Glasgow: Maclehose 1917. Folio plates by T. & R. Annan & Sons original quarter red morocco t.e.g. others uncut by Maclehose; MacColl D.S. Nineteenth century art [with illustrations from pictures and objects in the Fine Art Loan Collection of the Glasgow International Exhibition 1901]. Glasgow: Maclehose 1902. First edition folio plates by T. & R. Annan & Sons original half blue morocco t.e.g. others uncut by Maclehose and another. (4).

Goble Warwick illustrator and others. Kingsley Charles. The water-babies with illustrations in colour by Warwick Goble. London: Macmillan 1909. First edition thus 4to. coloured frontispiece and 31 other coloured plates tipped in publisher's gilt pictorial cloth a.e.g. slight fading of the spine couple of spots on the lower cover endpapers foxed; Caldecott R. Caldecott's collection of pictures & songs. London: Warne [n.d]. 4to. illustrated (including coloured) each title separately paginated original pictorial cloth over bevelled boards a little wear to head and tail upper inner and lower joints splitting; Caldecott R. Caldecott's second collection of pictures & songs. London: Warne [n.d.]. Oblong 8vo. illustrated (including coloured) each title separately paginated original pictorial cloth over bevelled boards a little rubbed inner joints splitting a few marginal tears repaired; Habberton John. Helen's babies. London: Grant Richards 1899 8vo. coloured frontispiece and illustrated in the text by Eva Roos original pictorial cloth split at foot spine slightly stained inner joints weak; Chisholm Louey. The golden staircase: poems and verses for children with pictures by M. Dibdin Spooner. London: Jack 1906. First edition 8vo. coloured frontispiece and other coloured plates original gilt decorative cloth t.e.g. others uncut; Greenaway Kate. Mother Goose or the old nursery rhymes. London: Warne [ n.d.]. 12mo. coloured illustrated original green limp reverse calf over lapping edges; Lear Edward. Nonsense songs & stories with additional songs and introduction by Sir E. Strachey. London: Warne 1897. 8vo. illustrated original pictorial cloth inner joints broken contents loose in binding. (7).

Lawrence T.E. Crusader castles London: Golden Cockerel Press 1936 4to. First edition number 810 of 1000 copies 2 volumes plates maps absent publisher's half tan morocco ivory cloth boards t.e.g. others uncut by Sangorski & Sutcliffe heads tails and corners very slightly rubbed. Sold not subject to return (2).

Powys Llewyln. The verdict of Birdlegoose. London: Cape 1927. First edition 8vo. original cloth boards no 49 of 900; Blunden Edmund. Shelley and Keats as they struck their contemporaries. London: Beaumont 1925. First edition 8vo.original quarter vellum patterned paper boards corners a little knocked no 308 of 310 copies on hand-made paper; Plato. Plato's symposium or supper; newly translated by Francis Birrell & Shane Leslie. London: Fortune Press [n.d.]. First thus 8vo. vellum no. 62 of 175 copies signed by Leslie and 29 others (32).