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Lewis C. S. The Chronicles of Narnia comprising The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe first edition London 1950. Rubbed and marked cloth chipped to head of spine marks to page ends book cocked; Prince Caspian first edition London no date. Cloth spine faded corners bumped book cocked; The Voyage of the Dawn Trader first edition London no date. Faded cloth book cocked plus a fourth impression in a lightly chipped dust wrapper; The Silver Chair first edition London 1953. Cloth spine sunned book cocked; The Horse and his Boy first edition London 1954. Dust wrapper folded chipped and torn with small loss to corners and head and foot of spine book cocked; The Magician's Nephew first edition London 1955. Dust wrapper discoloured chipped and torn with small loss to head and foot of spine book cocked; The Last Battle first edition London 1956. Dust wrapper chipped and torn book cocked plus a third impression in dust wrapper. 8vo. (9)

Stoney Captain H. Butler. A Residence in Tasmania with a Descriptive Tour Through the Island from Macquarie Harbour to Circular Head first edition London 1856. Calf folding map vignette title eight tinted litho plates plus line illustrations 8vo.

Tolkien John Ronald Reuel. The Lord of the Rings comprising The Fellowship of the Ring first edition London 1954; The Two Towers first edition London 1954; The Return of the King first edition London 1955. Each in torn and chipped dust wrapper with loss resulting in fading to boards.Each volume with folding map to rear 8vo. (3)

Lisle (Edward). Observations in Husbandry, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1757, part folding eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, contemp. calf gilt, some wear, crudely repaired at spine ends with paper tape, upper cover to vol. 1 near-det., 8vo, together with a 1st edition of the same work from the preceeding year, port. frontis., errata leaf at rear, lacks first leaf of text (supplied in photocopy), some pencil scribbles and small ink marks at front and rear, contemp. calf, joints cracked, some wear, 4to, plus [Lawrence, John], The New Farmer's Calendar, or, Monthly Remembrancer, 1800, folding eng. plan frontis., ink lib. stamps and marks to endpapers and title verso, contemp. half calf, worn and upper cover det., 8vo, plus Banister (John), A Synopsis of Husbandry, 1st ed., 1799, folding table, lacks half-title, some spotting, contemp. calf with Board of Agriculture 1800 gilt stamp to upper cover, spine worn and covers det., both 8vo, plus others related (9)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New, imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1616, printed in roman type, woodcut titles to OT and NT both present, full-page woodcut of Adam and Eve and the Creation bound in to face first page of Genesis, Booke of Common Prayer (1616) and Whole Booke of Psalmes (1618) bound in at front and rear respectively, some discreet archival repairs to extreme margins to first few leaves of Book of Common Prayer and last few leaves of Book of Psalms at front and rear of vol., occn. minor archival repair to extreme lower outer corners throughout, some light soiling and marks, margins generally intact and in good condition, modern antique-style blind-dec. full calf, thick folio Herbert 349. The first small folio edition of King James' version, the earliest to receive any considerable revision. A good complete copy. (1)

Bible [English]. The Complete Family Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments; with Notes Critical, Practical, and Explanatory, by the Reverend Mr. Ostervald, of Neufchatel in Swisserland, corrected and revised by several clergymen, 2 vols., Southampton, Printed and Sold by T. Skelton, n.d., c.1790, numerous full-page eng. plts., a few minor marks and title and first few leaves to first vol. with waterstain to lower margins, modern antique-style half calf gilt, large folio. An unusual provincially published bible, printed by the Southampton printer Thomas Skelton (who also published Netley Abbey, 1795, The Southampton Guide, 1797 and 1802/3, etc.). The illustrations were engraved specifically for this edition by a Southampton engraver Thomas Scott Seed. (2)

Bible [Swedish]. Biblia phet är All then Helgha Scrifft på Swensko [trans. Laurentius and Olaus Petri], Uppsala, Georg Richolff, 1540-41, black letter text, lacks 148 leaves in all, mostly at front and rear of vol., NT title transposed to front of vol., with full-page woodcut of the crucifixion mounted to verso, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, twenty-one woodcut illustrations, including three full-page and one half-page map, margins generally in good condition, marginal annotations in ink (probably 16th century), some marks and soiling, some minor marginal paper repairs, and eight leaves torn with loss to outer corner and replaced with black paper (Lii, Rii, Siv, Bb ii, Cc ii, Dd iii, Ff v and Yyy v), later full sheep (later 17th or early 18th century), incorporating early brass clasps (leather thongs defective), rubbed and some wear to joints, small portion to extreme head of spine chipped with loss, thick folio Darlow & Moule 8808. The editio princeps of the bible in Swedish, which was based on the first complete edition of Luther's Bible of 1534 (D & M 4199), known as Gustav Vasa's Bible, a copy of which was provided for every church in Sweden. Only one copy located in UK (British Library). (1)

Lane (William). Poems on the Following Subjects: Abram and Lott, Manoah and His Wife, Naomi and Ruth, Life of David, Flood of Formosa, and Fire of Cliffden, Vale of Wycombe, Detached Pieces, Chiefly Wrote on Particular Occasions, Reading, printed for the author, 1798, sole edition, 112 pp., title and following few leaves with lower corner to inner margin excised, not affecting text, disbound without covers, 8vo, together with Swiftiana. A Fragment, n.d., c. 1800, 10 pp., disbound without covers, small slim 8vo, plus Seven Letters to the Common Council of the City of London, and One to the Livery, relative to their Committees, the Expenditure of the City Cash, Black Friars Bridge, the State of the Prisons, Court of Conscience Debtors, and the Partial Distribution of Justice to them, 1784, 40 pp., title with first word shaved to top margin, a few minor marks, disbound without covers, slim 8vo The first work is by an author described on the title page as 'A poor labouring man, of Flackwell-Heath, High Wycombe, Bucks.'; the second work is an imitation of Swift's Tale of a Tub. (3)

New Testament [Latin]. Novum Testamentum. Interprete Sebastiano Castalione, Basel, per Joan. Oporinum, 1553, woodcut initals (with early yellow colouring), neatly ruled in yellow-brown ink throughout, a.e.g., contemp. calf, somewhat worn with backstrip partly def., joints cracked, 8vo Sebastian Castellio was an associate of Calvin in Geneva, and an important figure in the early years of the Reformation. His plan to publish a latin translation of the New Testament, was refused permission by Calvin, when Calvin realised that Castellio's translation threatened his authority on a number of points of theological interpretation. Consequently Castellio left Geneva for Basel where the first, and this second, edition were printed. (1)

Balzac (Jean-Louis Guez de). Le Prince, Second Edition, reueuë & corrigée, pub. Toussainct du Bray, Paris, 1632, a little spotting, sm. burnholes to outer margins of two leaves at rear not affecting text, hinges cracked, contemp. vellum with yapp edges, sl. soiled, sm. 8vo First published in 1631 this eulogy to Louis XIII contains two lengthy letters addressed to Cardinal Richelieu. This copy appears to be a variant printing of the second edition with pagination: [xl], 456, [22]pp. See Tchemerzine I.355-357. (1)

Cowley (Abraham). Abraham Couleij Angli, Poemata Latina. In quibus Continentur, Sex Libri Plantarum, viz. Duo Herbarum Florum eng. port. frontis., modern marbled boards with morocco label, 8voThe first collected edition of Cowley's latin poems. Wing C6680. (1)

Longfellow (Henry Wadsworth). The Song of Hiawatha, 1st ed., 1855, first issue (with "dove" for "dived" on p. 96, line 7), sm. tear to foremargin of p. 71, 24pp pub. ads. to rear (dated March 1855), orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and dulled on spine, minor fraying to joints and spine ends, 8vo The true first edition which preceded the American edition by ten days. (1)

Pommereul (M. de). Campagne du Général Buonaparte en Italie, Pendant les Années IVe et Ve de la République Française; par un Officer Général, pub. Plassan, Paris, 1797, contemp. cat's paw calf gilt, spine rubbed, joints split at ends, 8vo, together with Lequinio (J.M.), Les Préjugés Détruits, pub. Desenne, Paris, 1792, some browning, contemp. cat's paw calf gilt, spine darkened and rubbed, lower joint split at ends, 8vo, plus Ségur (Vicomte J.A. de), Les Femmes, Leur Condition et Leur Influence dans L'Ordre Social chez Différens Peuples Anciens et Modernes, Nouvelle Edition, 2 vols., pub. Raymond, Paris, 1820, eng. plts., occn. foxing, first few leaves of vol. 1 loose, contemp. half calf gilt, spines rubbed, 8vo, plus five others, in French and English, incl. 'Le Nouveau Robinson pour servir a L'Amusement et a L'Instruction des Enfants', 1787, and 'The Rural Christian', 1772 (10)

Swinburne (Algernon Charles). Poems and Ballads, 1st ed., 2nd issue, pub. John Camden Hotten, 1866, half-title, a little foxing to first and last few leaves, cancelled Moxon title loosely inserted at front, cracked on inner hinges, orig. dark green cloth, a little rubbed to spine, outer corners bumped, together with Chastelard, A Tragedy, 1st American ed., New York, 1866, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and one or two marks to extrems., plus A Song of Italy, 1st ed., 1st issue, pub. John Camden Hotten, 1867, 16 pp. pubs. ads. at rear, orig. green cloth gilt, sl. rubbed to extrems., plus another copy of the same edition, bound in blue cloth, and other later 19th c. literature, including Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, by William Barnes, pub. Kegan Paul, 1879, inscribed by the author to half-title 'Julius Miles with good wishes from his Uncle W. Barnes, 6 March 1881', and [Brown, T. E.], Betsy Lee, A Fo'c's'le Yarn, 1st trade ed., Macmillan, 1873, plus Poe (Edgar Allan), The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe, with a Notice on his Life and Genius by James Hannay, pub. Addey & Co., 1853, frontis., upper hinge split, orig. cloth gilt, spine browned and sl. chipped at head 8vo, etc (25)

Thou (Jacques Auguste de). Historiarum sui Temporis, 7 vols., pub. Samuel Buckley, 1733, half-title to first vol. only, eng. port. frontis. to first vol., titles printed in red and black with eng. vign. to each, and one or two eng. head and tail pieces, contemp. full blind-panelled sprinkled calf, gilt dec. spines, with raised bands and morocco label, some marks and several other joints partly cracked, folio `The best edition of an universally esteemed historical work' (Lowndes). Handsome set. (7)

Anderson (H. Graeme). The Medical and Surgical Aspects of Aviation, 1st ed., 1919, b&w illusts. from photos., lib. bookplate and inkstamp to front endpapers, orig. cloth, sl. rubbed and marked, together with Armstrong (Harry G.), Principles and Practice of Aviation Medicine, 2nd ed., Baltimore, 1943, b&w frontis. and illusts. to text, plus Bergin (Kenneth G.), Aviation Medicine, Its Theory and Application, 1st ed., 1949, b&w illusts. from photos., both orig. cloth, sl. rubbed, 8vo Garrison Morton 2137.5 (first item) & 2137.10 (first edition of second item). (3)

Bell (Charles). A System of Dissections, Explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body, 2 vols., Edinburgh, 1798-1803, twenty-nine (of thirty) eng. plts., lacks general title and title to vol. 1, part 1 lacks pp. 81-84, vol. 2 part 2 soiled and lacks pp. 11-12 and plt. 8, disbound, folio, contained in purpose-made modern cloth bookbox Vol. 1 consists of five parts plus appendix and vol. 2 consists of two parts; vol. 1 parts 4-5 are first editions, the other parts are 2nd edition. (1)

Copland (James). A Dictionary of Practical Medicine, 3 vols. bound in four, 1st ed., 1844-58, double-column text, some spotting, contemp. calf with leather spine labels, vols. 1 & 2 rebacked with remains of orig. spines relaid, all heavily rubbed and some wear, together with Cooper (Samuel), A Dictionary of Practical Surgery, 6th ed., 1830, double column text, spotting at front and rear, contemp. half calf, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, rubbed and some corner wear, all thick 8vo Garrison Morton 6800 & see 5585 (first edition of second item). (5)

Gibbs (James). Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of Architecture, in a more exact and easy manner than has been heretofore practised, by which all fractions, in dividing the principal members and their parts are avoided, 2nd ed., 1736, sixty-four copper plate engravings, lightly dampstained throughout, recent green goatskin half binding by William Taunton and Diana Hoare in 1991 (with receipt), folio The first edition of this work was published in 1732. (1)

Golden Cockerel Press. The First Crusade, the Deeds of the Franks and Other Jerusalemites, transl. Somerset de Chair, 1945, b & w plts. by Beardsley, orig. gilt dec. cloth, sl. sunned spine, 4to, plus Salome, Drame en un Acte, illustrations par André Derain, pub. Paris, for the Club, 1938, ten gouache plts on black paper, text printed in brown and black, orig. printed wrappers, sl. creased, 4to, both vols. housed together (as issued) in pubs. orig. slipcase, titled in gilt to spine, extrems. rubbed, (limited edition 162/1500, signed by the artist), plus two other Golden Cockerel Press items (5)

Golden Cockerel Press. The First Crusade. The Deeds of the Farnks and other Jerusalemites translated into English for the first time by Somerset de Chair, 1945, wood engs. by Clifford Webb, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. three-qtr. vellum gilt, tall 8vo Limited edition 237/500. (1)

[Verne, Jules]. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, pub. The Boys' Journal, 12 monthly parts, 1870, 1st appearance in English, preceding the bookform ed. by one year, twelve b & w plts. (mostly browned), and numerous letterpress illusts., hinges split, contemp. cloth, soiled and worn, with spine split and fraying, 8vo, together with two further vols. of 'The Boys' Journal', one dated 1869 This serialisation of Jules Verne's third work is omitted from all Verne bibliographies and biographies, and none have been seen at auction. The bookform edition itself is very rarely seen. Curiously, an advertisement appears in the 1869 volume of 'The Boys' Journal' for 'Five Weeks in a Balloon', to "commence next month in the July number of The Boys' Journal". This, Verne's first work, was first published in bookform in England by Chapman and Hall in 1870. (3)

Woolf (Virginia). The Voyage Out, Doran, 1920; Monday or Tuesday, Harcourt Brace, 1921, both 1st US eds., pub. NY, upper hinge to first vol. partially split, first vol. orig. cloth, second vol. orig. cloth-backed boards with paper label to spine, both sl. rubbed, 8vo, together with a 5th impression US edition of 'The Common Reader' First volume Kirkpatrick A1b. Text revised by the author for first American publication. (3)

Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, A Novel; Northanger Abbey, A Novel, both pub. Richard Bentley, 1833, eng. frontis. and addn. title to each (foxed), contemp. half calf, rubbed and scuffed, second item with wear to spine, 8vo, together with Thackeray (William Makepeace), The History of Pendennis; The Virginians, both 1st eds., 1849-50/1858-9, both with steel eng. plts. and wood eng. letterpress illusts., foxed, vol. 2 of 'The Virginians' with frontis. and addn. title detached, contemp. half morocco, badly rubbed, 8vo, plus a quantity of other similar, mostly lit. and leather bindings 'Pride and Prejudice' and 'Northanger Abbey' part of the first collected edition of Jane Austen's novels. (2 cartons)

Caldecott (Randolph). The Complete Collection of Pictures & Songs by Randolph Caldecott, Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans, with a Preface by Austin Dobsin, 1887, together with The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott's Contributions to the 'Graphic' printed by Edmund Evans, with a Preface by Arthur Locker, 1888, num. col. and other illusts., minor tape repair to title of first vol., both orig. cloth, repaired, large 4to, (limited edition of 800/1250 copies respec.), with other misc. art ref., mostly large format (a carton)

Teddy Bear and other songs from when we where very young by A.A. Milne, First Edition 1926.

BYRNE (OLIVER) The First Six Books of The Elements of Euclid, In Which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols are used instead of Letters...1st edition, original decorated blue cloth gilt, badly stained, upper joint split and headcaps worn, a.e.g., front f.e.p. loose, some light foxing, 4to, London, William Pickering, 1847 LOCATION A

NICHOLSON'S DICTIONARY OF THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND CARPENTRY, New Edition, Edited by Edward Lomax and Thomas Gunyon, 2 vols, plates as called-for, contemporary half calf gilt, cloth boards stained and faded, Vol. 2 staining to corner of frontis and first and final ff., 4to, London Printing and Publishing Co., n.d. LOCATION B

Aust, Mrs Murray. A Companion and Useful Guide to the Beauties of Scotland and the Hebrides. London, 1810, third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original boards, uncut, neatly rebacked, new paper labels; [Orkney and Shetland Islands] The Statistical Account of the Orkney and Zetland Parishes, abstracted from the Statistical Account of Scotland 1791-98, in 2 volumes, 8vo, with specially printed title-pages and lists of contents, consecutive page numerals supplied by ink stamps, engraved maps, early twentieth century half vellum, g.e.; Edmonston, Arthur. A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands. Edinburgh, 1809, first edition, 2 volumes bound in one, 8vo, 1 engraved map, contemporary half calf, some leaves misbound at end of volume 1; Hill, George B. Footsteps of Dr. Johnson (Scotland). London, 1890, 4to, map, plates (1 loose), original brown half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g.; Gilpin, William. Observations relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty. London, 1789, 2 volumes, 8vo, 40 sepia aqutint plates and plans, contemporary tree calf, blank margin at head of titles cut away, some offsetting, extremities rubbed (8)

Bartholomew, J.G.. The Survey Atlas of Scotland, 1912, large folio, coloured double-page maps, black quarter morocco, spine gilt; Foster, Joshua James. The Stuarts, being illustrations of the personal history of the family (especially Mary Queen of Scots), 1902, first edition, edition de luxe, number 127 of 175 copies signed by the author, plates, original red buckram gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, dust-jackets; Cardonnel, Adam de. Numismata Scotiae, or a series of the Scottish Coinage from the reign of William the Lion to the Union, 1786, first edition, 4to, 20 engraved plates, modern calf; Hill, George Birkbeck. Footsteps of Dr. Johnson (Scotland), 1890, 4to, edition de luxe, number 64 of 160 copies signed by the author, map and 24 plates, 21 plates in two states, second state with the plate on india paper and signed by the artist, Lancelot Speed, contemporary brown half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut; Billings, Robert William. The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland, 1901, 4 volumes, 4to, 240 engraved plates, original blue cloth gilt, t.e.g., others uncut; and 2 volumes of Burns’ works (11)

Camden, William. Camden’s Britannia, with large additions and improvemenets, publish’d by Edmund Gibson. London: F. Collins for A. Swalle, A. & J. Churchil, 1695, first edition of Gibson’s translation, folio, 50 engraved double-page maps by Robert Mordern, 9 engraved plates, modern half calf, spine gilt Note: Wing C359;

Campbell, Alexander. A Journey from Edinburgh through parts of North Britain. London: T.N. Longman & O. Rees, 1802, first edition, 2 volumes, 4to, 44 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary half calf, spines gilt Provenance: Richard Chute, bookplates

Campbell, Alexander.. A Journey from Edinburgh through parts of North Britain. London: T.N. Longman, 1802, first edition, 2 volumes, 4to, 44 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary calf gilt, joints neatly repaired; Garnett, Thomas. Observations on a Tour through the Highlands and the Western Isles of Scotland. London: J. Stockdale, 1811, 2 volumes, 4to, map and 43 (of 52) aquatint plates, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, some spotting, hinges cracking (4)

Collins Baker, C.H. Lely & the Stuart Portrait Painters. London: P.L. Warner, 1912, first edition, 3 volumes, 4to, limited to 375 copies, one of 30 copies on hand-made paper with an extra set of the plates, text original vellum gilt, t.e.g., plate volume cloth-backed boards; Caw, James L. Sir James Guthrie, P.R.S.A., a Biography. London: Macmillan, 1932, first edition, large 4to, frontispiece and 46 plates, original red buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, dust-jacket; Scottish Portraits. Edinburgh, 1902, 5 volumes, 4to, number 1 of 25 copies with plates on Japanese vellum, as issued in original cloth-backed board portfolios; William MacTaggart R.S.A., V.P.R.S.W. Glasgow, 1917, 4to, plates, original cloth; Scottish Painting past and present 1620-1908. Edinburgh, 1908, 4to, first edition, original cloth; The National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh, 4to, number 86 of 350 copies, 56 photogravure plates, modern half calf, spine gilt; Wilson, G. Ten Phototypes of the works of George Wilson exhibited at the Aberdeen Artists’s Society’s Exhibition. Aberdeen, 1893, 4to, number 58 of 100 copies, original morocco-backed cloth portfolio, ties; Armstrong, Sir Walter. Sir Henry Raeburn. London, 1901, large 4to, 61 plates, illustrations, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded and rubbed at head and base; Hind, Arthur M. The Etchings of D.Y. Cameron. London, 1924, 4to, plates, original cloth; Baird, William. John Thomson of Duddingston. Edinburgh, 1895, plates, original buckram gilt, lightly soiled; Hudson, Derek. James Pryde 1866-1941. London, 1949, 4to, original buckram; Bury, Adrian. Joseph Crawhall. The Man and the Artist. London, 1958, 4to, number 288 of 975 copies, original buckram; Reid, A.T. The Collection of Pictures formed by Andrew T. Reid of Auchterrarder. Glasgow: Printed for Private Circulation, 1933, 4to, presentation copy inscribed by Andrew Reid, plates, blue morocco, t.e.g., others uncut; and 4 others on Scottish art (23)

Cook, James and James King.. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean... for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: G. Nicol & T. Cadell, 1784, first edition, 3 volumes 4to, 24 plates and charts only, several folding, two volumes contemporary russia, one volume modern calf, some spotting and offsetting, two volumes rebacked and with corners worn, lacking the atlas (3)

Defoe, Daniel. The History of the Union between England and Scotland...with an Introduction in which the consequences and probability of a like union between this country and Ireland are considered. London: John Stockdale, 1786 [1787], 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Skelton, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, head of spine very slightly rubbed Provenance: Sir Richard Bempde Johnstone, Bart., bookplate Note: Defoe’s history, first published in 1709, derives from his period of service as a secret government agent in Scotland (1706-08), where he worked for Harley and Godolphin with the party sympathetic to union. This edition was first published in 1786, but was re-issued in 1787 with the addition of John Louis De Lolme’s essay on the probability of a union with Ireland. A fine copy.

Findlater, Charles. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Peebles. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1802, first edition, 8vo, folding map, hand-coloured in outline, one engraved plate, contemporary calf, spine gilt, some light offsetting to title Note: A fine copy

Gibson, John. The History of Glasgow... to the present time. Glasgow, 1777, first edition, 8vo, folding engraved plan (laid down), contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, some spotting, head of spine slightly rubbedSmith, John. The Cochrane Correspondence regarding the Affairs of Glasgow MDCCXLV-VI. Glasgow, The Maitland Club, 1836, 4to, 6 lithographed plates, brown half morocco gilt; Glasgow Archaeological Society. Transactions [1857-1883], 1868-83, 2 volumes; Transactions, New Series. Glasgow, 1890-1916, volumes 1-6 and Reports volume, uniform brown half morocco gilt, t.e.g.; Mackenzie, Peter. Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Glasgow, 1865-68, first edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, plates, contemporary calf, spines gilt; Paton, James. Catalogue... of the Pictures and Sculpture in the Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, 1902, 8vo, plates, red morocco gilt; The Glasgow University Album for MDCCCXL, 1840, 4to, brown morocco gilt by Walker of Glasgow with their ticket, g.e.; Wilson, H., publisher. Parliamentary & Municipal Franchise Map of the City of Glsgow, divided into 16 statutory wards, 1846, hand-coloured engraved map dissected and backed on linen, folding into cloth covers (17)

Grimble, Arthur Deer-Stalking and the Deer Forests of Scotland. London: Kegan Paul, 1901, first edition, 4to, plates, original vellum-backed boards, spine gilt, boards slightly marked

Groome, Francis H. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1884, 3 volumes, large 8vo, maps, some double-page and coloured, plates, contemporary green half calf, spines gilt; James VI of Scotland, King. Original Letters relating to the Ecclesiastical Affairs of Scotland, chiefly written by, or addressed to His Majesty King James the Sixth. Edinburgh: The Bannatyne Club, 1851, 2 volumes, 4to, bookplates of Sir George Henry Scott Douglas, Bt., green half morocco, spines gilt, joints lightly rubbed; Kirkton, James. The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1817, first edition, edited by Charles K. Sharpe, 4to, 3 engraved plates, bookplate of the Abbey of St. Benedict, Fort Augustus, contemporary half calf; M’Dowall, William. Chronicles of Lincluden. Edinburgh, 1886, 4to, number 120 of 350 copies, lithographed plates on india paper, bookplate of the Abbey of St. Benedict, Fort Augustus, original brown half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut; Chambers, Robert and Thomas Thomson. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen. London, 1870, 3 volumes, large 8vo, engraved titles and plates, contemporary half calf (10)

Gunn, John.. An Historical Enquiry respecting the Performance on the Harp in the Highlands of Scotland. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1807, first edition, 4to, 3 engraved plates, half-title, contemporary half calf, small wormhole to upper joint Provenance: Domhnall Maccormaig, bookplate. A Scottish violoncellist and writer on music John Gunn, c.1765-c.1824 published a number of works on the violoncello and German flute and “Forty Scotch Airs”. He wrote this historical enquiry, considered Gunn’s most important work, at the request of the National Society of Scotland.

Home, Bruce J. Old Houses in Edinburgh, [no date], 4to, original green morocco-backed cloth, sides slightly soiled; Gillespie, J., editor. Details of Scottish Domestic Architecture, Edinburgh Architectural Association, 1922, 4to, original buckram; Werther, Louis. The Story of Edinburgh Castle, 1913, 4to, etched frontispiece, plates, original cloth; Mason, Rosaline. Edinburgh. Painted by John Fullelove, edition de luxe, limited to 250 copies, this copy un-numbered, coloured plates, original cloth gilt; Heron, Alexander. The Rise and Progress of the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh 1681-1902, 1903, first edition, 4to, original morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., uncut, spine faded; Speculative Society. The History of the Speculative Society 1764-1904, 1905, 8vo, maroon quarter morocco gilt, t.e.g., uncut; Stevenson, R.L. Edinburgh, 1912, number 234 of 385 copies on hand-made paper, 24 colour plates by James Heron, original buckram, t.e.g., dust-jacket; Royal Commission on Historical Documents. The City of Edinburgh, 1951, original cloth, dust-jacket, all with plates; and 4 others (12)

Hooker, W.J. Perthshire Illustrated: a Series of select Views of the Picturesque & Romantic Scenery, and Principal Mansions of Perthshire... and an account of the Royal Progress through the County in 1842. London, Edinburgh & Glasgow: A. Fullerton, 1843, first edition, 4to, large paper copy, additional engraved title and 63 plates on india paper engraved after James Stewart, A. Donaldson, William Brown and others, illustrations, tissue guards, half-title, contemporary maroon morocco, sides panelled in gilt and blind, spine gilt, g.e. Note: A sumptuously bound copy of a rare work on Perthshire.

Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick. Memorial of the Royal Progress in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1843, first edition, 4to, list of subscribers, 13 engraved plates, wood-engravings in the text, bookplate of Peter Carmichael, contemporary red half morocco gilt; Robertson, William. The History of Scotland. London, 1759, second edition, 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary calf, spines gilt; Crawfurd, George and William Semple. The History of the Shire of Renfrew. Paisley, 1782, 4to, bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer, contemporary calf, some spotting, head of spine slightly rubbed; Sconiana. Memoranda of the Antiquities, Curiosities, History and Present State of Scone. Edinburgh, 1807, first edition, 4to, 5 engraved plates, contemporary quarter roan, some spotting, boards somewhat soiled; [Bridge Construction] Report of the Commissioners for making Roads and building Bridges in the Highlands of Scotland. London, 1804, 4to, folding engraved map, partly hand-coloured, original wrappers, map torn without loss, spine worn; Bruce, John. History of the Parish of West or Old Kilpatrick. Glasgow, 1893, first edition, 8vo, plates, contemporary half calf, upper joint splitting; Tullibardine, Marchioness of. A Military History of Perthshire 1899-1902. Perth, 1908, first edition, 8vo, plates, original red calf gilt, gilt arms on upper cover (8)

Leighton, John M.. The Lakes of Scotland, a series of views from paintings by John Fleming. Glasgow: J. Swan, 1834, first edition, 4to, 3 engraved title-pages and 49 plates on india paper engraved by J. Swan after J. Fleming, tissue guards, contemporary maroon morocco, sides tooled in blind and gilt, spine gilt, g.e. Provenance: Alston of Muirburn, armorial bookplate

Leighton, John M. and Joseph Swan History of the County of Fife. Glasgow: J. Swan, 1840, first edition, 3 volumes, 4to, additional engraved titles and 47 engraved plates, contemporary calf by Clarke and Bedford, spines gilt, gilt arms on sides, g.e., a few leaves slightly spotted Provenance: John Frederick, 1st Earl Cawdor, gilt armorial stamp on covers Note: A fine copy.

Logan, James.. The Scottish Gael, or Celtic Manners, as preserved among the Highlanders, 1831, first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 8 engraved plates (7 hand-coloured), 8 pages of engraved music, list of subscribers, half-titles, bookplate of W.J. Robertson, nineteenth-century brown half morocco, t.e.g.; Stewart, David. Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland, 1822, second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, hand-coloured folding engraved map, contemporary maroon half morocco, spines gilt; Hogg, James. The Jacobite Relics of Scotland, being the Songs, Airs and Legends of the Adherents to the House of Stuart, 1819, first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, modern green quarter morocco; Sinclair, Catherine. Scotland and the Scotch, 1840, 12mo, contemporary half calf, spine gilt; [Lockhart, J.G.] Peter’s Letters to his Kinfolk, 1819, third edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, 15 engraved plates, illustrations, contemporary half calf (10)

Maitland, William. The History of Edinburgh... the Parishes of Canongate, St. Cuthbert and... Leith. Edinburgh: for the Author, 1753, first edition, folio, folding engraved plan by William Edgar, and 20 engraved plates, modern calf, spine tooled in blind, morocco lettering piece, occasional light marginal dampstaining

Moncreiff, Frederick & William Moncreiffe. The Moncreiffs and the Moncreiffes. A History of the Family of Moncreiff of that Ilk and its Collateral Branches. Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1929, first edition, 2 volumes, 4to, plates, original maroon buckram gilt, t.e.g., others uncut

Monkhouse, William Cosmo. The Works of Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. London: Virtue, [1879-80], first edition, 2 volumes, folio, 54 steel engraved plates after Landseer, illustrations, original brown morocco gilt, sides ornately panelled in gilt, spines gilt with dog motifs in compartments, g.e. Note: A fine bright copy of a handsome binding.

Profeit, R.A. Under Lochnagar, 1894, first edition, 4to, plates, original pictorial cloth, t.e.g.; Victoria, Queen. Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands, 1868, 4to, illustrated edition, 2 chromolithographed and 8 engraved plates, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt, g.e., some wear to joints; [Stewart, Archibald]The Trial of Archibald Stewart Esq., late Lord Provost of Edinburgh, for Neglect of Duty and Misbehaviour, 1747, first edition, 8vo, later boards, slightly marked; [Nairne, Mr.] The Affairs of Scotland in 1689: being a Collection of Ms. Accounts of Dundee’s Campaign, 1884, Privately Printed, 8vo, one of 50 large paper copies, maroon quarter morocco, spine gilt; Bremner, David. The Industries of Scotland, 1869, first edition, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt; Peacock, David. Perth: its Annals and its Archives, 1849, first edition, 8vo, map and 9 engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, g.e., spine neatly repaired; Smiles, Samuel. Life of a Scotch Naturalist, Thomas Edward, 1901, plates, tree calf gilt; Penney, John. Historical Account of Linlithgowshire, 1831, 12mo, additional engraved title, original cloth; The Statistical Account of Kinross-shire, 1841, 8vo, engraved map hand-coloured in outline, brown half morocco; [Smith, Robert Angus] Loch Etive and the Sons of Uisnach, 1879, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author, 8vo, lithographed plates, original cloth; Macgregor, Alexander. Highland Superstitions, 1922; Dixon, John H. Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire, 1886, first edition, plates, 8vo, original cloth; Duncan, James. The Scotch Itinerary, containing the Roads through Scotland, 1808, second edition, 2 folding maps, original boards, paper label; and 15 others (28) BO42/45; 42/59; 42/3; 37/6; 42/52; 37/6; 42/52; 37/4; 30/4; 42/11; 37/4; 30/4; 37/2; 42/11; 30/18; 42/50; 42/51; 42/42-44; 42/9; 42/53; 37/7; 42/56-58; 42/60; 42/49; 30/9; 30/3

Ritson, Joseph. Memoirs of the Celts or Gauls. London: Payne and Foss, 1827, first edition, original spine bound in at end; Annals of the Caledonians, Picts and Scots; and of Strathclyde, Cumberland, Galloway and Murray. Edinburgh: W. and D. Laing, 1828, first edition, 2 volumes, together 3 volumes, near uniform brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf with gilt arms on sides, spines gilt, gilt edges (3) Note: Fine copies

Scott, Sir Walter. The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland. London: Longman, 1814, first edition, 2 volumes, 4to, additional engraved titles, 92 engraved plates, contemporary maroon morocco, sides tooled with geometric designs in gilt and blind, g.e., spines gilt Provenance: Robert Lewes Dashwood, bookplates Note: A fine copy

Seton, Sir Bruce and John Grant.. The Pipes of War. A Record of the Achievements of Pipers of Scottish and Overseas Regiments, 1920, first edition, 4to, number 36 of 200 copies on hand-made paper, 9 plates, original parchment-backed cloth, spine gilt, t.e.g.; Grant, James. Cassell’s Old and New Edinburgh, [c.1880], 3 volumes, 4to, plates and illustrations, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt, g.e.; Anderson, William. The Scottish Nation, 1862, 9 original divisions, 8vo, engraved plates, illustrations, original blindstamped cloth, rubbed; Keltie, John S. The Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Highland Regiments, 8 original divisions, large 8vo, 30 coloured plates of tartans, 2 maps, 18 engraved plates, illustrations, original red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed; Mackay, J.G. The Romantic Story of the Highland Garb and the Tartan, 1925, 4to, limited to 575 copies, list of subscribers, plates, some coloured, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Mackinnon, Donald D. Memoirs of the Clan Fingon. Tunbridge Wells: Printed for Private Circulation, [1883], first edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the author, folding chromolithographed genealogy of the Clan Mackinnon, original cloth; Downie, Sir Alexander M. and Alister Downie Mackinnon. Genealogical Account of the Family of Mackinnon, 1882, 4to, Privately Printed, original cloth; and 9 others, most relating to the Isle of Skye (33)

Sibbald, Sir Robert. Scotia Illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis. Edinburgh: J. Kniblo, J. Solingen and J. Colmar for the Author, 1684, first edition, 3 parts in one volume, folio, woodcut device on title, 21 (of 22) engraved plates on 11 leaves, contemporary calf, spine gilt, without the engraved heraldic plate (as often), neatly rebacked retaining original spine Note: “The first comprehensive attempt to depict the fauna of Scotland.” (Anker). The physician, antiquary and naturalist Sir Robert Sibbald (1641-1722) was chiefly instrumental in founding the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. In 1682 he was appointed physician to Charles II and, at the instigation of his patron, the Earl of Perth, Geographer of Scotland. Scotia Illustrata, his best known and most elaborate work, consists of three parts. The third part, De Plantis Scotiae tam indigenis quam Hortensibus, includes a short chapter on the Edinburgh physic garden, the first botanical garden in Scotland (and the second in the British Isles after Oxford), which owed its inception to Sibbald and Andrew Balfour. Each of the three parts has its own title-page dated 1684. Plates numbered 9 and 11 appear on a single leaf, and there is no plate numbered 10. Wing S3727; Nissen 3847; Anker 471 Provenance: Robert Davidson, bookplate

Stewart, David. Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland, 1822, first edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, folding hand-coloured map, half-titles, modern half calf, t.e.g., others uncut; Skene, William F. The Highlanders of Scotland, 1902, 8vo, edited by A. MacBain, 2 plates, map, maroon half morocco gilt, t.e.g., uncut; Chambers, Robert. Domestic Annals of Scotland, 1874, 3 volumes, 8vo, illustrations, contemporary red half morocco, spines gilt, t.e.g.; Aytoun, William E. The Ballads of Scotland, 1859, second edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, bookplate of George H. Cox, green morocco gilt, g.e.; The Society of Ancient Scots. Lives of Scottish Poets, 1821-22, 6 parts in 3 volumes, 12mo, engraved titles and frontispieces, contemporary black morocco gilt, g.e. (11)

St John, Charles. Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands. Edinburgh, 1919, large 8vo, modern green half calf, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut;Knox, John. Voyage dans les montagnes de l’Ecosse. Paris, 1790, first French edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf ; Scott, Jock. The Art of Salmon Fishing, 1933, 8vo, modern half calf, rather spotted; Colquhoun, John. The Moor and the Loch, 1840, 8vo, half calf, rather spotted; and 1 other (6)

Thornton, Col. Thomas. A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England and great part of the Highlands of Scotland. London, 1804, first edition, 4to, 16 engraved plates, green half morocco by Bayntun, emblematically tooled on spine, some light spotting, spine faded; Clark, R., printer. The Royal Caledonian Hunt, instituted 1777, 1871, 4to, green half morocco gilt; Scrope, William. The Art of Deer Stalking, 1838, first edition, 8vo, additional engraved title and 11 lithographed or engraved plates, contemporary green morocco gilt by W. Nutt, g.e.; Stoddart, John. Remarks on Local Scenery & Manners in Scotland during the years 1799 and 1800, 1801, first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved titles, double-page map and 32 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary tree calf; [Abbey, Scenery 483] and 2 others by Speedy and Bickerdyke (7)

Wilson, James.. A Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles, 1842, first edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding map and 19 (of 20) engraved plates, half calf, spines gilt, final leaf in volume 1 repaired; Grampian Club. Registrum Monasterii S. Marie de Cambuskenneth A.D. 1147-1535, 1872, 4to, lithographed title and plates, original red cloth gilt; Macmillan, Hugh. The Highland Tay, 1901, first edition, 4to, plates by A. Scott Rankin, original pictorial cloth gilt, t.e.g.; Maxwell, Alexander. The History of Old Dundee, 1885, 2 volumes, 4to, folding map, plates, contemporary half calf; Nimmo, William and William MacGregor Stirling. History of Stirlingshire, 1817, second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 maps (1 hand-coloured and folding), 2 engraved plates, 2 folding printed tables, contemporary half calf, spines gilt; Chambers, William. The Book of Scotland, 1830, first edition, 8vo, half-title, later green half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut; Wade, W.M. A Tour of Modern, and Peep into Ancient, Glasgow, 1822, first edition, 12mo, folding plan, contemporary half calf; Tannahill, Robert. The Works, 1875, 12mo, engraved frontispiece and title, red morocco, covers and spine with geometric black morocco onlays, g.e.; Green, Samuel G. Scottish Pictures drawn with Pen and Pencil, 1866, 4to, illustrations, original pictorial cloth gilt; Eyre-Todd, George. The Visit of His Majesty King George V to the Glasgow and the Clyde Area, 17th to 21st September 1917, 1918, folio, 37 plates, original cloth, some spotting, binding slightly marked; Gordon, Seton. The Charm of Skye, 1929, first edition, 8vo, plates, original cloth; Drummond-Norie, W. Loyal Lochaber and its Associations, 1888, first edition, one of 500 copies, 8vo, plates, original cloth, t.e.g.; Sharp, J.F.M. The Thoroughbred Mares Record, 1929, 4to, plates, black morocco; and 9 others including 2 issues of The Scots Angler in wrappers (25) BO25/14; 25/17; 29/19; 42/4; 25/8; 25/9; 42/4; 25/8; 42/26; 42/25; 42/23; 42/37; 42/18; 42/24; 31/2; 25/19; 25/13; 42/19

Wilson, Professor and Robert Chambers. 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, additional engraved titles and 78 engraved plates after D.O. Hill, tissue guards, contemporary calf, sides panelled in blind and gilt, spines gilt, g.e.; Chambers, Robert, editor. The Book of Days. A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1883, 2 volumes, large 8vo, illustrations, contemporary half calf, spines gilt (4) Provenance: Henry Cundall 1864, inscription