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Turkey, 6 volumes, comprising Thornton, Thomas The Present State of Turkey, or a Description of the Political, Civil, and Religious Constitution, Government and Laws of the Ottoman Empire. London: J. Mawman, 1807. First edition, 4to, contemporary half roan, some spotting, rubbed; [Porter, Sir James] Observations on the Religion, Law, Government and Manners of the Turks. London, 1771. Second edition, 8vo, half calf, front board detached; Spencer, Edmund, Capt. Turkey, Russia, the Black Sea and Circassia. London, 1854. First edition, 8vo, folding map and 4 coloured plates, original blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, joints split; [Turkey] Neuse Nachrichten vom Türkischen Reiche. Berlin: Arnold Wever, 1788. 8vo, 3 coloured folding maps, contemporary boards, owner's name deleted from title; [Murray, Eustace C.G.] The Roving Englishman in Turkey. London, 1855. 8vo, old boards, covered with brown paper, rubbed and soiled; Millingen, A. Van Constantinople. 1906. 8vo, illustrations by W. Goble, pictorial cloth (6)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Turkish and Greek Travel including Slade, Adolphus Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c. London: Saunders and Otley, 1832. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 2 frontispieces, double-page map, plate, original purple cloth gilt, joints cracked, spines faded; Leake, William Martin Travels in the Morea. London: John Murray, 1830. 3 volumes, 8vo, 25 (of 29) maps plans and plates (with the initial folding map in good facsimile), original purple cloth gilt, bookplates, some chipping and fading to spines; Urquhart, D. The Spirit of the East. London: Henry Colburn, 1839. 2 volumes, second edition, 8vo, folding map, plate, original green cloth gilt; Barthélémy, Jean-Jacques Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis en Grèce. Paris: Étienne Ledoux, 1821. Oblong 8vo, 39 plates, a little dampstaining; Mott, Valentine Travels in Europe and the East. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1842. 8vo, original black cloth gilt, ownership signature to half-title, binding worn; Waddington, George A Visit to Greece in 1823 and 1824. London: John Murray, 1825. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, contemporary quarter calf gilt; [Anonymous] Selections from my Journal during a Residence in The Mediterranean. London: W. Clowes, 1836. 8vo, later cloth; and one other (12)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Wilson, William Rae Travels in Egypt and The Holy Land London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. First edition, 8vo, presentation inscription to the flyleaf: "To His Excellency Sir Charles Bagot His Britannic Majesty's Minister at the Court of St Petersburgh, this Volume is respectfully presented, By the Author", aquatint frontispiece and 11 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, lower cover detached and upper joint splitFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Woodruff, Samuel Journal of a Tour to Malta, Greece, Asia Minor, Carthage, Algiers, Port Mahon and Hartford: Cooke & Co., 1831. First edition, 8vo, lithographed frontispiece, original cloth-backed printed boards, some spotting, slightly rubbedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Xenos, Stefanos East and West, a Diplomatic History of the Annexation of the Ionian Islands to the London: Trubner & Co., 1865. First edition, presentation copy from the author, 8vo, original red blindstamped cloth, title page slightly spottedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Byron, Lord, and others comprising Frederick, Earl of Carlisle The Father's Revenge, a Tragedy. London: W. Bulmer, 1800. 4to, [one of 25 copies only according to Lowndes], contemporary blue morocco gilt by W. Hering with his label, watered silk endpapers, armorial bookplate of Anne Jane Abercorn, g.e., slightly rubbed; [Holford, Margaret] Wallace, or the Fight of Falkirk, a Metrical Romance. London, 1809, First edition, 4to, inscribed on title 'Mary King, the Gift of Lord Kingsborough', contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e.; Godwin, William Life of Geoffrey Chaucer. London, 1803, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, spotting, worn, covers detached; Heath, Charles Illustrations to the Works of Lord Byron. [n.d.], 4to, engraved plates, contemporary maroon half morocco; The Art Union Thirty Illustrations of Childe Harold. The original drawings produced expressly for the Art-Union of London. 1855. 4to, 30 plates, contemporary half calf gilt; Heath, Charles Illustrations to the Works of Lord Byron. [n.d.], 4to, engraved plates, green morocco gilt, g.e. (7)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Africa, 5 volumes, comprising Forbes, Frederick E. Dahomey and the Dahomans. 1851. First edition, 2 volumes 8vo, 13 plates (7 hand-coloured), late 19th century green half morocco, t.e.g., slightly rubbed; Denham, Major, Capt. Clapperton and Dr. Oudney Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa. London, 1828, Third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 12 engraved plates and 3 engraved maps, contemporary green calf gilt, plates spotted, some loss to head of spines; Hutton, William Nouveau voyage dans l'interieur de l'Afrique. Paris: Persan, 1823. First French edition, 8vo, 4 hand-coloured aquatint plates, folding map, original quarter calf, head of spine rubbed; Wilson, J. Leighton Western Africa: its History, Condition and Prospects. New York, 1856. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original brown embossed cloth, rubbed (5)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Africa, 5 works, comprising Dalzel, Archibald The History of Dahomy, an Inland Kingdom of Africa London: for the Editor, 1793. First edition, 4to, engraved map and 6 plates, 20th century half calf, lacking approximately half the map, corner of title excised and replaced, some spotting, slightly rubbed; Bisani, Alessandro A Picturesque Tour through part of Europe, Asia and Africa. London, 1793. 4to, 6 folding engraved plates, 20th century brown half morocco; Boyle, Frederick Through Fanteeland to Coomassie. 1874. 8vo, folding map, modern maroon half morocco gilt; Park, Mungo Travels in the Interior of Africa, and in Southern Africa by John Barrow. Glasgow, 1812. 8vo, folding maps and plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Alexander, Sir James Edward Excursions in Western Africa. 1840, Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 18 engraved plates and maps, contemporary half calf (6)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

African Merchant A Treatise upon the Trade from Great-Britain to Africa Humbly recommended to the Attention of Government. By an African Merchant. London: R. Baldwin, 1772. First edition, 4to, 64, 124, contemporary calf, spine gilt, minor repairs to last two leaves, title and inner margin of B2-3, very neatly rebacked, [ESTC T51666 - Sometimes attributed to Peter John Demarin]Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Bosman, Willem A New and Accurate Description of the Coast of Guinea Divided into the Gold, the Slave, and the Ivory Coasts. London: J. Knapton [&c.], 1705. First edition, 8vo, folding map and 7 plates, contemporary panelled calf, a few gatherings slightly browned, rebacked, new red morocco lettering pieceFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Bowdich, T. Edward Mission from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, 4to, 2 maps (1 folding), 9 plates (7 coloured), 3 leaves of engraved music, contemporary half calf, rubbed, tear to title repaired without loss, half-title, bookplate of Sir Edward StracheyFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Buxton, Thomas Fowell The African Slave Trade London: John Murray, 1839. First edition, presentation copy to 'Mr Goulburn Jenks from the author', 8pp. advertisements at end, bookplate of Henry and Anne Winterstein Gillespie, original black embossed cloth, rubbedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

[Clarke, Edward Daniel] Testimonies of different authors, respecting the Colossal Statue of Ceres Placed in the Vestibule of the Public Library at Cambridge, July the First 1803, with a Short Account of its Removal from Eleusis, Nov. 22nd, 1801. Cambridge: Francis Hodson, 1803. First edition, 8vo, [2], 25pp., engraved frontispiece, disboundFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Clarke, Edward Daniel Greek Marbles brought from the Shores of the Euxine, Archipelago, and Mediterranean, and deposited in the Vestibule of the Public Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge: Payne, Cadell and Davies, 1809. First edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, contemporary half calf, Thomas Philip Earl de Grey of Wrest Park and Roger Senhouse bookplates, spine gilt, slightly spotted, slightly rubbedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Classical Art, Architecture and Archaeology including Flaxman, John Lectures on Sculpture. London: John Murray, 1829. First edition, 8vo, portrait and 51 plates as usually found (plate 18 never engraved), original cloth; Michaelis, Adolf Der Parthenon. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1870. 2 volumes (text and atlas), 8vo and folio, 15 double-page plates, atlas volume in original boards, text volume in contemporary half calf with upper cover detached; Schöll, Adolf Archaeologische Mittheilungen aus Griechenland... Frankfurt, 1843. Large 8vo, first book only, 7 plates, contemporary boards with later paper spine, foxing; Rous, Francis Archaeologiae Atticae Libri Septem. London: Richard Denis, 1685. Ninth edition, 8vo, later wrappers, a few marginal tears slightly affecting text; Leigh, Peter The Music of the Eye, or Essays on the Principles of the Beauty and Perfection of Architecture... London: William Walker, 1831. 8vo. red cloth; Taylor, John Marmor Sandvicense. Cambridge, 1743. Small 4to, two folding plates and two folding tables, modern half calf, previous owner's name cut from title, some foxing; and 7 others (14)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Couchard, André Choix d'Églises Bysantines en Grèce Paris: Lenoir, 1842. First edition, 4to, 37 plates, 1 tinted, 2 coloured by hand, 2 printed in colour and heightened with gold, contemporary red quarter morocco, marbled sides, some spottingFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Cox, David A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours London: S. and J. Fuller, 1814. First edition, 2nd issue (with Haymaking plate), oblong folio, 56 engraved plates (16 hand-coloured), contemporary half calf, title, dedication and advertisement leaves, one torn, neatly laid down, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, upper joint splitting, Cox's dates neatly supplied in green ink on title, neat repair to p.5/6Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Elgin Marbles - Lawrence, Richard Elgin Marbles, from the Parthenon at Athens exemplified by Fifty Etchings, selected from the most beautiful and least mutilated specimens in that collection. London: sold by the author, [&c.], 1818. First edition, oblong folio, 49 (of 50) etched plates, lacks plate 47, 19th century red half morocco, rubbed and scraped, front endpapers creased and slightly frayedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Memorandum on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in Edinburgh: Balfour, Kirkwood & Co., 1811. First edition, 4to, [ii], 33, modern boards, very slight marginal discolourationFootnote: Note: The very rare Quarto issue. "It was probably prepared at Elgin's expense for free distribution to opinion formers such as other peers. The Murray 8vo edition, that is far more common, was also printed for free distribution (One of mine is a presentation copy) but also sold by Murray. Another example of the transition from an aristocratic to a commercial form of text copying" (pencil note by William St. Clair, on endpaper). Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Memorandum on the Subject of the Earl of Elgin's Pursuits in London: printed for William Miller, by James Moyes, 1811. 8vo, [2], 77; inscribed "a presentation Lord Elgin in May 1811" (not in Elgin's hand), 1 engraved plate and 2 engravings in the text by Henry Moses, original boards, uncut, paper label on spine, spine worn at head and foot, pencil ticks in the margin and pencil underlining of some passagesFootnote: Note: First published in Edinburgh, 1810. Anonymous. By Elgin or someone in his circle. The text is sometimes attributed to W.R. Hamilton, but BAL casts doubt on this attribution. The plates and illustrations were engraved by Henry Moses (1782?--1870). Elgin's Memorandum was published in connection with his proposal to transfer his collection to the public, expressed in a letter of 6th May 1811 to the Hon. Charles Long, MP. The sum of £30,000 offered by Parliament was rejected as inadequate. Towards the end of 1812 approximately 80 more cases of architecture and sculpture arrived in England. The entire collection was exhibited in Burlington House until June 1815 when Elgin petitioned the House of Commons again to purchase his collection for £73,600. His second petition was preceded by the publication of a second edition of his Memorandum. A Select Committee of the House of Commons sat in February 1816 and recommended in its Report (q.v.) that the collection should be bought for £35,000, an offer which Elgin could not refuse. Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Account of the Examination of the Elgin-box at the Foreign-Office in Downing Street, on 7th November 1816. In a letter to James Losh Esq.... by Rev. Robert Tweddell. Manchester: Printed for the author by C. Wheeler and Son, [1817?] First edition, 4to, half-title, Warwick Library label to front endpaper, some spotting and soiling, contemporary half calf, vellum corners, neatly rebackedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Ephesus and Mycenae Wood, J.T. Discoveries at Ephesus. London, 1877. First edition, 8vo, 35 plates (4 coloured), original pictorial brown cloth gilt, a trifle rubbed; Schliemann, Henry Mycenae, a Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns. New York, 1878. Large 8vo, 21 plates, 4 chromolithographs, 8 plans, several folding, original maroon pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed; Solly, N.N. Memoir of the Life of William James Müller, Landscape and Figure Painter... with an account of his travels. 1875. Large 8vo, mounted plates, original maroon cloth gilt, rubbed (3)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Wilkins, William Prolusiones Architectionicae or, Essays on Subjects connected with Grecian and Roman Architecture. London: J. Weale, 1837. First edition, 4to, presentation copy from the author to the Marquess of Lansdowne, Marquess of Lansdowne bookplate, frontispiece and 16 engraved plates, contemporary red half morocco gilt, g.e., some spotting, rubbedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Wincklemann, Johann Joachim Histoire de l'art ches les Anciens Paris: Bossange, Masson et Besson, 1802-03. First French edition, 3 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispieces and 65 plates, half-titles, bookplates of Chas. Bodenham Esq. and Arkadius Gunsbourg, contemporary calf, gilt Greek key border to covers, spines gilt, light dampstain to some upper margins of volume 2, occasional light spottingFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Bacon, Sir Francis Of the Advanceemnt and Proficience of Learning, or the Partitions of Sciences Oxford: Leon Lichfield, for Rob. Young & Ed. Forrest, 1640. 4to, [34], 477, [20], first edition in English of the expanded edition, 2nd issue with colophon dated 1640, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title, contemporary calf, possibly lacking a preliminary blank leaf, neatly rebacked, ownership inscription on endpaper 'Kercherer W. Arnold, Ball. Coll. Ox. Oct. 19 - 50'Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Scott, Sir Walter The Lady of the Lake Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne, 1810. First edition, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary black half morocco, rubbed; Moore, Thomas Lalla Rookh. London, 1817. First edition, 4to; Scott, Sir Walter The Vision of Don Roderick. Edinburgh: John Ballantyne [&c], 1811, First edition, 4to, half-title, 2 works in one volume, contemporary half calf, spine gilt; Barlow, Joel The Columbiad a Poem. Philadelphia: for C. & A. Conrad, 1807. 4to, engraved portrait and plates, contemporary half calf, dampstained throughout, worn; Bonaparte, Lucien Charlemagne or the Church Delivered. London, 1815, 2 volumes, 4to, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half calf, rebacked; [Byron, Lord] Les Dames de Byron. London, 1835. 4to, engraved plates, contemporary red morocco gilt, g.e., the plates slightly discoloured; Wright, Rev. G.N. The Rhine, Italy and Greece. London: Fisher, [1842], 2 volumes 4to, engraved titles and 71 engraved plates, contemporary panelled blue calf gilt, g.e., lightly rubbed (8)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Cibber, Theophilus The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland London: R. Griffiths, 1753. First edition, 5 volumes, 12mo, contemporary green morocco gilt, red morocco lettering pieces, slightly spotted, joint of volume 5 splittingFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Godwin, William - A collection, including De Refuge, Eustache Arcana Aulica: or Walsingham's Manual of Prudential Maxims. London: M. Gillyflower, 1694. 12mo, engraved title, manuscript notes by William Godwin on verso of title page and on p. 153, later calf, lightly rubbed; Godwin, William Mandeville. Edinburgh, 1817. First edition, volumes 1-2 (of 3), original boards, uncut, rubbed; Mandeville. Edinburgh, 1817, 3 volumes, 8vo, modern quarter cloth; The History of the Life of William Pitt. London: for the author, 1783. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked; Essay on Sepulchres. London: W. Miiller, 1809. 12mo, engraved frontispiece, modern half calf; The Adventures of Caleb Williams. London: T. Allan, 1838, 8vo, additional engraved title, original cloth, worn; The Adventures of Caleb Williams. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832, 8vo, engraved title and plates, original cloth; St Leon. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831. 8vo, engraved title and plates, original cloth, fore-margins browned, rubbed; another copy. 1831. contemporary half calf, upper hinge broken; another copy. 1849, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half calf; Fleetwood. London: R. Bentley, 1832. 8vo, additional engraved title, frontispiece, original cloth, joint split; Antonio. New York, 1806. 12mo, sewn as issued, loss of blank corner of title; The Lives of the Necromancers. London: F.J. Mason, 1834. 8vo, later cloth, Todmorden Mech. Inst. stamp to title, later cloth; The English Review 1786 (with Contributions by Godwin, contemporary half calf, rubbed; [Godwin, William] The English Peerage. London, 1790. volumes 1-2 of 3, folio, contemporary calf, 2 covers detached, ['By William Godwin, although not hitherto attributed. Evidence for his authorship in my chapter 4' note by William St. Clair] (quantity)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Shelley, Mary Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus London: Colburn and Bentley, 1831. Third edition, 8vo, frontispiece, additional engraved title, comprising No. IX of Standard Novels and bound with: Schiller The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831, volume 1 only; original purple cloth, upper cover detached, spine lacking, a little dampstaining and browning to frontispiece and engraved title of Frankenstein, covers dampstained, with publisher's adverts at front and rear, ownership signature in biro to paste-down endpaperFootnote: Note: The frontispiece and engraved title-page comprise the first illustrations of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in print. Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Lamb, Lady Caroline Graham Hamilton London: Henry Colburn & Co., 1822. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, half-titles, 4 + 2pp. publisher's advertisements at end of volume 2, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt, lettered at foot "S. African Public Library", rubbed, part of front free endpaper of volume 2 torn away, stain to p.66 vol. 2Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Satire and Commentary on Modern Life Including [Combe, William] The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London... London: J. Johnston, 1820. Third edition, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, engraved title and plates, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, some foxing; [Idem] The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque. London, [n.d.] Fourth edition, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, engraved title and plates, contemporary green half morocco, some foxing; [Idem] The Tour of Doctor Prosody. London: Matthew Iley, 1821. 8vo, hand-coloured plates, contemporary calf rebacked, some offsetting and light dust-soiling; and another copy in contemporary half calf; [Combe, William, after] Dr. Comicus or the Frolics of Fortune. London: B. Blake, [n.d.] 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, engraved title and plates, title-page torn and repaired, 19th century green half morocco gilt, some browning; Egan, Pierce Life in London... London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1821. 8vo, hand-coloured plates, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked, upper cover detached; Blackmantle, Bernard The English Spy... London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, hand-coloured plates, Library of Congress bookplates, a half-leaf lacking, covers detached; Young, Edward The Centaur not Fabulous. London: A. Millar, 1755. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, with laid-in receipt from the printer to the publisher for the cost of printing the book; The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder. London: William Hone, 1820. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary cloth; sold not subject to return (10)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Scottish History and Topography, 6 volumes, comprising Carr, Sir John Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807. London, 1809. First edition, 4to, folding aquatint frontispiece and 11 plates, contemporary half calf, spine gilt; Campbell, Alexander A Journey from Edinburgh through Parts of North Britain. London: T.N. Longman (&c.), 1802. 2 volumes, 4to, 44 engraved aquatint plates, contemporary half calf gilt, a little light offsetting onto text; Pernot, F.A. Vues pittoresques de l'Ecosse. Brussels: A. Wahlen, 1827. Folio, 59 lithographed plates on india paper, contemporary green half calf, worn, some spotting to text; Graham, H.D. Antiquities of Iona. 1850. 4to, lithographed title, map and 50 lithographed plates, original cloth, neatly rebacked with dark blue morocco; Mitchell, W. The National Monument. 1907, 4to, plates, original wrappers, slightly rubbed (6)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

[Lamb, Lady Caroline] Glenarvon London: Henry Colburn, 1816. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red half morocco, lacks half-titles, rather spotted and soiled, rubbed, [some copies have 2 plates of music, this copy does not]; Glenarvon. London: H. Colburn, 1816. Third edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, lacks half-titles; Ada Reis, a Tale. Paris: Galignani, 1824. 2 volumes, 12mo, half-titles, contemporary half calf, gilt (8)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Shelley, Percy Bysshe A large collection, including The Cenci. London: W. Benbow, 1821, 12mo, contemporary calf; Queen Mab. New York: William Baldwin & Co., 1821, first American edition, 12mo, original boards, rubbed, chemise, slipcase; Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats. Cambridge, 1829. 8vo, corner of title repaired, later cloth, ex Trinity College Cambridge with Sold stamp; The Revolt of Islam. London: John Brooks, 1829, 8vo, contemporary diced calf, rubbed; The Masque of Anarchy. London: E. Moxon, 1832. First edition, 8vo, brown half morocco gilt; The Works. 1834, 2 volumes, 12mo, modern vellum gilt; The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley and Keats. Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas & Co., 1836. 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; The Minor Poems. London: E. Moxon, 1846, 12mo, contemporary calf; Essays, Letters from Abroad. London: E. Moxon, 1852, 2 volumes, 12mo, original cloth; Smith, Horace Amarynthus, the Nympholept. London, 1821, 12mo, later wrappers, dampstaining, Edmund Blunden's copy with his pencil inscription, rubbed; Medwin, Thomas. The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley. London: T.C. Newby, 1847, 2 volumes, 8vo, folding frontispiece, half morocco, worn; Hogg, Thomas Jefferson The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley. London: E. Moxon, 1858. 2 volumes, 8vo, blue half morocco gilt, t.e.g.; Shelley, Thomas Bysshe.The Prose Works. 1880, edited by H.B. Forman, 4 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, spines slightly faded; Massingham, H.J. The Friend of Shelley. 1930. 8vo, extra-illustrated, blue calf gilt by Bayntun of Bath; and a quantity of later editions of Shelley's works (quantity)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Ainslie, John 4 Rare Maps, comprising Ainslie, John A Map of the County of Renfrew. Surveyed by John Ainslie in 1796. London: W. Faden, 1801. Second edition, map on 4 sheets, 104 x 116cm (image size), hand-coloured in outline, mounted on linen with a W. Faden label to each part, [BL, Bodleian, Glasgow & NLS copies - Worldcat & Copac]; Ainslie, John A Topographical Map of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Surveyed by John Ainslie, 1796. London: W. Faden, 1801. Second edition, map on 4 sheets, 104 x 116cm (image size), hand-coloured in outline, mounted on linen with W. Faden label to each part, [BL, Bodleian, NLS and 1 copy in Germany - Worldcat & Copac]; Ainslie, John A Topographical Map of the County of Wigton or Shire of Galloway. Surveyed by John Ainslie, 1782. London: W. Faden, 1801, Second edition, map on 4 sheets, 78 x 108cm, mounted on linen, hand-coloured in outline, [One copy only Germany in Worldcat & Oxford on Copac]; Ainslie, John A Map of Selkirk Shire or Ettrick Forest, from a Survey taken in the year 1772 by J. Ainslie. London: W. Faden, 1801. Second edition, map on 2 sheets, 66 x 66cm, hand-coloured in outline, mounted on linen, imprint in bottom right-hand corner has been overprinted most probably on the erased Ainslie 1773 imprint leaving only the word Edinburgh decipherable, [BL & Bodleian copies only on Worldcat & Copac]; the 4 maps contained in a contemporary calf 'pull-off' case with red morocco label lettered in gilt, case slightly rubbedFootnote: Note: John Ainslie (1745-1828) was born in Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. In 1762 he was apprenticed to the London mapmaker and publisher Thomas Jefferys Sr., Geographer to King George III. It is here that he first learned the talents that made him the greatest British land-surveyor of his generation. As the Seven Years' War, and its American phase, drew to a close, Jefferys turned his attention away from military mapping to large-scale surveys of the English counties with Ainslie taking a leading role. At Jefferys' death in 1771 Ainsie returned to Scotland, establishing himself in business in Edinburgh as a land surveyor and publisher. He is best known for the sequence of large-scale Scottish county maps and his great map of Scotland. The Counties of Ayr and Dumfries were proposed but not produced and therefore this is the complete set of South West Scotland contained in a contemporary box labelled in gilt to the spine 'Counties of Kircudbright/Renfrew/Selkirk/Wigton'. No copies have been traced of these maps selling at auction.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe A collection, including Queen Mab. London: W. Clark, 1821, First published edition, 8vo, with dedication to Harriet at beginning, unmutilated version on thick fine paper referred to by Forman - Shelley Library, p.47, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, corner of endpaper cut away; Queen Mab. London: R. Carlile, 1822, Clarke's edition of 1821 with Carlile's cancel title-page but no paste-over of the Thomas Moses imprint at the end, contemporary embossed calf, neatly rebacked; Queen Mab. London: R. Carlile, 1823, with dedication to Harriet at end, contemporary half calf, [unrecorded re-issue, Wm. St. Clair note]; Queen Mab. London: John Brooks, 1829. 8vo, engraved title, with dedication, later black half morocco gilt; Queen Mab. New York: J. Baldwin, 1821, 12mo, original boards, rubbed; Queen Mab. New York: Wright & Owen, 1831, 8vo, half morocco, worn, cover detached; Shelley, P. B. The Poetical Works. London: E. Moxon, 1840, edited by Mrs Shelley, first 1 volume authorised edition, engraved title and portrait, contemporary green calf gilt, lower joint cracking; Shelley, P. B. The Poetical Works, edited by Harry Buxton Forman. 1876, 4 volumes, 8vo, original cloth; and c. 25 later 19th century editions of Shelley's works (quantity)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Book The Jungle Book. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. First edition, first impression with R. & R. Clark listed as the printer with no Ltd. company status, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, some light internal soiling, hinges a little split, some rubbing to covers, shelf-lean, joints worn; [Idem] The Second Jungle Book. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, some light dampstaining to lower corners of leaves; a little light foxing to both volumes (2)

Milne, A.A. When We Were Very Young London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1924]. First edition, second state of p.ix with the number at the bottom of the contents page, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, some very minor damp marks to covers, a few small internal markings

Potter, Beatrix A collection of 7 works The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne and Co.,1903. First trade edition (Quinby 4, endpapers matching Quinby plate i), 12mo, in variant maroon paper-covered boards, spine slightly chipped with neat repairs, some exceptionally light internal marking; [Idem] The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies. London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1909. First edition (Quinby 16, endpapers matching Quinby plate vii), original green paper-covered boards, spine split along lower joint, gift inscription to half-title, frontispiece partially detached; [Idem] The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1911. First edition (Quinby 20 with endpapers matching Quinby plate x), 12mo, original dark green paper covered boards, front endpapers and spine neatly repaired, ownership inscription in pencil; [Idem] The Tale of Mr. Tod. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [September-November] 1912. First edition (Quinby 21, endpapers matching Quinby plate xi), 12mo, in original variant grey paper-covered boards stamped in green; [Idem] The Tale of Pigling Bland. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1913. First edition (Quinby 22 with endpapers matching Quinby plate xii), 12mo, original maroon paper-covered boards, a little light wear to covers; [Idem] The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit. London: Frederick Warne and Co., [n.d., after 1913] 12mo, first edition in book form matching Quinby 12A and endpapers xii and xiii, original tan paper-covered boards a little rubbed; [Idem] The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, or the Roly-Poly Pudding. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., [n.d.] 12mo, original red paper-covered boards (7)

Potter, Beatrix Ginger & Pickles London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1909. First edition (Quinby no.17 with endpapers matching Quinby vii and viii), original tan paper-covered boards with shop front motif to upper cover, gift inscription in an early hand to half-title, a few very neat repairs to covers and endpapers, occasional slight internal marking

Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. First edition (Quinby no.8 with endpapers matching Quinby plate ii), original green paper-covered boards with Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle paper label to upper cover, joints neatly repaired with slight chipping to spine ends, bookseller's blindstamp to front free-endpaper, neat ownership inscription to frontispiece verso

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone London: Bloomsbury, 1997. First edition, 13th impression, paperback, inscribed: "To Ian, J.K. Rowling", original card covers, slight fading to spine and upper cover very slightly creasedFootnote: Provenance: Signed by J.K. Rowling for the vendor at a school event

[Copyright Law] - Boswell, James The Decision of the Court of Session upon the Question of Literary Property, in the cause of John Hinton of London, Bookseller, Pursuer; against Alexander Donaldson and John Wood, Booksellers in Edinburgh and James Meurose, Bookseller in Kilmarnock, Defenders. Published by James Boswell, Esq., Advocate. Edinburgh: for James Donaldson, Alexander Donaldson, 1774. First edition, 4to, pp. [2], iv, 37; with an additional leaf, in the form of a printed letter from John Robertson requesting information on printing, bookselling, paper-making and bookbinding, with a manuscript note initialled J.R. regarding the same issue stuck on to the verso of p.37, with an extract on "Law" bound in at end, with a printed note dated Edinburgh March 9th 1774 regarding the Petition to be presented to the House of Commons stuck to front endpaper, and manuscript note to front endpaper of the costs of the process amounting to £119-16-6, each defender payed £38, contemporary half calf, worn, covers detached, some spottingFootnote: Note: On 22nd February 1774 the House of Lords reversed the Chancery decree against the Donaldsons. The Statute of Anne was thereby upheld, and perpetual copyright under common law ruled out. This allowed reprinting throughout Britain.

Churchill, Winston Spencer The River War London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 7 engraved portraits and 24 maps (including 20 folding maps), original blue cloth gilt, bookplates of John Henry Bridges, labels of Grosvenor Gallery Library pasted to lower covers, some rubbing to covers, hinges a little weak, light scattered foxing throughout (2)

Cromwell, Oliver 7 volumes relating to, comprising [Heath, James] Flagellum, or the Life and Death, Birth and Burial of O. Cromwell the late Usurper. London: Randal Taylor, 1672. 12mo, engraved frontispiece, 19th century diced calf, spotted, [ESTC R21505]; [Harris, William] An Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Oliver Cromwell. London, 1762. First edition, 8vo, modern calf; [Harris, William] another copy of the same. 1742. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, previously rebacked, rubbed, one cover detached; Waller, Sir William Vindication of the Character and Conduct of Sir William Waller... commander in chief of the Parliament forces in the West. 1793. 8vo, engraved portrait, 2 plates, contemporary calf, one board detached, the other lacking; [Kimber, Isaac] The Life of Oliver Cromwell. London: 1725. Second edition, 8vo, modern calf, lacks the portrait, fore-margins of preliminary leaves ragged; Ashburnham, John A Narrative by John Ashburnham of his attendance on King Charles the First from Oxford to the Scotch Army. 1830, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait, original cloth, library stamp of American Institute Library to titles, rebacked retaining original spines; Noble, Mark Memoirs of the Protectorate House of Cromwell. Birmingham, 1784. Volume 1 only, 8vo, engraved portrait, later cloth, some spotting (7)

History, English and Scottish Four historical works, including Paris, Matthew Historia Major… London: Richard Hodgkinson, 1640-1639. Folio, 2 parts in one volume, portrait, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, bookplates of Exeter College Oxford and Alexander Thomson of Banchory; Mackenzie, Sir George, of Rosehaugh Observations on the Acts of Parliament… Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1686. First edition, small folio, with the final two leaves of “Several Additions”, contemporary Scottish panelled calf, from the library of James Ramsay of Ochtertyre, W.S., with his signature to title-page and front paste-down endpaper; Home, Henry, of Kames Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Honourable Henry Home of Kames… Edinburgh: William Creech & London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, portrait, two plates of facsimile handwriting and ‘Supplement to the Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Kames’ bound into volume ii, contemporary half calf with bookplates of the Right Honourable Viscount Doneraile; Kirkton, James - Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, illustrator The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland… Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817. First edition, 4to, 2 portrait plates and plate of Bothwell Bridge by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, 19th century polished calf with Haystoune arms, lacking half-title (6)

Walsh, Thomas Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt London: T. Cadell, 1803. First edition, 4to, large folding map, and 48 plates and maps (on 42 sheets), some folding, 6 hand-coloured, list of subscribers, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked, slight spotting, a couple of plate captions slightly trimmed, small stain to fore-margin of title

[Crabbe, George] The Library. A Poem London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1781. First edition, 4to, 34pp. + final blank leaf, sewn as issued, quarter vellum gilt over marbled boards, some slight marking to title-page [ESTC T40881]

18th century literature including [Lyttelton, George, 1st Baron] Letters from a Persian in England to his Friend at Ispahan. London, 1735. Third edition, 12mo, contemporary calf; [Claustre, André de] Histoire de Thamas Kouli-Kan, Sophi de Perse. Amsterdam & Leipzig: chez Arkstee & Merkus, 1740, 12mo, contemporary calf gilt; [Hawkesworth, John] Almoran and Hamet, an Oriental Tale. London, 1761. 2 volumes, 12mo, half title in volume 2, contemporary calf, volume 1 lacks first 2 leaves; Sterne, Laurence The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy. London, 1760-62. Volumes 1-6 (of 9), volume 1-2 second edition, volumes 3-6 first edition, 12mo, frontispiece in volume 1 and 3, half-titles in volumes 4-6, volume 5 signed on B1, contemporary calf, lacking several labels; Sterne, Laurence. The Posthumous Works... in two volumes. Dublin, 1770. 2 volumes in one, contemporary calf, rubbed; Smith, Charlotte. Desmond, a novel, in two volumes. Dublin, 1792, 2 volumes, 12mo, half-title in volume 2, contemporary calf, volume 2 lacking lower board, upper board weakly attached; [Cullen, Margaret] Home a Novel. London: J. Mawman, 1802, volumes 1-4 (of 5), half-titles, contemporary calf gilt; sold not subject to return (17)

1930s' Literature including Huxley, Aldous Brief Candles. New York, 1930. 8vo, 'After the Fireworks' section only, vellum gilt, signed by author on half-title; Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin (Grey Owl) Tales of an Empty Cabin. 1936, number 171 of 250 copies signed by the author, original cloth, uncut, slipcase; Noyes, Alfred The Unknown God. New York, 1934, presentation copy to G.G. Napier, dustwrapper slightly frayed; Cary, Joyce An American Visitor. 1933, First edition, dustwrapper slightly discoloured; Coppard, A.E. Pink Furniture. 1930, dustwrapper; Galsworthy, John Soames and the Flag. 1930, 2 copies, number 35 and 160 of 1025 copies signed by the author, original vellum, t.e.g., slipcases; Beith, Janet No Second Spring. 1933, dustwrapper, signed by the author on endpaper; Houghton, Claude Chaos is Come Again. 1932, presentation copy signed, dustwrapper; Stribling, T.S. The Forge. 1931, dustwrapper; Priestley, J.B. Angel Pavement. 1930, number 95 of 1025 copies signed by the author, original buckram, t.e.g., glassine dustwrapper, slipcase; Cornford, Frances Poems. Hampstead & Cambridge, [?1910], 8vo, inscribed "To Jean Michel from Frances Cornford May 1910", laid in as a contemporary photograph of Francis Cornford on a beach with his future wife Frances (née Darwin) and her father, original cloth-backed boards, boards slightly spotted; Rolfe, Frederick Hubert's Arthur. 1935, dustwrapper; Masefield, John A Letter from Pontus. 1936, number 37 of 100 copies signed by the author, quarter vellum, glassine dustrwapper, slipcase; Masefield, J. Victorius Troy. 1936, number 3 of 125 copies signed by the author, original blue buckram, t.e.g., spine faded, slipcase; Masefield, J. The Bird of Dawning. 1933, number 58 of 300 copies signed by the author, original blue buckram, t.e.g., spine faded, slipcase; Masefield, J. The Taking of the Gry. 1934, number 28 of 175 copies signed by the author, original blue buckram, t.e.g., spine faded, slipcase (17)

A collection of 17 books including Fowles, John Wormholes, Essays and Occasional Writings. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998. First edition, 8vo, number ix of 15 Roman numeral copies reserved for the publisher, signed by Fowles, original camel cloth and slipcase; Roth, Philip Portnoy's Complaint. New York: Random House, [1969?]. 8vo, number 212 of 600 specially printed and bound copies signed by Roth, original camel cloth, dust-jacket, slipcase; Vonnegut, Kurt Deadeye Dick. London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. 8vo, Vonnegut's signature (without portrait) to flyleaf, original blue paper-covered boards, dust-jacket torn; McEwan, Ian The Imitation Game... London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket; Lessing, Doris Briefing for a Descent into Hell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket; and 12 others (17)

Dostoevsky, Fyodor The Brothers Karamazov London: William Heinemann, 1912. First edition in English, 8vo, translated by Constance Garnett being no.1 of Heinemann's 'The Novels of Dostoevsky', original red cloth gilt, some fading to spine, hinges slightly split with repair to lower hinge; [Idem] The Idiot. London: William Heinemann, 1913. 8vo, translated by Constance Garnett being no.2 of Heinemann's 'The Novels of Dostoevsky', original red cloth gilt, bookplate of Gilbert Baines (2)

Fleming, Ian For Your Eyes Only London: J. Cape, 1960. First edition, first impression, Binding A [spine lettered in gilt (Gilbert A8a (1.1)], 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper not price clipped and slightly rubbed and soiled

Kipling, Rudyard Departmental Ditties, and Other Verses [Lahore: Civil and Military Press Gazette, 1886]. Tall 8vo, one of 500 copies printed [Richards], original printed 'envelope' wrappers designed to look like a bundle of civil service papers, protective folder and slipcase in green half morocco, fold slightly holed, slipcase splitFootnote: Note: This first edition of Rudyard Kipling's 1886 Departmental Ditties, and Other Verses constitutes not only a most unusually presented volume, but also his first independently published work, written when the author was only twenty-one. Kipling, after eleven years' schooling in England, returned to India (the nation of his birth) in 1882 to pursue a career as a journalist. His initial sojourn in Bombay was something of a homecoming, having a marked impact on a young man whose 'English years fell away, nor ever, I think, came back full strength'. In 1894, he wrote of Bombay as: Mother of Cities to me, For I was born in her gate, Between the palms and the sea, Where the world-end steamers wait He swiftly relocated to Lahore (in modern-day Pakistan) where his father had secured him a position as 'fifty per cent of the 'editorial staff' of the one daily paper of the Punjab'. His first years at the Civil and Military Gazette were, by his own admission, heavy work. Kipling quickly learned that that 'a man can work with a temperature of 104, even though the next day he has to ask the office who wrote the article'. It was during this period, in 1885, that he embarked on the project of writing a collection of short stories, Plain Tales from the Hills - some of which appeared in the Civil and Military Gazette as 'padding' before their 1888 publication in a single volume. The present work is therefore Kipling's first work published outside the strictures of his journalistic career. Departmental Ditties is a collection of verse concerned with 'Anglo-Indian' life in the British Raj. It is important to note that Kipling used the term 'Anglo-Indian' to describe British residents in India, as opposed to those of dual Indian and British heritage. He stated that this collection was 'well received', by virtue of its subject matter 'dealing with things known and suffered by many'. His abundant affection for India was evidently governed by his belief in, and adherence to the British colonial system to which his milieu belonged. His work as a journalist in this environment gave him access to local and military information; 'he could talk to anyone, and since he was neither civil [service] nor military he had no institutional rules to follow'. Much of his knowledge of officialdom in British India must have originated from his membership of the Punjab Club. Here he would meet men from the 'Army, Education, Canals, Forestry, Engineering, Irrigation, Railways, Doctors and Lawyers [...] each talking his own shop. It follows then that that 'show of technical knowledge' for which I was blamed later came to me from the horse's mouth'. The verses within this collection delineate the social interactions of his compatriots with (an often self-effacing) lively, satirical humour: By reason of her marriage to a gentleman in power, Delilah was acquainted with the gossip of the hour; And many little secrets, of a half-official kind, Were whispered to Delilah, and she bore them all in mind. She patronised extensively a man, Ulysses Gunne, Whose mode of earning money was a low and shameful one. He wrote for divers papers which, as everybody knows, Is worse than serving in a shop or scaring off the crows. ("Delilah") The highly idiosyncratic presentation of this volume is thus explained by its contents and the environment in which it was conceived and consumed. The verses are concealed in printed 'envelope' wrappers, addressed to 'all Heads of Depa.... and all Anglo-Indians', from 'Rudyard Kipling ASSISTANT. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION. LAHORE DISTRICT'. Thus, Departmental Ditties is humorously bound as a pastiche bureaucratic proclamation, its presentation thematically aligned to its contents, both of which delight in the world the British Raj had created for itself whilst gently mocking those who operated within its framework. Resultantly, this edition (one of only five hundred) is not only a scarce survival from the author's early printed oeuvre, but an illuminating record of Kipling's formative career in India, and a revealing insight into both the cerebral bureaucracy and sensational tittle-tattle that pervaded the colonial sub-continent.

Literature and Bibliography A collection, including Leyden, John Leyden, John The Poetical Remains of the Late Dr. John Leyden. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819. 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, Fasque bookplate; Fawkes, Francis The Idylliums of Theocritus. London: printed for the Author by Dryden Leach, 1767. 8vo, portrait, without the advert leaf, contemporary calf neatly rebacked, bookplate of Elizabeth Burton; Lockhart, John Gibson Ancient Spanish Ballads: Historical and Romantic. Edinburgh: William Blackwood / London: T. Cadell, 1823. First edition, small 4to, without half-title, contemporary green morocco gilt, a little marginal dampstaining and slight foxing, inkstain to rear cover; Dickens, Charles Master Humphrey’s Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, 3 engraved frontispieces, contemporary half calf gilt, some fading to spines, a little foxing; Petronius Arbiter, Gaius Titus Satyricon... Amsterdam: Janson Weisberg, 1743. 2 volumes, small 4to, additional engraved title-page, half-calf, bookplate of Henry David Forbes of Balgownie; Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. [London: James Purser], 1737. 3 volumes, 8vo, portrait, contemporary calf gilt, bookplates and ownership inscriptions of Sir Robert Laurie; Croft, P.J. Autograph Poetry in the English Language. London: Cassell, 1973. 2 volumes, 4to, one of 1500 copies, dust-jackets and slip-case; Thomas, Alan G. Great Books and Book Collectors. London: Chancellor Press, 1975; MacLean, Ruari Victorian Publishers’ Book-Bindings in Cloth and Leather. London: Gordon Fraser, 1974; Macdonald, Angus and A.D. Morrison-Low A Heavenly Library: treasures from the Royal Observatory’s Crawford Collection. Edinburgh, 1994; Gray, Alasdair The Book of Prefaces. London: Bloomsbury, 2000 (16)

MacDiarmid, Hugh [Christopher Murray Grieve] 15 signed volumes or printed works; and 2 other Sangschaw. 1925. First edition, Signed by MacDiarmid on endpaper, 'B.C.V.G. Knight' name on endpaper, dustwrapper; Penny Wheep. 1926. First edition, signed by MacDiarmid on endpaper,'B.C.V.G. Knight' name on endpaper, dustwrapper; A Drunk Man looks at the Thistle. 1926. First edition, signed by author on title, also with name of William McCanas and B.C.V.G. Knight on endpaper; Albyn or Scotland and the Future. 1927, signed "Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) on title, 'B.C.V.G. Knight' name on endpaper, original boards; Stony Limits. 1934. Signed Hugh MacDiarmid and dated 12/6/1960 on title, 'B.C.V.G. Knight' name on endpaper, binding somewhat dust-soiled; Lucky Poet. 1943. First edition, signed 'Christopher Murray Grieve ("Hugh MacDiarmid") on title, 'B.C.V.G. Knight' name on endpaper; Selected Poems. 1944, faint signature of author on frontispiece verso, original wrappers; Poetry Scotland, number Four. 1949, signed by MacDiarmid on title; Three Hymns to Lenin. 1957, signed by the author, dustwrapper slightly spotted; A Political Speech. 1972, signed and numbered '12' on title, original wrappers; with Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Scottish Scene. [c.1944], edited by MacDiarmid, signed by MacDiarmid on title, original cloth, dustwrapper, with owner's name on endppaers; Song of the Seraphim. [n.d.], limited to 600 copies, inscribed to Edward Nairn from the author, dustwrapper; Smith, Sydney G. Carotid Cornucopius. 1964, Foreward by MacDiarmid, signed by MacDiarmid on Foreward page, dustwrapper; Morgan, Edwin Hugh MacDiarmid. 1976, inscribed to Jean White from the author, original wrappers; Scots Makars Calendars Selections from the Works of Hugh MacDiarmid. 1945; Six Vituperative Verses. Satire Press, 1964. Tall 8vo, this copy numbered 'extra', original brown folded card; Parliamentary Election, 1945, Kelvingrove Election Prospectus of Christopher M. Grieve, signed at head, folded paper sheet (17)

Rankin, Ian 12 First Editions, many signed Voyeurism [in] New Writing Scotland 3, pp.93-100. 8vo, original wrappers, story signed by Rankin; [Idem] The Flood. Edinburgh: Polygon, 1986. First edition (paperback), 8vo, original wrappers, signed and inscribed by the author; [Idem] Knots & Crosses. London: The Bodley Head, 1987. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, signed and inscribed by the author; [Idem] Watchman. London: The Bodley Head, 1988. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, signed and inscribed by the author; [Idem] Westwind. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; and another copy; [Idem] Herbert in Motion... London: Revolver, 1997. 8vo, original wrappers, number 133 of 200 signed copies; [Idem] Black & Blue. London: Orion, 1997. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, signed and inscribed by the author; [Idem] The Hanging Garden. London: Orion, 1998. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, signed by the author; [Idem] Death is not the End... London: Orion, 1998. First edition, 12mo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, signed and inscribed by the author; [Idem] Dead Souls. London: Orion, 1999. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped; [Idem] Set in Darkness. London: Orion, 2000. First edition, 8vo, dust-jacket not price-clipped, signed by the author (12)

Scott, Sir Walter Waverley Novels, the majority in first edition 55 volumes, [a complete set of Scott's Waverley Novels apart from Tales of my Landlord 1st Series; Tales of my Landlord 2nd Series; Tales of my Landlord 3rd Series volumes 2-4; Tales of My Landlord 4th Series; Tales of the Crusaders]; Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1814-1829. 8vo, all first editions with the exception of Waverley (fourth edition 1814), half-titles present in each volume, contemporary green half morocco gilt, some rubbing to covers, a few spines chipped, bookplates of Henry Callander (55)

Southey, Robert Poems vol. 1: Bristol, 1799, third edition, vol. 2: Bristol, 1799, first edition, 16mo, contemporary calf gilt; Southey, Robert Joan of Arc. Bristol, 1798, 2 volumes, second edition, 16mo, contemporary tree calf gilt, frontispiece in volume 1, advert. leaf at end of volume 2, all 4 volumes with 'Kilberry' label fixed to title-page; Lamb, Charles Tales from Shakespear. 1809. Second edition, volume 1 (of 2), 12mo, frontispiece, contemporary half calf, spotted, slightly rubbed (5)

Updike, John 20 works, including 19 US and UK first editions Of The Farm. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. 8vo, dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] Couples. London: Andre Deutsch, 1968; [Idem] Midpoint... London: Andre Deutsch, 1969. Dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] Bech: a Book. London: Andre Deutsch, 1970; and another copy; [Idem] Rabbit Redux. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971; Dust-jacket price-clipped; [Idem] Museums and Women. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972; [Idem] Marry Me. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976; and a copy of the limited First Edition Society edition in green leatherette gilt (without dust-jacket as issued); [Idem] The Coup. London: Andre Deutsch, 1979; and another copy in price-clipped dust-jacket; [Idem] Problems and other stories. London: Andre Deutsch, 1980; [Idem] Rabbit is Rich. London: Andre Deutsch, 1982; [Idem] Bech is Back. London: Andre Deutsch, 1983; [Idem] Roger's Version. London: Andre Deutsch, 1986; [Idem] Roger's Version. London: Andre Deutsch, 1986; [Idem] Trust Me. London: Andre Deutsch, 1987; and another copy; [Idem] Self-Consciousness. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989; [Idem] A Rabbit Omnibus... London: Andre Deutsch, 1990; all in unclipped dust-jackets unless stated (20)