Pp. xiv+202(last blank), text illustrations, appendices, index; small med. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges lightly rubbed; John Donald Publishers Ltd., Edinburgh, 1987. First edition. *Inscribed and signed in ink by the author (dated 1988) on the title page. 'A picture of the lives of country folk in Kintyre from..... More
To which is prefixed A Memoir relating to the Highlands, with anecdotes of Rob Roy and his family. Pp. [ii]+cxxx+244; qr. brown paper with partial remains of printed paper title label on spine, blue/grey papered boards, lightly soiled, edges worn, the joints cracking and spine heavily chipped; uncut; hinges starting..... More
Pp. [vi]+94(last blank), 2 plates, indices; demy 8vo; dark blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly faded; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1971. First edition. *Brief biography of the Constantino Nigra, the Italian diplomat who was instrumental in bringing about the union of Italy, together with an examination..... More
Pp. x+222(last blank), 8 plates; boards slightly canted, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Secker & Warburg, London, 1966. Reprinted. *The story..... More
Pp. [ii]+8; later qr. maroon morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, edges slightly rubbed; a little light foxing and soiling; printed by David Willison, Edinburgh, 1802. First edition. *Scottish politician Sir John Sinclair (1754-1835) is believed to be the first person to use the word statistics in the..... More
Pp. [iv]+288+150(last blank), folding engraved frontispiece map, appendix; [with] A SUPPLEMENT TO THE TRAIL OF JAMES STEWART. Containing Papers omitted by the Publishers of the Trial; Observations on the Trial, with Anecdotes relating thereto; James Stewart's Dying Speech, and a few Particulars respecting his Behaviour . . . Pp. iv+84(last..... More
Pp. [ii](dedication leaf)+[2](explanation of plates), 26 lithographic plates on 25 sheets (including the pictorial title page), most with tissue guards; impl. folio; dark green qr. leather, the gilt lettered spine quite worn and grazed, upper joint starting, green cloth boards, upper board lettered in gilt, lightly worn, the edges more..... More
Pp. [viii]+214, text illustrations, references, index; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, fore-corners worn; Collins, Sydney, 1984. First edition. *After their military defeat at Culloden, the Highlanders of Scotland were displaced from their ancestral lands. 'Emigration was the answer, and increasingly it was to Australia they went... [where] another..... More
