Pp. [vi]+50, numerous illustrations (several full or double page, a couple coloured); med. 4to; beige cloth, upper board lettered in white, a trifle sprung and slightly flecked; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges creased and split, with a couple of small chips and several tape repairs on reverse; bookplate of George..... More
The story of the Forth Bridge [cover title]. Pp. 40, numerous illustrations (mainly black & white); impl. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers with advertisements on reverse, stapled, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; Moubray House Press, Edinburgh, 1986. New edition. *First published in 1985. With an unused black & white..... More
The story of St Kilda. Pp. 160, 16 plates, full page map, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; dark green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly browned; Canongate, Edinburgh, 1977. First edition. *The Hebridean island of St Kilda lies 110 miles west of the Scottish mainland. 'As long as St..... More
Pp. xvi+524, frontispiece portrait, plus 3 plates, errata slip tipped-in at page 2, index; navy cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards lightly flecked, with small stain to lower board near top edge; top edges purple, others uncut; inked ownership inscription at head of upper free endpaper, small chip..... More
before the High Court of Justiciary, in the years 1752, 1753, and 1754. 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..... More
Pp. 256(last blank), bibliography, index; navy art. leather, spine lettered in gilt, boards slightly spotted; t.e.g.; glassine wrapper, edges and backstrip wrinkled; Leslie Frewin, London, 1969. 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
carrying on in the course of the year 1802. 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..... More
The landscapes, life and legends of Mary Queen of Scots. With photographs by Eric Thorburn. Pp. 160, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, bibliography, index; wide demy 4to; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, short split at foot of back flap fold; a little light foxing; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London..... More
for the Murder of Campbell of Glenure .... 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..... More
Book of Recollections. Pp. [vi]+320 (last blank)+[16](publisher's catalogue, dated May 1866), lithographic frontispiece and vignette title page; dark green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, boards a trifle scuffed, fore-corners lightly worn, the spine cloth slightly wrinkled and neatly repaired at joints; uncut; hinges reinforced with cloth..... More
Photographs by Don Kelly. Pp. 160, 7 coloured plates (one double page), plus numerous black & white illustrations (mostly full page), endpaper map; narrow cr. 4to; boards faintly soiled; all edges brown; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip slightly faded; name in ink at head of half-title page;..... More
Drawn from nature and on stone. 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..... More
and great part of the HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. A new edition with coloured plates by G. E. Lodge, portraits and selections from the original illustrations. Introduction by Herbert Maxwell. Pp. xx+332, 20 plates (8 with tissue guards, of which 4, including the frontispiece, are chromolithographs and the other 4 are..... More
Pp. 192; demy 8vo; pink papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, back panel faintly soiled, backstrip lightly faded, the front flap slightly creased; name in ink at foot of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves..... More
Reprinted from "Engineering," February 28, 1890. Third edition, revised, with appendix. Pp. 72, plus 19 plates (many double page), plus text illustrations; small cr. folio; limp navy cloth, printed and ruled in gilt & blind, the spine worn and with several splits, and small loss at head and foot, edges..... More