A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1775. First edition, first issue, with 12-line errata. The scarce... Read More
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Bibliographica Aberdonensis: Being an Account of Books Relating to or Printed in the Shires of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine or written...
Aberdeen, (Scotland): Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1929. First edition. Read More
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History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the bourbons in 1815.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1847. Seventh Edition. Read More
Price: $500
Joseph Kerr of Ballygoney and his descendants.
Brooklyn, New York: Printed for Private Distribution, 1904. First edition. Read More
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Preserved Leaves of Mull
Two autograph letters signed “Argyll”.
Kensington and N. P: Argyll Lodge and Balmoral (stationery), n.d. and 28 September 1855. Preserved Leaves of Mull. The first stating that he will send specimens of the ores and the [?] Leaves of Mull to Glasgow for the Museum, the leaves only being “furnished on loan as the specimens... Read More
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System of Surgery: Extracted from the Works of Benjamin Bell of Edinburgh: by Nicholas B. Waters. Fellow of the College...
Philadelphia: Printed by Archibald Bartram for Thomas Dobson, 1806. Third edition. Read More
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The Disarming Act
A Bill for the more effectual Disarming the Highlands in that part of Great Britain called Scotland; and for the...
np: 1746. The Disarming Act. This is one of several Acts passed by Parliament following the Rising of Forty-five, seeking not only to disarm the Highlanders but to quell their national spirit, demonstrated here by the ban on the wearing of clan tartans: “…no person within that part of Great... Read More
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Billhead of Alexander McWilliam to Miss Kennedy Kirchmichal [Kirchmichael Ayrshire] for black ribbon, cotton, gause, muslin and gloves.
Ayr, Scotland: March 7, 1781. Read More
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Billhead of John Alexander Wilson Bookseller, Stationer & Bookbinder. Bill for £29.9.7 for almanacs, blank paper, etc.
Aberdeen: 20, Upperkirkgate, 1832. Read More
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Birds from Moidart and Elsewhere.
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1895. First edition. Read More
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Autograph Letter, signed (“Claud I. Boswell, Sheriff of Fife”), to First Viscount Melville Hanry Dundas.
County Fife, Scotland: November 2, 1795. [With:] HORSBRUGH, Thomas, Deputy sheriff clerk. Autograph Letter, signed (“Thos. Horsbrugh”), to Claud I Boswell. Cupar, Scotland: 24 October 1795. 4to (10 x 15 3/4 inches; 250 x 400 mm. across the fold). 3 1/4 pp. Usual fold lines. A very good copy. Torrential... Read More
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Boswell in Holland 1763-1764. Including his correspondence with Belle de Zuylen (Zélide). Frederick A. Pottle, editor.
London: William Heinemann, 1952. Number 329 of 1050 deluxe copies. From The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Read More
Price: $150
Boswell's London Journal.
London: William Heinemann, 1951. First edition, Deluxe Issue, Number 992 of 1050 copies. From The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Read More
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The Defeat and Pursuit of the Scottish Covenanters
News from Ireland. being, The Examination and Confession of William Kelso, a Scotch Rebel, taken in Ireland, whether he fled...
n.p. [London?]: s.n, "Printed in the Year 1679" The Defeat and Pursuit of the Scottish Covenanters. The context here is the late-breaking news of the crushing defeat of he Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Borthwell Bridge, on June 22, 1679, by government troops under the Duke of Monmouth, only... Read More
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Lithograph, colored: "The Great International Caledonian Games / Held at Jones Woods, New-York City, July 1st, 1867/ This picture is...
New York: published by Kelly & Whitehill, 1868. Printed by Charles Hart. J.L. Giles was a Designer and Lithographer at 111 Nassau Street, NYC. Read More
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The Love Letters of Mary Queen of Scots to James Earl of Bothwell; With Her Love Sonnets and Marriage Contracts...
London: Longman Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Second edition. Read More
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The Life of Mary Queen of Scots.
London: John Murray, 1822. The Second Edition, Corrected. Read More
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A.L.S. To Patrick Falconer, Gasgow.
London: Feb 24, 1831. Chalmers was a Scottish mathematician, political economist and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland. Reading in part in a wretched hand: "I have just time to say that I have seen Dr. L---, and have recommended Pinhester (?) to him...but I am a ---shattered by the... Read More
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The Elements of Chemistry.
Edinburgh: Printed for W. Blackwood, [1810]. First edition. Possibly owned by John Steele, mechanical innovator who in 1817 started the first power loom in New Hampshire. Steele, a Democrat in politics, was elected Governor of New Hampshire in 1844 and 1845. Read More
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The Moor and the Loch: Containing Practical Hints on Most of the Highland Sports.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1888. New edition. Read More
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The Moor and the Loch: Containing Practical Hints on Most of the Highland Sports, and Notices of the Habits of...
Edinburgh: William Blackwell & Sons, 1840. First edition. Read More
Price: $200
Riverston.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 65 Cornhill, 1857. First edition, listed in ads as "Just Ready." Craik's first novel consists of three stories linked by the first person narrator, Scottish governess Honor Haig. Read More
Price: $1,500
H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester's Copy
A Tour in Sutherlandshire, with Extracts from the Field-Books of a Sportsman and Naturalist.
London: John Murray, 1849. First edition. H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester's Copy. Deerstalking, shooting, wildfowling, dogs, angling and falconry. Read More
Price: $600
A Tour in Sutherlandshire, with Extracts from the Field-Books of a Sportsman and Naturalist.
London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1849. First edition. Deerstalking, shooting and wildfowling, dogs, fishing and falconry. Read More
Price: $600
Engelhard - Pirie Copy, inscribed by the three Barons Rothschild
Ces Messieurs de Rothschild.
Paris: Éditions Pierre Tisné, [1967]. First edition. Engelhard - Pirie Copy, inscribed by the three Barons Rothschild. Inscribed to Jane Engelhard on the title-page by the three Barons de Rothschild (Guy, Alain, and Elie), with a presentation card tipped in, and with a TLS from Baron Alain de Rothschild to... Read More
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Songs and Selections from the Album of the Edinburgh Angling Club founded 1847. With Illustrations drawn and engraved by members...
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 10 Castle Street, 1900. New and Enlarged edition. Read More
Price: $150