— Edinburgh Rock: A Triumph in Three Acts

Edinburgh, The Moray Press, 1937. First edition. Leather. An uncommon copy of this illustrated play, performed by the Edinburgh Battalion of the Boys' Brigade, attractively bound in full calf by Henderson & Bisset. The first edition of this work in a full calf binding. Top edge gilt. Binder's stamp of Henderson & Bisset to the front paste down. Tipped in to the front blank is a presentation slip: 'Presented by the Officers and Non-Commissioned Ranks of the 33rd. Company of the Boys' Brigade (St. Stephen's, Edinburgh), on 3rd June, 1938, to Sir James Stirling Ross, K.B.E. C.B. an original member of the Company, on the occasion of the 49th. Annual Inspection&apos.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and seventeen black-and-white plates. Collated, complete.A play in three acts, telling the story of the history of Scotland until to the 1930s. It was performed by over 1500 members of the Edinburgh Battalion of the Boys' Brigade in April 1936, in commemoration of the founding of the Battalion in 1886.With a foreword by the Right Honourable Sir John Gilmour, a preface by the Honourable Lord Fleming, appendices, and a souvenir programme bound in to the rear. In a full calf binding. Externally, smart, though faded to the spine. Small section of rubbing to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .