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Memoirs of Emeric Count Teckely. In Four Books. Wherein Are Related All the Most Considerable Transactions in Hungary and the Ottoman Empire from His Birth Anno 1656 Till After the Battle of Salankement in the Year 1691.

(L Clerk, John) · 1793

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,210)

Printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1793. Hardcover. Translated out of French. 12mo. Bound in original full sheep (slightly rubbed). Spine with raised bands. (xii 176 84 68 16p - index). Title page in red and black within a double-line border. With initial imprimatur leaf - Edmund GBohu...

Benjie's Guide to Edinburgh and Vicinity Including Roslin, Hawthornden, Aberdour, North Berwick, Linlithgow, Abbotsford, Melrose, and Dryburgh Abbey, with a Plan of the City. And Forty-Five Illustrations.

1874

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

Andrw Elliot, 1874. Soft Cover. viii + 120p, 16 p catalogue. Illustrated plus a folding map, An early town guide. Original blind stamped green covers with gilt titling. General signs of usage and the frontis/ title page have been taped with old sellotape. Some repairs to the b...

John Blaw of Castlehill - Jacobite and Criminal

Johnston, Christopher N · 1916

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

William Blackwood and Sons, 1916. Hardcover. 154p Plates 2 folding genealogical tables. The story of John Blaw who apparently visited France on a secret mission to Prince Charles Edward in Paris. This is explained in two long letters from Prince Charles to his father, the Chev...

A Botanist's Garden

Raven, J. E. · 1992

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Silent Books Ltd, 1992. Hardcover. 224p illustrated. An attractive reprint pf the first edition which was published in 1971 by the author of Mountain Flowers in the Collins New Naturalist Series. The author designed the gardens at Ardtornish. A very collectable presentable cop...

The Lewis Association Reports Nos 1 & 2

1944

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

The Lewis Association Reports, 1944. Soft Cover. no.1 72p covering Including -- General Economic Survey -- Town Planning -- Rural Planning-- Public Health ( Interim ) No.2 86 p covering External Transport - Harris Tweed - Hydro-Electric Development.Both in original orange card...

The True and Romantic History of William Pigg, Esquire, M.P. For Ham(P)Shirewilliam Pigg,

Hon. Charlotte Ellis . The poetical Accompaniment by The Rev. H.A.Martin · 1879

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

Kerby and Endean, 1879. Hardcover. 80 p complete though both endpapers wanting. Otherwise all original with many fine engraved plates. The book is just about disbound however with some browning, loose pages and rough edges. . Original gilt decorative boards and backstrip detac...

Plan of Edinburgh and Its Environs from a Survey by James Knox. Engraved by R. Scott. Edinburgh: John Fairbairn, 1824, Engraved Plan, 51 X 63cms, [Cf. Moir, Vol. 2, P. 258]

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£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

John Fairbairn et al, . . Original early map of Edinburgh. In VG condition though had s been folded to fit in a book and some of the seams have been taped at the back with brown tape long ago.Generally clean and paper crisp but some streaky foxing to the right side Would proba...

Mdowalls New Guide in Edinburgh. Containing a Description of the City and the Pleaseure Tours in Its Environs Wity a Plan of the City and a Map of the County Twelve Miles Round with Engravings. 1841

1841

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Thomas and William M'Dowall, 1841. Hardcover. xvi+131p. 2 maps and 6 engravings. All original and apparently complete. Binding loose with some gutters taped. Still a very neat little volume with 2 beautiful hand coloured mas in near fine condition. See scans. . Good +

Godalming and Guildford, Surrey - Auction Sale Catalogue for Busbridge Hall Estate 1951 with Many Photos and a Coloured Plan. Now Gu7 1xg Gu8 4ab

1951

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

H.B Baverstock, 1951. Soft Cover. A substantial Auction Sale Catalogue of the sale Busbridge Hall near Godalming, Surrey of 22p with 19 photos of Busbridge Hall (exterior and Interior) with policies and various lodges also included in the sale. Full tile: Illustrated Particula...

The Way to Cold Mountain (Pocketbooks)

Finlay, Alec (Editor) · 2001

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited, 2001. Soft Cover. 207p subtly illustrated. A Scottish mountains anthology weaving together poetry and prose, nature writing, mountaineering journals, and walking essays; edited by Alec Findlay with photographs by Davis Paterson. Fine unma...

The Search for Morag

Campbell, Elizabeth Montgomery; Solomon, David · 1972

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

Tom Stacey Ltd, 1972. Hardcover. 192p illustrated. The first and only UK edition. The Story of the Search for the Loch Ness Monster's cousin, Morag, in Loch Morar, the deepest Loch in Western Europe. In fine unmarked almost as new condition as is the unclipped d/w. See scans. ...

Godalming and Puttenham, Surrey - Auction Sale Catalogue for the Hill Cottage Building Estate Near Charterhouse School 1921 with Coloured Plan. Now Gu7 2rg Gu7 2rq Gu3 1dw Gu7 2rf

1921

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

H.B Baverstock, 1921. Soft Cover. 8p with particulars with 13 lots of building land listed which are marked on the accompanying Plan. Full tile:By Order of the Trustees, Surrey between Godalming and Puttenham. Adjacent to Charterhouse School. Particulars and Conditions pf Sale...

Rob Fairley: The Early Works

Gibb, Claire; Anderson, Marshall; Bowlov, Ralph; Surman, David · 2011

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Resipole Studios Publishing, 2011. Soft Cover. (44p). At of Rob Fairley's works including his time on Eilean Shona. Well illustrated - monochrome an colour. Fine unmarked condition. See scans. (ISBN: 9780956940209).. Fine

The Book of Glenbuchat

Douglas Simpson, W. (Editor) · 1942

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1942. Hardcover. 171p + 15 list of members etc. b&w illustrations, frontispiece of the castle, index. An account of the topography, history and antiquities of the parish in west Aberdeenshire, the seat of a branch of the Gordon family. The ...

Logan's Collections

Cruickshank, James (Editor) · 1941

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1941. Hardcover. 178p + 14 list of members etc. b&w illustrations, colour frontispiece, index. The life and work of James Logan, descriptions and drawings. Ecclesiastical antiquities of Aberdeenshire. Description of St Machar Cathedral. The...

In Famed Breadalbane - the Story of the Antiquities, Lands and People of a Highland District

Gillies, William · 1938

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.16 | ¥14,557)

The Munro Press, 1938. Hardcover. Original first edition. Internally 439p & folding map all in fine condition. Tight and clean with neat initials on fep dated 1945.teg; minimal fading of spine and some light rubbing of boards dulling the gilt coat of arms. An ink smudge on one...

The Miscellany of the Third Spalding Club Volume II

Cruickshank, James (Editor) · 1941

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1941. Hardcover. 267p index. Contents include The Three Spalding Clubs: A century in retrospect by W. Douglas Simpson; Testimonials Grantit Be Ye Ballies Sen Ye Last Day of Merche 1589 edited by Louise B. Taylor; the Raid on Glenkindie in 1...

Life and Labour on an Aberdeenshire Estate 1735-1750 (Being Selections from the Monymusk Papers)

Hamilton, Henry(Editor) · 1946

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1946. Hardcover. Pp.xl,184. Frontispiece + 8 folding plates - a selection of letters, memoranda, labour journals, rent books and account books which illustrate the everyday life of the people, eg their diet, dress and daily work such as dyk...

James Gordon's Diary 1692-1710

Walker, Ralph S. (Editor) · 1949

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1949. Hardcover. vii, 204 pages, Plates : facsimiles, portraits.Very clean and tight copy, free of inscriptions. Gordon was a Presbyterian minister and diarist. Hawnby Village and Church. The book is clean, tight and unmarked, There is a sp...

The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer

Mackenzie, Alexander (Andrew Lang) · 1924

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Eneas MacKay, 1924. Hardcover. viii+92p.+4p catalogue. Dealing with Second-Sight in the Highlands of Scotland Book complete and clean with a neat owners name on the fep. Some toning and a little foxing of endpapers. Some wear at the top of the spine. No d/w . See scans. . Very...