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Parish of Girthon - Poor Law Register of Entries. Bound Volume of Complete Register in Photocopy 1864-1895

1864

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,363)

, . Hardcover. The Parish of Girthon in Kirkudbrightshire SW Scotland centres around the Town of Gatehouse of Fleet. This book is a complete copy of the original handwritten Poor Law Register from 1864-1895 which was in private hands in 1999 when I borrowed it and photocopied ...

Antiquities of Strathearn with Historical and Traditional Tales and Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Individuals Belonging to the District to Which Is Appended a Guide to Tourists

Shearer, John, Jun. · 1891

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

D.Philips, Strathearn Record Office, 1891. Hardcover. 116p clean and tight with previous owners stamp on title page and handwritten name opposite.All original. Bright blue boards a little marked and rubbed at edges but still very collectable condition. See scans. . Good +

Buildings at Risk ( a Sixth Catalogue of Buildings at Risk in Northern Ireland March 1999 (Volume 6)

1999

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Ulster Architectural Heritage Society in Association with Environmet Service: Historic Mony=umments and Buildings., 1999. Soft Cover. 97p profusly illustrated . County by county a number of buildings - from dwelling houses to launderies, railway stations and hospitals - all at...

Buildings at Risk ( a Second Catalogue of Buildings at Risk in Northern Ireland January 1995 (Volume 2)

1995

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Ulster Architectural Heritage Society in Association with Environmet Service: Historic Mony=umments and Buildings., 1995. Soft Cover. 80p profusly illustrated . County by county a number of buildings - from dwelling houses to launderies, railway stations and hospitals - all at...

Buildings at Risk ( a Catalogue of Buildings at Risk in Northern Ireland Autumn 1993 (Volume 1)

1993

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Ulster Architectural Heritage Society in Association with Environment Service: Historic Monumments and Buildings., 1993. Soft Cover. 114p profusly illustrated . The first volume in this ongoing series. County by county a number of buildings - from dwelling houses to launderies...

The Architecture of Imagination: New Essays on Pretence, Possibility, and Fiction

Nichols, Shaun (Editor) · 2006

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,749)

OUP Oxford, 2006. Hardcover. Essays: 1. Introduction, Shaun Nichols The nature of the imagination 2. . Imagination and Emotion, Tim Schroeder & Carl Matheson 3. Imagination and Simulation in Audience Responses to Fiction, Alvin Goldman 4. . Imagination and Misimagination, Adam...

The Recess, or Autumnal Relaxation in the Highlands and Lowlands: Being the Home Circuit Versus Foreign Travel, a Serio-Comic Tour to the Hebrides Signed by Author - Ex Library

Fag, Frederick - (James Johnstone) · 1834

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown Etc., 1834. Hardcover. viii+245p. Book clean and tight and appears little used. Ink inscription on title page from author - The Rev. Mr O'Loughlan with the kind regards of the Author - J.J. Signed beneath authors pseudonym James Johnstone M.D. Ink sm...

Reprint of Jones's Directory or Useful Pocket Companion for the Year 1787 with an Introduction and Notes of Old Glasgow Celebrities by the Rambling Reporter

1868

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

William Love, 40 Enoch Square, 1868. Hardcover. Pale grey paper covered boards with white paper title label to spine. 84p Tight and internally unmarked and clean; some wear to edges and spine but in collectable condotion. See scans. . Near Very Good

Caraid Nan Gaidheal (the Friend of the Gael): A Choice Selection of the Gaelic Writings of the Late Norman Macleod

Macleod, Norman · 1899

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,545)

Norman MacLeod, 1899. Hardcover. Full title: Caraid Nan Gaidheal (The Friend of the Gael): A Choice Selection of the Gaelic Writings of The Late Norman MacLeod St Columba Parish, Glasgow, selected and edite by the late Rev.A.Clerk, LL.D., Minister of Kilmallie with a memoir of...

The Forlorn Condition of Poor Johnny Bull (Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871)

1871

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Effingham Wilson, 1871. Soft Cover. 'The Forlorn Condition of Poor Johnny Bull Through the Misdoings of His Servants: With a Sketch of Three of His Chief Servants - Joy Pebble . Robert Whitehead . and John Shiney . and an Account of how William the Pious Got the Farm of Christ...

General View of the Agriculture of the County of Warwick with Observations on the Means of Improvement.

Wedge, John · 1794

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Printed By C.MacRae, 1794. Hardcover. 60p. 4 coloured folding plans mounted on linen.Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement Chapters on minerals, husbandry, rotaion of crops, water meadows, draining, water meadows, manufactures, lab...

General View of the Agriculture of the County of Oxford with Observations on the Means of Improvement.

Davis, Richard · 1794

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Printed By W Bulmer and Co., 1794. Hardcover. 39p. Drawn up for the consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement . Internally clean with light foxing; internally only evidence of ex library is blind embossed stamp for Birbeck college and withdrawn stamp o...

The Horseman's Word

Neat, Timothy · 2002

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Birlinn Ltd, 2002. Soft Cover. The last of Timothy Neat's quintet of books of traditional life in the Highlands in the 20th century. It presents portraitsof fifteen Scottish horsemen, blacksmiths and rural workers from Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, Argyll, Perthshire, Fife and ...

Supplementary Report on the Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Hamilton. Edited by Jane Harvey Mcmasters and Marguerite Wood. Historical Manuscripts Commission 1932

1932

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

HMSO, 1932. Soft Cover. Fully indexed. 253p + catalogue. Tight in in original card covers which have a splash mark but are otherwise clean.Name or prevous owner in ink on front wrapper. See scans . Near Very Good

Reports on the Manuscripts of the Earl of Eglinton, Sir J. Stirling Maxwell, Bart. , C.S. H. Drummond Moray , C.F. Weston Underwood & G. Wingfield Digby. Historical Manuscripts Commission 1885

1885

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

HMSO, 1885. Soft Cover. One of the very early reports - fully indexed. 680p. Signs of age - text block intact but fragile wrappers toned at edges and a little chipped Spine strip ageing but text block just holding. Name or prevous owner in ink on front wrapper. See scans . Good +

The Manuscripts of the Duke of Athole, K.T. And of the Earl of Home. Historical Manuscripts Commission Twelfth Report, Appendix, Part VIII

1891

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

HMSO, 1891. Soft Cover. One of the earlier reports - fully indexed. 233p. Signs of age - text block intact but fragile wrappers toned at edges, chipped and rear wrapper is detached. Spine strip ageing. Name or prevous owner in ink on front wrapper. See scans . Fair

General View of the Agriculture of the County of Bedford. Drawn Up for the Consideration of the Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement

1813

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Printed for Sherwood, Neel, and Jones, 1813. Hardcover. XV, (1), 636p+errata+ 1p catalogue, folding map of the soil of Bedfordshire (uncoloured); 5 engraved plates. This General Report has chapters on the Geographical State, State of Property, Buildings, Occupation, Implements...

Booksellers Cataloue Rare Books of Science and Medicine from Sixteenth Century Presses and Early Italian Literature from Davis & Orioli London C. 1930

0

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Davis & Orioli, 0. Soft Cover. 85p listing 384 books; of interest is a large collection of earlty Italian literature including many books from the libraray of Prince Ginori--Conti. Some toning to covers and staples rusting but all tight. See scans. . Good

Sir John Cope and the Rebellion of 1745

Cadell, General Sir Robert · 1898

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.93 | ¥24,254)

William Blackwood & Sons, 1898. Hardcover. xiv, 283pp, maps. The battles of Prestonpans and Preston, Two folding maps in rear pocket. The book is clean and tight. Some toning especially at prelims and a private library label on front pastedown (Library of Miss Porter's School ...

British Mountain Climbs

Abraham, George D. · 1923

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Mills & Boon, 1923. Hardcover. 448p illustrated. Has been a working copy and has probabl;y seen the insisde of a rucksack or two. Name on fep and some routes ticked off in the Lakre District and North Wales. A two page handwritten description of a lake district climb near Pisg...