Orkney
A collection of 40 titles
£756
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Neill, Patrick. A Tour Through Some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh: A. Constable and Company, 1806. 8vo, contemporary morocco;
Drever, W.P. Udal Law in The Orkneys and Zetland. Edinburgh: William Green & Sons, 1900. 8vo, cloth boards dampstained;
Fergusson, James. The Brochs and the Rude Stone Monuments of the Orkney Islands. London: William Mullan and Son, 1877. 8vo, cloth boards dampstained;
Brand, Rev. John. A Brief Description of Orkney, Zetland, Pightland-Firth & Caithness. Edinburgh: William Brown, 1883. No. 44 of 157, 8vo, some dampstaining to boards;
Ferguson, Malcolm. A Visit to Orcadia and the North of Scotland. Dundee: John Leng, 1898. Second edition, 8vo, tooled contemporary red calf, tear to spine;
Stuart, John. Notice of Excavations in the Chambered Mound of Maeshowe, In Orkney. Edinburgh: Niell and Company, 1865. 8vo, contemporary cloth;
[Anon.] Hand-book to the Orkney Islands with Illustrations. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. [n.d., late 19th century]. 8vo, contemporary half-calf, corners bumped;
Mackenzie, James. The General Grievances and Oppression of the Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh: Niell & Co., 1836. 8vo, contemporary green cloth;
Buckley, T.E. and J.A. Harvie-Brown. A Vertebrate Fauna of the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1891. 8vo, later marbled boards;
Edmondston, Thomas. An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney Dialect. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1866. 8vo, maroon cloth; and 30 further titles relating to Orkney (40)