Lot 82
Gibb, William, and John Skelton
The Royal House of Stuart
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
… Drawn from Relics of the Stuarts. London & New York: Macmillan and Company, 1890. First edition, folio, half calf over vellum, raised bands on spine, gilt decorative centrepiece of a crown on upper board, gilt edges, 40 chromolithographs, boards scuffed and stained, corner tips worn, armorial bookplate of John Abercrombie (1851-1914) and his wife Evelyn Graham Abercrombie (1866-1941);
Muir, Donald. Record of the Visit of His Majesty King George V to the Burgh of Paisley. Paisley: Alexander Gardner,1917. First edition, 4to, contemporary red crushed morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, green silk doublures;
Thomson, James. History of St Andrew's Parish Church, Glasgow. Glasgow: Robert Anderson, 1905. First edition, 4to, contemporary maroon hard-grain morocco gilt;
with approx. 18 others, Scottish interest including a manuscript recording correspondence, 1853-1855, to and from prominent Glasgow architect John Baird I (1798-1859), Joseph Swan's ‘Select Views on the River Clyde’ (1830), and 6 photograph albums (one album Australian) (22)
Provenance
The estate of the late Eric Sloane (many items with his book-label to front pastedown).