Lot 84
Glasgow and the West of Scotland
Collection of histories, guides and works of local interest, 19th-20th century
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
all leather-bound, including:
[Chapman, R.]. The Picture of Glasgow; or, Strangers' Guide. A new ed., enlarged. Glasgow: printed by and for R. Chapman, 1812. 8vo, 4 plates (3 folded), 1 folded map;
Cleland, James. A Description of the Manner of Improving the Green of Glasgow. Glasgow: printed by R. Chapman, 1813. First edition, 8vo, 1 folded map, binding worn at extremities;
[Rodgers, G.]. A Narrative of the Proceedings in the Case Rodgers and Others, v. Harvie, for the Recovery of the Liberty of the Banks of the Clyde. Glasgow: Hugh Cameron, 1829. First edition, 8vo, 1 plate, some minor spotting and staining; [bound with] [Society for the Preservation of Public Foot Paths]. Public Foot Paths. [Glasgow: s.n., 1829?]. 1 sheet; [bound with] [Society for the Preservation of Public Foot Paths]. Common Sense Versus Sophistry, or the Civil Law Radically Reformed. [Glasgow: Footpath Society, 1834?]. First edition, 12mo, unrecorded anonymous pamphlet proposing changes to the law to improve rights of way, some staining and spotting;
Bennet's Glasgow Magazine Vol. 1. July, 1832 - June 1833. Glasgow: William Bennet & Co., 1833. 8vo, complete run of short-lived periodical;
and 34 others, including collections of acts and pamphlets relating to local history, Clyde navigation and docks, public sanitation, religion, police (39)
Provenance
The estate of the late Eric Sloane (several items with his book-label to front pastedown).