Arnot, Hugo
£350
Auction: 8 September 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
The history of Edinburgh from the earliest accounts to the present time. Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1788. 4to, frontispiece, 18 engraved plates, folding plan trimmed and linen backed, modern half calf gilt, later endpapers, repaired throughout, one plate torn, contemporary ink inscription to title; Wilson, Sir Daniel Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden time. Edinburgh & London: Adam & Charles Black, 1891. Second edition, 4to, 2 volumes, number 48 of 150 large paper copies, signed by the author and the publisher, 41 plates, folding plan, modern red morocco backed cloth, previous ink inscriptions to half title; [Anon.] A new history of the city of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1800. Fourth edition, 8vo, folding map, frontispiece, 12 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, inner hinges strengthened, bookplate; Grant, James Old and new Edinburgh. London, [no date]. 4to, 3 volumes, illustrated, contemporary half calf gilt, some foxing; Home, Bruce J. Old houses in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1905. Folio, First & Second series, 53 tipped in plates, contemporary cloth gilt, lacking wrapper; and 3 others (11)