Lot 397
Edinburgh & Scotland
Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 26 May 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
A civic survey & plan for the City & Royal Burgh of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1949. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, some marking to wrappers; Geddie, John The water of Leith. Edinburgh, 1896. 4to, illustrated by Joseph Brown, original green cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges; Baird, William Annals of Duddingston and Portobello. Edinburgh, 1900. 8vo, 2 volumes, original green cloth gilt, inner hinges weak; Arnot, Hugo The history of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1779. 4to, frontispiece, lacking folding map, modern cloth gilt, browning and foxing; Ewing, Major John The Royal Scots 1914-1919. Edinburgh, 1925. 8vo, 2 volumes, frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt; Turner, A. Logan History of the University of Edinburgh 1883-1933. Edinburgh, 1933. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; RCAHMS Counties of Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan. Edinburgh, 1933. 4to, original blue cloth, rubbed, ex-library copy; Watson, C. B. & Cowan, W. The maps of Edinburgh 1544-1929. Edinburgh, 1932. 8vo, presentation copy from editor Boog Watson, cloth backed boards; Groome, Francis H. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1886. 8vo, 6 volumes, original cloth gilt, water staining to boards and some interior pages; and 39 others (55)