History: Barry, George, and others
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
History of the Orkney Islands. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. Second edition, 4to, folding map, 11 plates, contemporary calf, bookplates, some wear and spotting, ownership signatures to title-page; Mallet Northern Antiquities... London: T. Carnan and Co., 1770. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary boards, bookplates; Sinclair, John The Statistical Account of Scotland [the Orkney and Zetland Parishes]. Edinburgh: William Creech, 1791. 2 volumes, 8vo, later island-specific half-title and contents, half vellum gilt, bookplates, stickers of the Drambuie collection to endpapers; Standen, Edward A Paper on the Shetland Islands. Oxford, 1845. 12mo, modern brown calf, bookplate; [Hepburn, Thomas] A Letter to a Gentleman from his Friend in Orkney. London, 1760. 8vo, later half morocco, bookplate; and another copy; Marwick, J.G. The Adventures of John Renton. Kirkwall: W.R. Mackintosh, 1935. 8vo, contemporary half morocco; Tudor, John R. The Orkneys and Shetland... London: Edward Stanford, 1883. 8vo, contemporary half calf rebacked retaining contemporary spine, bookplate; Hossack, B.H. Kirkwall in the Orkneys. Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1900. 4to, black quarter morocco over blue cloth; MacBeath, James M. The Orkneys in Early Celtic Times. Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, [n.d.] 8vo, modern morocco gilt; Semi-Serfdom in the Zetland (or Shetland) Islands in a letter to a M.P. London: Elliot Stock, 1873. 8vo, modern cloth, bookplate; Catton, James The History and Description of the Shetland Islands. Wainfleet: P.I. Tuxford, 1838. 8vo, contemporary boards, with a modern spine; and 6 others, sold not subject to return (20)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late John Davie Manson Robertson, CBE, DL, FRSA