Neill, Patrick, and others
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
A Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland... Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1806. 8vo, half-title, contemporary calf, bookplates of George Stirling Home Drummond and J. Robertson, early ownership signature of Wm Jardine to title-page, some spotting, joints rubbed and splitting; Maxwell, W.H. Wanderings in the Highlands and Islands. London: A.H. Baily & Xo., 1844. 2 volumes, 8vo, portrait, contemporary half calf with morocco gilt labels to spines, bookplates; Low, George A Tour through the Islands of Orkney and Schetland. Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1879. 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, bookplates, folding map repaired to verso; [Haldane, J.A.] Journal of a Tour through the Northern Counties of Scotland and the Orkney Isles, in Autumn 1797. Edinburgh: J. Ogle..., 1798. Third edition, 12mo, later half calf, bookplate, half-title repaired, some very slight dampstaining (5)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late John Davie Manson Robertson, CBE, DL, FRSA