Lot 57
Reid, John T., and others
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Pictures from the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1881. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, rebacked, bookplate; Shirreff, John General View of the Agriculture of the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1814. 8vo, half calf, rebacked, bookplate; Sinclair, Sir John General View of the Agriculture of the Northern Counties and Islands of Scotland. London, 1795. 4to, modern quarter calf, bookplate; [Neale, J.M.] Ecclesiological Notes on the Isle of Man, Ross, Sutherland, and the Orkneys. London: Joseph Masters, 1848. Small 8vo, modern half morocco, bookplate; Stout, Margaret B. Cookery for Northern Wives. Lerwick: T. & J. Manson, 1925. 8vo, modern cloth; Address to Orkneymen by One of Themselves. Edinburgh: Myles MacPhail, 1845. 8vo, modern red cloth gilt, bookplate; Duncan, Rae Directory to the Names of Persons...in Lerwick...and throughout Zetland... Aberdeen: G. Davidson, 1854. 8vo, modern cloth with wrappers bound in, inscribed by the author, ownership stamps, foxing, wrappers repaired, bookplate; Auld, Alexander Memorial of David Steven. Wick: W. Rae, 1874. 8vo, photographic portrait frontispiece, original cloth worn; Defoe, Daniel An Account of the Conduct and Proceedings of the Pirate Gow. London: H. Sotheran & Co., [1890]. 8vo, number 149 of 250 copies, original quarter cloth; and another copy; Hossack, B.H. Kirkwall in the Orkneys. Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1900. 4to, blue morocco gilt; and 10 others, sold not subject for return (20)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late John Davie Manson Robertson, CBE, DL, FRSA