Lot 9
Church in Orkney & Shetland
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Craven, J.B. History of the Church in Orkney... Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1901. 4 volumes, 4to, original green cloth; and another set; Dryden, H. Ruined Churches in Orkney and Shetland, 8vo, comprising printed copies of Dryden's writings with some manuscript notes by Dryden, a manuscript copy of a letter to The Orcadian. 6pp., and a tipped-in letter from Dryden to a Mr Tait, providing an explanation of the volume, modern cloth, bookplate; Wilson, Bryce Drawings of St. Magnus Cathedral. Stromness, 1971. Folio case with 8 prints, case numbered 12/150 and signed by the artist; Petrie, Peter Narrative respecting the New Place of Worship Lately Erected in Kirkwall. Edinburgh: John Johnstone, 1842. 8vo, later cloth, bookplate; Rutherford, J. Saint Magnus and the Planting of Christianity in Orkney. Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1889. 8vo, quarter morocco; Goudie, Gilbert The Ecclesiastical Antiquities of the Southern Parishes of Shetland. Aberdeen: W. Jolly & Sons, 1912. Folio, inscribed to upper wrapper from the author, modern blue cloth, wrappers bound in; Hossack, B.H. Kirkwall in the Orkneys. Kirkwall: William Peace & Son, 1900. 4to, a presentation copy to Dr Andrew Carnegie, red half morocco gilt; and 7 others, sold not subject to return (21)
Footnote
Provenance: From the collection of the Late John Davie Manson Robertson, CBE, DL, FRSA