Lot 412
Orkney & Shetland, a collection of 72 books
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
A Letter respecting Shetland, to the Honourable The Highland Society of Scotland. Edinburgh: J. Ritchie, 1803. 8vo, modern boards; Peterkin, Alexander Notes on Orkney and Zetland. Edinburgh: Macredie, Skelly, and Company, 1822. Volume 1 (all published), 8vo, contemporary half calf; [Idem] Rentals of the Ancient Earldom and Bishoprick of Orkney. Edinburgh, 1820. 8vo, contemporary brown half morocco gilt, neatly rebacked; Gifford, Thomas An Historical Description of the Zetland Islands. London: J. Nicholson, 1786. 4to, folding map, modern brown half morocco gilt; The General Grievances and Oppression of the Isles of Orknay and Shetland... Edinburgh, 1750. 8vo, modern half morocco; Neill, Patrick A Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh: A. Constable and Company, 1806. 8vo, original boards, bookplate of Mary Elizabeth Edmondston; "Thulensis" A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Althorp... London: printed by Richard Taylor, 1832. 8vo, without covers; Weld, Charles Richard Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia, and Skye. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. 8vo, lithographed plates, modern red quarter morocco; Traill, Walter Vindication of Orkney. Edinburgh: printed for the Author by P. Neill, 1823. 8vo, later half-calf; Dunn, Robert The Ornithologist's Guide to the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. London, 1837. 8vo, contemporary red half-calf; Barry History of the Orkney Islands. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. 4to, folding map, contemporary calf rebacked; and 61 others, sold not subject to return (72)