Lot 422
Scottish Islands, 93 volumes, including Buchan, Alexander
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
A Description of Saint Kilda. [Edinburgh?,] 1773. 8vo, 70pp. only (ESTC T90620 suggests 159pp.) contemporary calf, bookplate; MacDonald, James General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides. Edinburgh: Richard Phillips, 1811. 8vo; Jameson, John An Historical Account of the Ancient Culdees of Iona. Edinburgh: John Ballantyne and Company, 1811. 4to, modern cloth spine over original boards; [Keddie, W.] Staffa & Iona. Edinburgh: Blackie & Son, [n.d.] 12mo; Walker, John An Economical History of the Hebrides. London: Longman, Hurst..., 1812. 2 volumes, 8vo; Nicholson, Alexander Report on the State of Education in the Hebrides. Edinburgh: printed by Thomas Constable, 1866. 8vo; Bishop of Argyll and the Isles The Cathedral, or Abbey Church of Iona. London: Day and Son Limited, 1866. Small 4to, original pictorial boards; Graham, H.D. Antiquities of Iona. London: Day & Son, 1850. Small 4to; Gordon, Seton The Charm of Skye... London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1929. 8vo; Smith, Alexander A Summer in Skye. London: Alexander Strahan, 1865. 2 volumes, 8vo; Martin, Martin A Description of the Western Isles. Glasgow: Thomas D. Morison, 1884. 8vo; and 80 others, sold not subject to return (93)