Lot 437
Scottish Private Presses
19 volumes, comprising
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 February 2020 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Rae, Thomas. Androw Myllar. Greenock: The Signet Press, 1958, 8vo, number 135 of 200 copies signed by the author, original wrappers; Seymour, W.K. The First Childermas. Greenock: The Signet Press, 1959, 8vo, number 252 of 350 copies, original wrappers; Rae, Thomas. Watson, James. James Watson's Preface to the History of Printing 1713. Greenock: Thomas Rae, Signet Press, 1963, 8vo, number 45 of 250 copies, original boards, wear to front free endpaper;Rae, Thomas. The Book of the Private Press. Greenock: The Signet Press, 1958, original wrappers; and a photocopy of the same, bound in cloth; Weber, B.C. The Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to Francis the Dauphin of France. Greenock: Grian-Aig Press, 1969. 8vo, number 47 of 250 copies, original white leather gilt; Thomas the Rhymer. Stirling, 1979. 4to, 2 copies, copies number 4 and 13 of 75 copies, one original blue paste boards, the 2nd original red morocco-backed blue boards; [Bewick, T.] Waiting for Death. Greenock: The Black Pennell Press, 1982. 8vo, number 169 of 250 copies, original wrappers; Songs of the Press and other poems. Greenock: The Black Pennell Press, 1983. 8vo, number 33 of 120 copies, original red boards, glassine wrapper; Rae, Thomas. Four Tales of the Clyde. Greenock: The Black Pennell Press, 1983. 8vo, number 65 of 200 copies, original parchment-backed boards, glassine dustwrapper; The Death of Mary Queen of Scots. The Black Pennell Press, 1984. 8vo, number 99 of 100 copies, original boards; Hogg, James. A Boy's Song. Stirling: University of Stirling Bibliographical Society, 1986. 8vo, copy number 10, green morocco-backed cloth; Bewick, Thomas. The Howdy & The Upgetting. Greenock: The Black Pennell Press, 1987. 8vo, number 86 of 120 copies, original pictorial boards; Wordsworth, William. William Wordsworth in Scotland. Greenock: The Black Pennell Press, 1987, 8vo, number 5 of 85 copies, original two tone boards; Willis, Gordon. The Petition of Mr Kincaid Inventor. 1988, 8vo, number 39 of 60 copies, University of Stirling Bibliographical Society, original wrappers; another copy, number 6 of 60 copies, original grey-backed marbled boards; Forbes, Samuel. Rules and Directions to be Observed in Printing-houses. Greenock: The Black Pennell Press, 1988, 8vo, number 127 of 200 copies, original grey cloth-backed marbled boards; and 1 other, in blue wrappers (19)