Orkney, a very large collection
including
£4,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 22 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
Wallace, James An Account of the Islands of Orkney. London, 1700. 8vo, folding map, folding plate, contemporary panelled calf, tiny nick at head of spine, [ESTC R34706]; Neill, Patrick A Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh, 1806, later half morocco, title dust-soiled, rubbed; Liddell, Francis The Melancholy Case of Francis Liddell, Minister of Orphir, in the Orcades, together with his Last Speech and Dying Words to the General Assembly, 1807. Edinburgh, 1808, 19th century cloth, small repair to title; Landt. Rev. G. A Description of the Feroe Islands... translated from the Danish. 1810. First edition in English, 8vo, folding map and 2 plates (1 folding), contemporary half calf, rubbed; Low, George Fauna Orcadensis, or the Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh, 1813. 4to, contemporary half calf, slightly spotted, rubbed; Henderson, E. Iceland or the Journal of a Residence. Edinburgh, 1819. Second edition, 8vo, folding map, engraved plates, contemporary calf, rubbed; Peterkin, Alexander Rentals of the Ancient Earldom and Bishoprick of Orkney, 1820, original boards; Mackenzie, James The General Grievances and Oppression of the Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh, 1836, 8vo; Dunn, Robert The Ornithologist's Guide to the Islands of Orkney and Shetland. 1837. First edition, 8vo, lithographed frontispiece (loose), 2 folding maps, original cloth; Wilson, James A Voyage round the Coasts of Scotland and the Isles. 1842, 2 volumes, in one, 8vo, plates, some spotting, worn; Monteith, Robert Description of the Islands of Orkney and Zetland. 1845 Baikie, W.B. and Robert Heddle Historia Naturalis Orcadensis. Zoology, part 1 (only), original cloth, lacks f.f.e.p.; Weld, Charles Richard Two Months in the Highlands, Orcadia and Skye. 1860, 4 chromolithographs, illustrations, upper hinge broken; Balfour of Balfour, David Odal Rights and Feudal Wrongs. a Memorial for Orkney. Edinburgh, 1860, presentation copy from the author to Rev. E.R. Larkin; Calder, James T. Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness. Glasgow, 1861, p.xv loose, upper hinge broken; Dasent, G. W. The Story of Burnst Njal. 1861, 2 volumes, plates, original green cloth gilt; Clouston, Rev. Charles Guide to the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh, 1862, 12mo, folding map, errata slip, red half morocco, slightly rubbed; Crichton, A.W. A Naturalist's Ramble to the Orcades. 1866, lithographed frontispiece, pictorial cloth; Edmonston, Thomas An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney Dialect. 1866, contemporary half calf, rubbed; Mitchell, J.M. Mesehowe: Illustrations of the Runic Literature of Scandinavia. Edinburgh, 1863. 4to, plates, original cloth, date in biro at foot of title, worn; Maxwell, Charles A. The Sea Kings of Orkney. 1870, rubbed; Fergusson, James A Short Essay on the Age and Uses of the Brochs and the rude stone monuments of the Orkney Islands. 1877, 8vo; Reid, John T. Art Rambles in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. 1878, 4to, pictorial cloth, rubbed; Low, George A Tour through the Islands of Orkney and Schetland. Kirkwall, 1879. ex-library copy, original cloth; Reid, John T. Pictures from the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh, 1881, 4to, limited to 500 copies, rubbed; Traill, William A Genealogical Account of the Traills of Orkney. Kirkwall, 1883, plates; [Orkney] The Present State of the Orkney Islands Considered... published in 1775. 1884; Wallace, Rev. James A Description of the Isles of Orkney. 1883, number 119 of 260 copies; Fergusson, R. Menzies Rambles in the Far North. 1884. second edition, pictorial cloth, spine slightly rubbed; Hepburn of Birsay, Thomas A Letter to A Gentleman from his Friend in Orkney. 1885 (reprinted), number 82 of 110 copies; Mackintosh, W.R. Glimpses of Kirkwall and its People. Kirkwall, 1887, corner of title cut away; Sinclair, John Scenes and Stories of the North of Scotland. 1890; Fergusson, R. Menzies Our Trip North. 1892, pictorial cloth; Leighton, Robert The Pilots of Pomona, a story of the Orkney Islands. 1892, worn; Mackintosh, W.R. Curious Incidents from the Ancient Records of Kirkwall. Kirkwall, 1892; Baikie, Mrs W.D. The Queen of the Caves. Kirkwall, [c.1892]; Scott, E.E. The Erskine-Halcro Genealogy. 1895; Ployen, Christian Reminiscences of A Voyage to Shetland, Orkney and Scotland in the summer of 1839. Lerwick, 1896, rubbed; Fergusson, R. Menzies. A Village Poet. 1897; Ferguson, Malcolm. A Vist to Orcadia and the North of Scotland. 1898, Second edition; Young, Archibald Summer Sailings by an Old Yachtsman. 1898, plates; Brown, Thomas Diary of Thomas Brown writer in Kirkwall. Kirkwall, 1898; Russell-Jeaffreson, J. The Faroë Islands. 1898, map detached, pictorial cloth, rubbed; Hossack, B.H. Kirkwall in the Orkneys. Kirkwall, 1900, 4to, Preface leaf loose, head and base of spine worn; Craven, Rev. J.B. History of the Church in Orkney. Kirkwall, 1893-1901-1912. 3 volumes, 4to, the 1901 volume a presentation copy from the author, this volume faded and rubbed; Goodfellow, Alexander Birsay Church History. Kirkwall, 1903; Malcolm, John Poems, Tales and Sketches. Kirkwall: W. Peace, [c.1903]; Charleson, M.M. Orcadian Papers. Stromness, 1905; Selous, Edmund The Birds Watcher in the Shetlands. 1905, some spotting; Smith, John Annals of the Church in Scotland in Orkney from 1560. Kirkwall, 1907; Gunn, John The Orkney Book. [c.1909]; Angus, J.S. A Glossary of the Shetland Dialect. 1914, 2 copies, dustwrappers; Firth, John Reminiscences of an Orkney Parish. Stromness, 1922; Sinclair, J. The Orkney Parishes. Kirkwall, 1927; Omond, James How to know the Orkney Birds. Kirkwall, 1925, 4to, original wrappers, lacks lower wrapper, rubbed; Burrows, C.W. Scapa and a Camera. 1921, original boards, with upper side of dust-jacket; Childe, V.G. Skara Brae. 1931; Clouston, J. Storer A History of Orkney. Kirkwall, 1932, all original cloth except where stated; and c. 130 volumes, (mostly 20th century), and c. 60 pamphlets relating to the Orkneys (a quantity)
Footnote
Provenance: R.O. Watson (1854-1926), R.O. Watson (1882 - 1956), R.O. Watson (1905 - 1971) and R.O. Watson (1944 - 2007), great great grandfather, great grandfather, grandfather and father of the vendor, all of whom were born and lived in Kirkwall, Orkney. Most volumes have an ownership inscription of one of these.