Edinburgh and the Lothians
Collection of works, 19th-early 20th century
£429
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Taylor, James. Lord Jeffrey and Craigcrook, a History of the Castle. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892. First edition, one of 150 copies, 4to, original tan cloth;
Selway, G. Upton. A Mid-Lothian Village. Notes on the Village and Parish of Corstorphine. Edinburgh: George Waterston & Sons, 1890. First edition, one of 58 copies, 4to, original brown cloth gilt, wood-engraved plates on tinted ground;
Bone, James. The Perambulator in Edinburgh. With Pictures by E. S. Lumsden. London: Jonathan Cape Limited, 1911. Second edition, one of 200 copies signed by the author, 4to, original half vellum, plates;
Harris, David Fraser. Caroline Park House and Roystoun Castle. A Descriptive and Historical Account. Edinburgh: printed for private circulation, 1896. First edition, 4to, original pink crocodile-skin-effect cloth;
Ballantyne, R. M. Photographs of Edinburgh, with Descriptive Letterpress. Glasgow: Andrew Duthie, [1868]. First edition, 4to, original green cloth, 13 mounted albumen-print photographs, front inner hinge repaired;
Edinburgh Town Council. The Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the New North Bridge, Edinburgh, 25th May 1896. Edinburgh: published by order of the Town Council of Edinburgh, 1896. First edition, 4to, original cloth, photogravure frontispiece, 13 halftone photographic plates;
Wood, L. Ingleby. Vanishing Edinburgh and Leith. Edinburgh: William J. Hay, 1903. First edition, 4to, original cloth, mounted plates;
and 11 others, including: Crombie, Modern Athenians, 1882; Edinburgh Past and Present, its Associations and Surroundings, 1877; Colston, Trinity College and Trinity Hospital, 1897, 2 volumes; J. Campbell Irons, Leith and its Antiquities, 1897, 2 volumes; and similar
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Footnote
THE LIBRARY OF DR ANDREW G. FRASER MD FSA SCOT (1937-2020)