£9,072
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 773
Auction: 07 February 2024 at 10:00 GMT
Books:
Stevenson, Alan. Biographical Sketch of the late Robert Stevenson. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood and Sons, 1861. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, inscribed by a Stevenson, lacking initial few leaves;
Records of a Family of Engineers. [N.p., n.d.] 8vo, a large number of manuscript notes and corrections, red cloth gilt;
D’Arville, Nicolas. The Navigation of King James V. round Scotland… Perth: J. Brown for John Gillies, 1785. 12mo, largely incomplete but with the manuscript dedication in Robert Stevenson’s hand: “Presented by Walter Scott Esq to Mr Stevenson…1814”;
Diaries:
Stevenson, Charles Alexander. Diary, 1872-73, including reports of travels but also notes and sketches of various engineering sites such as the diving Bell at Anstruther;
Manuscripts:
Commission for Robert Stevenson, Gentleman, to be a Lieutenant in the Royal Edinburgh Spearmen, January 1804;
Stevenson, Robert. ALS to James Riddoch Esq. of Kirkwall, dated October 1808, regarding progress on the Bell Rock Lighthouse, a section cut from the body of the letter;
Document entitled “Evidence regarding Whalsey Skerry”;
Various articles of correspondence between David and Robert Stevenson;
Letter from Robert Humphrey dated March 1853, upper corner torn away, remarking upon the condition of the Bound Skerry;
Stevenson, David. Note of resignation from duties due to ill health, written in a secretarial hand and signed by Stevenson;
Bound genealogical manuscript from the later 19th century detailing Stevenson history;
Early 18th century cashbook with additional religious writings, notes and drafts of letters, vellum bound 31.5 x 20cm, author unclear;
Scheme of Division of Accounts years 1882-1901, recording accounts for the engineering firm, bound cashbook;
Unsigned copy of William Earnest Henley’s poem “Why my heart do we love her so?”, with the name Geraldine switched to Katharine, a pencil note on the reverse questioning if this could have been written to Katharine de Mattos by Robert Louis Stevenson, her cousin with whom she shared a mutual friendship with Henley;
Grant of Arms given to Alan Stevenson, with seal and hand-drawn and coloured arms;
And others
Photographs:
Portrait of David Alan Stevenson by Drummond Young of Edinburgh; Photograph of David Alan Stevenson surrounded by family; Rochester House school photograph 1939; four family photograph albums
Other:
Press cuttings album including offprints of papers by Stevenson family members, including ‘The Earthquake of 28th November 1880 in Scotland and Ireland’, Charles Alexander Stevenson, 1881; ‘Skating Diagrams’ by Charles Alexander Stevenson; ‘On a Dipping or Fog Apparatus for Electric Light in Lighthouses’, Charles Alexander Stevenson, 1888; and others
Various scrolls, mostly typescript, writing up excerpts from family archives
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FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS