Scotland
Collection of local guides and histories, 18th-20th century
£756
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
All 8vo unless otherwise stated:
[Edinburgh]. The Traveller's Companion through the City of Edinburgh and Suburbs. Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid, 1794. First edition, contemporary mottled sheep, rebacked, [4] 138 pp., 18 engraved plates including 3 not listed (frontispiece titled ‘View from the Cowgate’, ‘Palace, and Ruins of the Chapel of Holyrood’ facing p. 71, and folding map ‘A View of the Great Post Roads from Edinburgh to London’ at rear), small sketch in blue pencil to recto of frontispiece, ownership inscription to title-page;
[Topham, Edward]. Letters from Edinburgh; written in the Years 1774 and 1775. London: J. Dodsley, 1776. First edition, contemporary tree calf, rebacked and recornered, bookplate of George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806), statesman and diplomat;
[Stirling]. A General History of Stirling. Stirling: C. Randall, 1794. First edition, 12mo, uncut in original boards, half-title, book-label ‘From Dr Laing’s Library' to front pastedown, slipcase;
Cowan, W. A. History of Lanark, and Guide to the Surrounding Scenery. Lanark: Robert Wood, 1867. First edition, original cloth, 208 pp., 3 wood-engraved plates (one depicting Robert Owen's New Lanark);
Graham, Patrick. Sketches Descriptive of the Picturesque Scenery of Perthshire; including the Trosachs. Edinburgh: for Peter Hill [and others], 1810. First edition, later cloth, half-title, edges untrimmed;
Baird, J. G. A. Muirkirk in Bygone Days. Muirkirk: W. S. Smith, 1910. First edition, original buckram-backed boards;
[Alloa]. Alloa and its Environs: a Descriptive and Historical Sketch. Alloa: printed and published at the Alloa Advertiser Office, by James 1861. 12mo, original limp green cloth, tinted lithographic frontispiece, title-page repaired;
Creech, William. Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces. Edinburgh: for John Fairbairn, 1815. First edition, later half calf, engraved portrait frontispiece, edges untrimmed, front joint cracked;
Penny, John. A Topographical and Historical Account of Linlithgowshire. Edinburgh: Stevenson, 1832. First edition, original cloth; and 27 others including accounts of Tarbert (Argyll), Banff, Auchinleck, Wemyss Bay, Deeside, Beauly, Wigtonshire, Cambusnethan, West Kilbride, Cromarty, Alloa, Iona, Breadalbane, Inverness, Elgin, most printed on local presses (35)