Orkney & Shetland - Orkney law and history, 7 books
£650
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
Maitland and Abbotsford Clubs Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland. Edinburgh, 1859. 4to, contemporary straight-grained half morocco; [Orkney Cases Before Court of Sessions, 1780]. 4to, a collection of bound petitions of complaint and answers with annotations in an early hand, some marginalia trimmed, two leaves holed with some loss to text; Acts and Statutes of the Lawting Sheriff and Justice Courts within Orkney and Zetland, 1602-1646. 4to, comprising pp.139-216, orange cloth; List and Certificate of the Number of Examinable Persons in Orkney and Zetland, 1748. 4to, pp.219-223, purple half morocco gilt; Orkney Piers and Harbours Brief of Evidence of Alexander Bain, Provost of Kirkwall. Kirkwall, 1872. 8vo, '...intended exclusively for the perusal of Revd. Charles Clouston...', contemporary red quarter morocco; Mackenzie, James The General Grievances and Oppression of the Isles of Orkney and Shetland. Edinburgh: Neill & Co., 1836. 8vo, green cloth, paper label to spine; Notes of the Decisions of the Appeal Court of Registration at Inverness... Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1842. 8vo, original boards with cloth spine and paper label, ownership signature to title-page (7)