Lot 183
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION, INCLUDING SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY
A NEAR COMPLETE RUN, COMPRISING
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 January 2019 at 11:00 GMT
Description
First Series. Edinburgh, 1887-1911, volumes 1-61, original blue cloth gilt; Second Series. Edinburgh, 1911-1920, volumes 1-20, original red cloth gilt; Third Series, volumes 1-55, original green cloth gilt, lacking 53 & 54; Fourth Series. Edinburgh, 1964-1987, volumes 1-23, original light blue cloth; Fifth Series. Edinburgh, 1987-2006, volumes 1-19, original black cloth; Sixth Series. Edinburgh, 2007-2018 volumes 1-13, original red cloth, lacking volume 4, bookplates of Lord Shaw of Dunfermline, William Saunders and or Duncan Shaw; binding of volume 14 of Series 1 slightly dampstained, otherwise very good or fine condition; Heger, Franz Joseph Tablettes des Postes de L'empire D'allemagne et des provinces limitrophes. Mayence, [1764], 8vo, [14], 122, [14], modern black morocco, uncut; Nouvelle listes des Postes Principales, dressée en faveur des Voyageurs, qui part de Strasbourg pour l'Allemagne, La Hollande et la Suisse. Strasbourg: Amand Koenig, 1784. 12mo, [2], 54, black morocco, inscribed "The Dutchess of Buccleugh, 1787" on recto of A1 [Avis]; Poppele, E. Manuel des Postes pour l'Allemagne. Frankfurt, 1831, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards (inscribed "Buccleuch 1839, Vienna, July 10th"); Cullen, Edward Isthmus of Darien Ship Canal. London: E. Wilson, 1853, Second edition, presentation copy from the author, folding frontispiece and 3 maps (2 folding), original red cloth gilt, 12pp. advertisements, head of half-title cut away, lacks part of spine, hinges weak, a quantity