Lot 445
St Andrews and Fife
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
A quantity of ephemera relating to St Andrews, Anstruther, St Monans and other places in Fife dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including publications from University of St Andrews' quincentenary celebrations (a pamphlet explaining the honorary degrees conferred and a page colour supplement from the St Andrews Citizen of September 16th 1911 celebrating the 500 year anniversary); A photograph of St Andrews from West Sands 370x205mm, slight gouge mark; A photograph of North Street, St Andrews, looking towards the cathedral; Mars Training Ship Institution Statement of accounts for 1902; A photograph of a Fife fisherfolk family sitting on the shore with nets in St Monans(?); 1873 photograph of a shark brought into Anstruther Harbour; Photograph of a small whale caught by Fife fishermen; Archive of medical degree certificates, dating from the 1830s, conferred by the University of Edinburgh, and the medical lecture notes of Alexander Woodcock of St Andrews; and other letters, notes, photographs and maps