Highlands and Islands, including
£750
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
Headrick, James View of the mineralogy, agriculture, manufactures and fisheries of the Island of Arran. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co, 1807. 8vo, folding engraved map, later green half morocco, t.e.g., a little spotting and darkening to map and pages 348-9, spine faded and a little rubbed; Campbell, J.F. Popular tales of the West Highlands. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1860-62. 4 volumes, first edition, 8vo, original maroon cloth with elaborate gilt decoration, bookplates, some spotting, clippings pasted to endpapers, spines faded and chipped; Goodrich-Freer, A. Outer Isles... Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1902. 8vo, folding map, original printed and gilt red cloth, spine a little faded and chipped; St John, Charles Short sketches of the wild sports & natural history of the Highlands. London: John Murray, 1893. 8vo, green cloth gilt, bookplate, spine a little rubbed and bumped; Macpherson, Ian The book of The Lews... Paisley: Alexander Gardner, [n.d.] 8vo, original cloth, spine faded, rubbed; Toddles... Toddles's Highland tour. London: Routeledge, Warne & Routeledge., 1864. Small 8vo, contemporary half calf, previous owner's signature to endpaper, spotted, rubbed; Seton, George St Kilda past and present. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1878. 8vo, 12 lithographed plates, original blue cloth gilt, some spotting, covers bumped and soiled; Monro, Sir Donald Description of the Western Isles of Scotland. Glasgow/London: Thomas D. Morison/Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1884. 8vo, flecked cloth, paper label to spine, bookplate, spine chipped Walker, John An economical history of the Hebrides... Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1808. 2 volumes, contemporary quarter calf, bookplates of Sir Montgomery of Stanhope; and 8 others, sold not subject to return (20)