Lot 290
Glasgow, comprising
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
MacGeorge, Andrew Old Glasgow... Glasgow, 1880. 4to, number 63 of 100 large-paper edition copies, autograph letter from author to recipient of book, contemporary quarter morocco, spine a little rubbed; Ure, David The history of Rutherglen and East-Kilbride... Glasgow, 1793. 8vo, handsome panelled contemporary calf with gilt tooling; James Maclehose and Sons, publishers Memoirs and portraits of one hundred Glasgow men. Glasgow: 1886. 2 volumes, 4to, original quarter morocco gilt, a little soiling around edges of bindings; David Robertson and Co., publisher Glasgow past and present. Glasgow: 1884. 3 volumes, number 285 of 500 copies, 8vo, folding map, original? brown cloth with paper labels to spines, hinges a little weak, labels darkened, joints rubbed; MacKenzie, Peter Reminiscences of Glasgow and the west of Scotland. Glasgow, 1865. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary quarter morocco, rubbed; Strang, John Glasgow and its clubs. London and Glasgow, 1857. 8vo, contemporary half morocco, a little marginal darkening and dust-soiling, spine faded; Mitchell, John Oswald Old Glasgow essays. Glasgow, 1905. 8vo, portrait, red cloth, some spotting, spine faded; Grose, Francis The antiquities of Scotland. London, 1789. 2 volumes, hand-coloured folding map, 2 engraved title-pages, 189 (of 190) engraved plates, contemporary tree calf gilt, some spotting, volume 1 rebacked, joints splitting on volume 2 [ESTC T141301]; Motherwell, William Minstrelsy: ancient and modern. Glasgow, 1827. 8vo, morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf featuring a panel with the words Tide thro be trew and horses' heads, flanked by thistles with gilt thistles at corners, g.e., frontispiece browned; Maitland Club - Mackenzie, John W. A chronicle of the kings of Scotland... Edinburgh: 1830. 4to, blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, rubbed; Smith, John Guthrie The parish of Strathblane... Glasgow, 1886. 4to, limited to 50 copies on large paper and 200 copies on small paper, frontispiece, maps and 14 platinotype plates, original cloth gilt, some spotting, fading to spine and covers; sold not subject to return (18, including letter)