Lot 439
South of Scotland and the Borders
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Armstrong, Robert Bruce The history of Liddesdale... Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1883. 4to, number 27 of 275 copies on small paper, coloured title, original cloth and label, a little rubbed; Dowall, William History of Dumfries. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1867. 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by author, black cloth gilt, a little rubbed, g.e.; Oliver, J. Rutherford Upper Teviotdale and the Scotts of Buccleuch... Hawick: W. & J. Kennedy, 1887. 4to, original brown cloth gilt, hinges a little weak; Bulloch, J. P. B. - Urquhart, J. M. The third statistical account of Scotland [Peebles and Selkirk]. Glasgow: Collins, 1964. 8vo, red cloth gilt; Shaw, W. (Editor) In the Border country...with pictures in colour by James Orrock. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, signed and dated "1910" by the author, colour plates; Douglas, Sir George A history of the Border counties. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1899. 8vo, cloth gilt, 3 folding maps in pockets at front and rear, spine faded, some very slight spotting, small holes to map folds; Wilson Tales of the Borders. London: W. Mackenzie, [n.d.] 4to, 6 volumes in 3, dark blue watered cloth, plates, some slight spotting and soiling; Palmer, Sutton and Moncrieff, Hope Bonnie Scotland. London: A. & C. Black, 1904. 8vo, original blue pictorial cloth; Chambers, William A history of Peeblesshire. Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1864. 8vo, blue cloth gilt, spine a little faded; and a small quantity of others; sold not subject to return (quantity)