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Henry Dundas, Scots Guards; A Memoir, R.N. Dundas, Horatio F. Brown, 1921

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A memoir of the life of Henry Dundas (1897-1918), who was killed in action on the Western front in France on the 27th September, during the attack ...

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The Life and Times of Henry Lord Brougham, 3 Vols 1871, With Autograph Letter Signed

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A complete 3 volume first edition biography of Henry Lord Brougham (1778-1868). Born in Edinburgh, he qualified as a barrister in 1808, before bein...

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The Life of Sir William Harcourt, 1827-1904, A.G. Gardiner, In Two Volumes, 1923

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A 2 volume biography of Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904), Liberal statesman, lawyer and journalist. The Life of Si...

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The Letters and Friendships of Sir Cecil Spring Rice, Stephen Gwynn, 1929, 2 Vols complete

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The Letters and Friendships of Sir Cecil Spring Rice; A Record. Edited by Stephen Gwynn.  Sir Cecil Spring Rice (1859-1918), was a British Diplomat...

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The Life of Lord John Russell, Spencer Walpole, 1889. From the Library of Winston Churchill & Randolph S. Churchill

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A complete 2 volume set from the Library of former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) & his son, Randolph S. Churchill (...

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Edinburgh Sketches & Memories, David Masson, 1892. Library copy from former British Prime Minister, Arthur James Balfour

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Previously owned by Arthur James Balfour; First Earl of Balfour, former Conservative, British Prime Minister from 1902-1905. He also held various s...

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Journals and Letters of Reginald Viscount Esher, Maurice V. Brett, 4 Volumes complete, 1934-1938

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Biography of the British historian and Liberal politician, Reginald Baliol Brett (1852-1930). Journals and Letters of Reginald Viscount Esher. Firs...

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A Short History of the English People, J.R. Green, Illustrated Edition, 1892-1894

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A Short History of the English People. By J.R. Green, M.A. (John Richard Green). Illustrated Edition. Edited by Mrs. J. R. Green and Miss Kate Norg...

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Sketch of The History of the High Constables of Edinburgh, James D. Marwick, 1865, Private Circulation

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Sketch of The History of the High Constables of Edinburgh, with Notes on the Early Watching, Cleaning, and Other Police Arrangements of the City. B...

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The Perambulator in Edinburgh, James Bone, 1926

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The Perambulator in Edinburgh, by James Bone. With pictures by E.S. Lumsden, A.R.S.A. A well produced book with attractive illustrations. Published...

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The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands, Frank Adam, 1908 First edition, Author Signed

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Although a rather tired copy, this book is a first edition and carries the very scarce addition of the author's signature. SOLD The Clans, Septs, a...

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The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands, Frank Adam, Revised Thomas Innes of Learney, 1977

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The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands, by Frank Adam, F.R.G.S., F.S.A. (Scot.). Revised by Sir Thomas Innes of Learney, Emeritu...

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A Book of Broadsheets & A Second Book of Broadsheets, Geoffrey Dawson, 1928-1929

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Two anthologies compiled from the pocket literature broadsheets distributed to military serviceman in 1915, in the early days of The Great War. The...

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Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bart, First Lord Carnock; A Study in the Old Diplomacy, by Harold Nicolson, 1930

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Biography of Arthur Nicolson (1849-1928), First Baron Carnock, British Diplomat (Ambassador to Spain and Russia), and Politician. Sir Arthur Nicols...

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Folio Society; The Diaries of Victor Klemperer, 1933-1945, Boxed set.

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A handsome set of the diaries of Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), a German diarist, born to Jewish parents, who describes the harsh existence of day-t...

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The Life of George, Fourth Earl of Aberdeen, In Two Volumes, Lady Frances Balfour, 1922

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Biography of George Hamilton-Gordon, 1784-1860. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852-1855. He was a British Statesman, Diplomat an...

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The Greville Memoirs; A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV, King William IV and Queen Victoria, 3 Parts in 8 Volumes, Charles C.F. Greville, 1875-1887

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Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794-1865), held the office of Clerk of the Council in Ordinary and served under the three monarchs of King Georg...

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Morphological Analysis of Land Forms; A Contribution to Physical Geology, Walther Penck, 1953, Printer's File copy

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Morphological Analysis of Land Forms; A Contribution to Physical Geology, By Prof. Dr. Walther Penck. Translated by Hella Czech, Ph.D. (Vienna), an...

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An unusual collection of 6 Vintage Household Provisions accounts books, Edinburgh, 1852-1911

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An interesting slice of social history. This collection consists of household account books for different retailers supplying different types of pr...

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The Martyrs of Science; Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler, Sir David Brewster, 1874

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Biographies of three of the great Scientists, by Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), Scottish scientist, inventor (including the stereoscopic camera an...

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Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, New Series, Vol. I, 1855

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Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences; Being a Record of the Progress of Invention as Applied to the Arts (Established in the Year 1820). Ne...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Third (plus part of Fourth), 1791, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performance of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work ca...

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Catalogue of the Pictures, Sculpture and Historical Articles Belonging to The Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh, 1908

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Catalogue of the Pictures, Sculpture and Historical Articles Belonging to The Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh,  And the Institutions ...

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The Company of the Merchants of the City of Edinburgh And Its Schools 1694-1920, John Harrison, 1920

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The Company of the Merchants of the City of Edinburgh And Its Schools 1694-1920. By John Harrison, C.B.E., LL.D., A Former Master of the Company. P...

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The Rise and Progress of the Company of the Merchants of the City of Edinburgh 1681-1902, Alexander Heron, 1903

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The Company of Merchants was formed to protect and promote the rights of merchants of the burgh of Edinburgh. The company still exists today as a m...

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Documents Relative to the Reception at Edinburgh of the Kings and Queens of Scotland, 1561-1650. Printed 1822

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A collection of historical documents relating to Mary Queen of Scots, King James the Sixth, King James VI and Queen Anne, King Charles I, and King ...

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Ancient Deeds and Other Writs in the Mackenzie-Wharncliffe Charter-Chest, Privately Printed Limited edition, 1906

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Ancient Deeds and Other Writs in the Mackenzie-Wharncliffe Charter-Chest. With Short Notices of Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh; The First Earls ...

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Quasi Cursores; Portraits of the High Officers and Professors of Edinburgh University, Limited Edition, 1884

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A limited edition produced to commemorate Edinburgh University's 300th anniversary. The book comprises biographical and visual portraits of the key...

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Original Vintage Scottish Photo Album, c. 1870s, Photographs of Scottish Scenery, James Valentine, c. 39 Albumen Prints

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An impressive, and substantial photograph album from the firm of James Valentine (1815-1879) of Dundee, a leading photographer of the day in Scotla...

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Original Vintage Scottish Photo Album, c. 1860s, Tours in Scotland, G.W. Wilson & Co., c. 78 Albumen Prints

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An impressive, and substantial photograph album from the firm of G.W. Wilson & Co., a Scottish photographic firm founded by pioneering Scottish...

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Roman Society; From Nero to Marcus Aurelius, Samuel Dill, 1905

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Roman Society; From Nero to Marcus Aurelius. By Samuel Dill, M.A. Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London and The Macmillan Company, New Yo...

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Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne, Oxford Historical Society, 11 Volume Set, 1885-1921

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11 Volume Set of Remarks and Collections of Thomas Hearne. Nearly all of the volumes are first editions. Also known as "Hearne's Collections' and V...

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Reporting Reminiscences, William Carnie, Subscribers edition, Author inscribed, Aberdeen University Press, 1902

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This smart 3 volume set is by William Carnie, a leading Aberdeen journalist, and presents a kind of history of Aberdeen and surrounds during the se...

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Recollections, John Viscount Morley, Macmillan 1917

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Biography of John Morley, First Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1838-1923), British Liberal Statesman, Writer and Newspaper Editor (Pall Mall Gazette...

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The Amberley Papers; the Letters and Diaries of Lord and Lady Amberley, Bertrand and Patricia Russell, 1937

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Biography of John Russell and his wife, Kate Stanley - Lord and Lady Amberley. Both were born in 1842. John Russell was a British writer and politi...

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The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV. and the Regency, Bayle St. John, 1888

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The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon on the Reign of Louis XIV. and the Regency. Translated from the French by Bayle St. John. In Three Volumes, ...

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The Secretaries of State for Scotland 1926-76; Fifty Years of the Scottish Office, George Pottinger, 1979

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The Secretaries of State for Scotland 1926-76; Fifty Years of the Scottish Office. By George Pottinger. Published by Scottish Academic Press, Edinb...

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The Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-1983); The First Two Hundred Years, Neil Campbell and R. Martin Smellie, 1983

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The Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-1983); The First Two Hundred Years, by Neil Campbell and R. Martin Smellie. With a Foreword by the Hon. Lord C...

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Twenty-Five Years 1892-1916, Viscount Grey of Fallodon, In Two Volumes, 1925

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Autobiography of Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862-1933), Liberal politician and statesman, and key figure behind Britain's foreign ...

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Marius the Epicurian; His Sensations and Ideas, Walter Pater, 1909

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Historical and philosophical novel by Walter Pater, first published in 1885, and set in 161–177 AD, in the Rome of the Antonines. Marius the Epicur...

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The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, John Morley, complete in 3 Volumes, 1903

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Comprehensive biography of former British Prime Minister, William Gladstone, who held the position for twelve years in four non-consecutive periods...

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History of Herodotus, In Four Volumes, George Rawlinson, 1880, John Murray

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History of Herodotus. A new English version, edited with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodutus, from th...

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The Life of Richard Lord Westbury, formerly Lord High Chancellor, Thomas Arthur Nash, 1888

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2 Volume biography of Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873), British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who became Lord Chancellor of G...

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Lord Lyons; A Record of British Diplomacy, Lord Newton, 1913

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Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons (1817-1887), served as British Ambassador to the United States, the Ottoman Empire, and France (as well as other dip...

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The Highland Clans of Scotland, Their History and Traditions, George Eyre-Todd, 1923

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The Highland Clans of Scotland, Their History and Traditions. By George Eyre-Todd. With an Introduction by A.M. Mackintosh. With One Hundred and Tw...

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Sir Walter Scott and Scots Law, David Marshall, 1932

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Scott's importance to literature really cannot be overstated - his work was highly influential and immensely popular across Europe at the time of w...

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Sir Walter Scott As A Judge; His Decisions in the Sheriff Court of Selkirk, John Chisholm, 1918

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Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott, 2 Volume set, David Douglas, 1894

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