
Books and Manuscripts
Lanna Antique has an extensive range of high quality antiquarian and collectible books. We are also specialists in Asian art books, including Chinese art. We stock South East Asian Buddhist manuscripts and have many interesting publications and oddities for sale. We also aim to bring you interesting titles covering a wide range of subject matter, and update our online stock frequently.
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A Remarkable 1884 Scottish Album of Cabinet Card Photography by J. Dryburgh; Character Photographs from the Great National Drama of Rob Roy or Auld Langsyne
A leather bound photographic album from 1884 by 'Photographic Artist' J. Dryburgh, of St Andrews and Dalkeith, in Scotland. A truly remarkable albu...
View full detailsThe Oxford History of England, 7 Volumes, from Roman Britain to The Age of Reform, early editions
A very smart set of 7 volumes from the classic series 'The Oxford History of England', which have been attractively and uniformly rebound in navy b...
View full detailsThe Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, & Grants of Honour, Melville Henry Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny & Raineval, 1974 facsimile of original 1904 edition
Charles Skilton's facsimile edition of The Jacobite Peerage, which was originally issued in 1904 and was a fully subscribed print run on issue. The...
View full detailsThe Complete Baronetage, George Edward Cokayne, Alan Sutton, 1983
Originally published in 6 volumes, between 1900 and 1909, this volume brought all these books together into one substantial volume, photographicall...
View full detailsVerses Piscatory and Amatory, 1924, by Henry Lamond, Signed, numbered, limited edition 85/250
An interesting book of verse, covering themes of both angling and love matters. Verses Piscatory and Amatory, by Henry Lamond, of Luss, Dumbartonsh...
View full detailsThe Song of the Stewarts; Prelude, by Douglas Ainslie, 1909, Limited edition of 50 copies
A very scarce copy of this limited edition poetry book, based on the lineage of the Stewarts in Scottish history, and featuring key figures and bat...
View full detailsCaptain Anstruther, Hunter Macdonald Ballingal, 1897 Private Printing , Perth, Signed and Inscribed
A very scarce, privately published novel, signed and inscribed by the author. We can trace only 8 copies in institutional holdings. Captain Anstru...
View full detailsNineteenth Century Art, D.S. MacColl, Glasgow, 1902
A substantial, and high quality, volume on Nineteenth century art "With Illustrations from Pictures and Objects in the Fine Art Loan Collection of ...
View full detailsOld Stirling, Measured and Drawn for the Stone, John William Small, 1897, Limited Edition 8/400
A very large Crown Folio size copy of this very scarce book, full of architectural illustrations of 'Old Stirling'. There are 50 large plates in to...
View full detailsUnpublished Typescript; Journal of a Voyage from Scotland to China in 1839, by Agnes Paterson
A fascinating unpublished typescript journal of an 1839 voyage undertaken by Agnes Paterson from Scotland (nee Aird, 1809-1893). An introductory No...
View full detailsA Treatise on the Venereal Disease; Being Chiefly Designed as a Translation and Abridgement of the Practical Work of Dr. Astruc's Work, Samuel Chapman, London, 1770
A smart copy of this 18th century medical text by Dr Samuel Chapman. The Royal College of Physicians notes: "Samuel Chapman, M.D., was a native of ...
View full detailsThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, 1894 first edition
This work by Arthur Conan Doyle was a collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories from Strand magazine, originally intended to be Holmes' final out...
View full detailsO.H.M.S. An Illustrated Record of the Voyage of S.S. "Tintagel Castle", W. McLean and E.H. Shackleton, 1900 - Shackleton's first book
"Troopin', Troopin', Troopin' to the Sea: "O.H.M.S." An Illustrated Record of the Voyage of S.S. "Tintagel Castle", Conveying Twelve Hundred Soldie...
View full detailsThe Glasgow School of Painters, G. Baldwin Brown, Photogravures by J. Craig Annan, James Maclehose and Sons, 1908, Numbered Limited Edition of 100 Copies
A very impressive tome of near elephant folio size, weighing in at 7.35kg (approx 16.5lbs). A deluxe limited large Japanese paper edition, signed b...
View full detailsBritish Etchers 1850-1940, Kenneth M. Guichard, 1977, with 3 Signed etchings by Robin Tanner
A smart copy of this art book, which is particularly desirable in this first edition form as it contains 3 beautiful signed etchings by Robin Tanne...
View full detailsGeorge Paul Chalmers, R.S.A. and the Art of His Time, Edward Pinnington, T. & R. Annan, 1896, Numbered Limited Edition of 100 Copies
A very limited edition of this book featuring the life and work of acclaimed Scottish artist, George Paul Chalmers (1833-1878). He painted portrait...
View full detailsSir James Guthrie; A Biography, Sir James L. Caw, 1932, Fine copy in Original Presentation Box
Sir James Guthrie, P.R.S.A., LL. D.; A Biography by Sir James L. Caw. Foreword by Sir D.Y. Cameron, R.A., LL.D. Guthrie As interpreter by Frank Rin...
View full detailsArchival Ephemera for the Edinburgh International Festival, from the 1st Festival in 1947, to 1955.
Following the end of World War II, in a period of austerity and rationing, the Edinburgh Festival aimed to bring people together via the Arts. From...
View full detailsOn the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, Thomas Chalmers, 1839
The Bridgewater Treatises: On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God; As Manifested in the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellect...
View full detailsThe History of England, from The Invasion of Julius Caesar to The Revolution in 1688, in Eight Volumes, by David Hume, Dublin, 1775
A very smart, complete, library set of this classic work by David Hume - abound in contemporary calf. An early Dublin edition from 1775, following ...
View full detailsKearsley's Complete Peerage, of England, Scotland and Ireland; Together with An Extinct Peerage of the Three Kingdoms, 1799
A handsome copy of this early book of British Peerage. The book has been professionally rebound in the mid 20th Century, in full calf leather, very...
View full detailsAn Etymological Dictionary of The Scottish Language; In Which the Words are Explained in Their Different Senses, Abridged, John Jamieson, 1818
A very smart, and uncommon, abridged, complete single volume edition, of John Jamieson's important work on the language of Scotland. Jamieson's Sco...
View full detailsThe Statistical Account of Scotland Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume Sixth, Sir John Sinclair, 1793
The Statistical Account of Scotland Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume Sixth, by Sir John Sinclair...
View full detailsPriced Catalogue of Chemical and Physical Apparatus and Pure & Commercial Chemicals, Manufactured and Sold by Andrew H. Baird, Edinburgh, c. 1910
A fascinating illustrated catalogue of scientific instruments and chemicals sold by Edinburgh scientific instrument maker and retailer, Andrew H. B...
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