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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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

"A collection of essays by British, Greek and American scholars on various aspects of Greek history during the pre-independence and independence pe...

Author's presentation copy, inscribed to half title. A very uncommon book, with Worldcat only identifying 3 institutional holdings. Voyage en Grece...

Lord Byron, Early Travellers, and the Monastery at Delphi, C.W.J. Eliot. Presentation copy from the author to William St Clair. A journal offprint;...

Minerva Numismatic Handbooks Number Two; Coins of Ancient Athens. By C.M. Kraay (Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford). Provenance; from th...

Athens, by James H.S. McGregor. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. No...

A volume of compiled issues of The English Illustrated Magazine which was published between 1883 and 1913. It carried a variety of features includi...

A set of two Victorian photo albums which appear to feature a Scottish family's life and travels in Scotland (it is unclear if both albums relate t...

A very first volume of this monthly magazine which was the leading journal for the furniture and decorating trade of Victorian Britain. It carries ...

A scarce collection of the records of Edinburgh City Council in 5 volumes, covering the period 1913-1918. A record of their activities during the e...

A Very Large Legal Folio Book / Cartulary entitled 'Notes On Titles C.R. & Co.' This book contains legal documents in both typed and manuscript...

Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers; Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past, In...

Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers; Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past, In...

A scarce collection of comprehensive financial accounts for the City of Edinburgh. We have been unable to trace any other copies in institutional h...

Memories of Two Cities; Edinburgh and Aberdeen, by David Masson, LL.D., Litt.D., Late Historiographer Royal for Scotland, Late Professor of Rhetori...

Edinburgh and Round About, by Jean M. Speedy. Sketches by Pat Adam. A collection of the articles and essays by the author, which were previously pu...

A Study of Industrial Edinburgh and the Surrounding Area 1923-1934; Volume I. By Nora Milnes, B.Sc. Although titled as Volume I, we have not found ...

The Student's Gibbon; History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon. Abridged, Incorporating the Researches of Recent Comme...

The Third Statistical Account of Scotland; Glasgow. Editors: J. Cunnison and J.B.S. Gilfillan. Published by Collins, Glasgow, 1958. First edition. ...