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Biography Books

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Lochleven, and Other Poems, Michael Bruce, Rev. William Mackenzie, 1837

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Lochleven, and Other Poems (also known as 'Life and Poems' from the half title page), Michael Bruce, Rev. William Mackenzie. Poetry by the Scottish...

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William St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his published work on the subject.

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William St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his publish...

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The Royal Scottish Academy 1826-1916, W.D. McKay & Frank Rinder, 1917. With Photograph by Andrew Paterson.

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The Royal Scottish Academy 1826-1916; A Complete List of the exhibited Works by Raeburn and by Academicians, Associates and Hon. Members, giving de...

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Cassell's Illustrated Readings, First and Second Series bound as one, c. 1870

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Cassell's Illustrated Readings, First and Second Series bound as one. An illustrated compendium of 'Penny Readings' to be read and shared with the ...

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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, With Life, Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh, c. 1902

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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, With Life. Engravings on Steel. Published by Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh and London. Undated but with prev...

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Men of Mark; A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits, Photographed by Lock and Whitfield, Thompson Cooper, 1876-1881. Chiswick Press.

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Men of Mark; A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits of Men Distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science, Literature and Art, the Army, Navy, La...

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The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D., Adam & Co/John G. Murdoch, London, c. 1880

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The Life and Explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D., Carefully Compiled from Reliable Sources. The front cover also carries the title 'The Life &...

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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins, Philadelphia 1831

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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins. Complete in One Volume.  Published by John Grigg, Philadelphia, 1831. Stereotyped ...

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Boswell's Life of Johnson, Illustrated, 2 Volumes complete, Routledge, 1859-1863

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order ; a series of his epistolary co...

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A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew; A Genealogical History of the Royal House of Stewart, George Crawfurd, George Robertson, 1818

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A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew, Including an Account of the Noble and Ancient Families, who, from the Earliest Times, have had Prope...

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Sir James Guthrie; A Biography, Sir James L. Caw, 1932, Glasgow School of Art Prize Presentation copy

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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...

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Original 1940s Vintage Photo Album of Seaman William John Reginald Brown - Whaling interest, Falkland Islands

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A fascinating album of original photographs chronicling the life of Seaman William John Reginald Brown, of Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. He was born...

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Aberdeen University; Some Account of the Last Bajans of King's and Marischal Colleges M DCCC LIX - LX, William Johnston, 1899 Private printing of 100 copies

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Aberdeen University; Some Account of the Last Bajans of King's and Marischal Colleges M DCCC LIX - LX, and of those who joined their Class in the U...

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Aberdeen University; The Fusion of 1860; A Record of the Centenary Celebrations and a History of the United University of Aberdeen 1860-1960, W. Douglas Simpson, 1963

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Aberdeen University; The Fusion of 1860; A Record of the Centenary Celebrations and a History of the United University of Aberdeen 1860-1960, by W....

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Aberdeen University; King's College Chapel Aberdeen; Its Fittings, Ornaments and Ceremonial in the Sixteenth Century, Francis C. Eeles, 1956

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Aberdeen University; King's College Chapel Aberdeen; Its Fittings, Ornaments and Ceremonial in the Sixteenth Century, by Francis C. Eeles, O.B.E., ...

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Aberdeen University; Life at a Northern University, Neil N. Maclean, 1906

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Aberdeen University; Life at a Northern University, by Neil N. Maclean, M.A. Edited, with Biographical Memoir, by W. Keith Leask, M.A. Quatercenten...

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Aberdeen University; Interamna Borealis; being Memories and Portraits from an old University Town between the Don and the Dee, W. Keith Leask, 1917, G Copy

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Aberdeen University; Interamna Borealis; being Memories and Portraits from an old University Town between the Don and the Dee, W. Keith Leask, 1917, VG Copy

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Aberdeen University; Record of the Celebration of the Quatercentenary of the University of Aberdeen, P.J. Anderson, 1907

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Aberdeen University; Record of the Celebration of the Quatercentenary of the University of Aberdeen, from 25th to 28th September, 1906. Edited by P...

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Aberdeen University; Studies in the History and Development of the University of Aberdeen, P.J. Anderson, 1906

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Aberdeen University: Studies in the History and Development of the University of Aberdeen; A QuaterCentenary Tribute Paid by Certain of Her Profess...

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Aberdeen University; A History of the University of Aberdeen 1495-1895, John Malcolm Bulloch, 1895

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Aberdeen University; A History of the University of Aberdeen 1495-1895, by John Malcolm Bulloch, M.A. SOLD We have recently acquired a small collec...

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Aberdeen University: Roll of Graduates, 1860-1970, 4 Volume Set

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Aberdeen University: Roll of Graduates, 1860-1970, 4 Volume Set; SOLD Vol I: Roll of the Graduates of the University of Aberdeen, 1860-1900. By Col...

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Aberdeen University: Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae Aberdonensis: Selections from the Records of the Marischal College and University, plus Officers and Graduates - limited editions

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Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae Aberdonensis: Selections from the Records of the Marischal College and University, MDXCIII - MDCCCLX; plus Officers a...

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Transactions of the Franco-Scottish Society, 1897-1935, 8 Volume Set

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Transactions of the Franco-Scottish Society (Scottish Branch), 1897-1935. A set of 8 volumes as follows; Vol. I: 1897; Vol II: 1898-1901; Vol III: ...

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A New Account of the East Indies, by Alexander Hamilton, The Argonaut Press, 1930, Limited edition 2 Volume set

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A New Account of the East Indies, by Alexander Hamilton. With Numerous Maps and Illustrations. Now Edited with Introduction and Notes by Sir Willia...

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, James Boswell, 1835, 10 Volume Set complete

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Including A Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, by James Boswell, Esq. To Which are Added, Anecdotes by Hawkins...

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Memoirs and Portraits of One Hundred Glasgow Men, James Maclehose and Sons, 1886, 2 Volume Set, Limited edition

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Memoirs and Portraits of One Hundred Glasgow Men, who have died during the last thirty years, and in their lives did much to make the city what it ...

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The Man Who Presumed; A Biography of Henry M. Stanley, Byron Farwell, 1958

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The Man Who Presumed; A Biography of Henry M. Stanley, by Byron Farwell. Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) was a famous Welsh-American explorer, sol...

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The Totall Discourse of The Rare Adventures & Painefull Peregrinations, William Lithgow, 1906. Limited edition.

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The Totall Discourse of The Rare Adventures & Painefull Peregrinations of long Nineteene Yeares Travayles from Scotland to the most famous King...

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William Hone; His Life and Times, Frederick Wm. Hackwood, 1970 reprint of 1912 edition

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William Hone; His Life and Times, by Frederick Wm. Hackwood. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British histo...

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England in 1819; The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism, James Chandler, 1998

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England in 1819; The Politics of Literary Culture and the Case of Romantic Historicism, by James Chandler. Provenance; from the library of the late...

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The Elgins, 1766-1917; A Tale of Aristocrats, Proconsuls and their Wives, Sydney Checkland, 1988

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The Elgins, 1766-1917; A Tale of Aristocrats, Proconsuls and their Wives, by Sydney Checkland. Provenance; from the library of the late William St ...

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Leabar A' Chlachain; Home Life of the Highlanders 1400-1746, Highland Village Association Ltd, 1911

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Leabar A' Chlachain; Home Life of the Highlanders 1400-1746. Printed for the Highland Village Association Limited; Scottish Exhibition of National ...

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The Highlanders of Scotland, William F. Skene, 1902

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The Highlanders of Scotland, by the Late William F. Skene, D.C.L., LL.D., F.S.A. (Scot). Edited, with Excursus and Notes, by Alexander Macbain, M.A...

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Argyll's Highlands: or MacCailein Mor and the Lords of Lorne, Cuthbert Bede, 1902

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Argyll's Highlands: or MacCailein Mor and the Lords of Lorne; With Traditional Tales and Legends of the County of Argyll and the Campbells and Macd...

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The Genealogie of the Mackenzies, Preceeding Ye Year 1661, by a Person of Qualitie, 1829 limited edition

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The Genealogie of the Mackenzies, Preceeding Ye Year M.DC.LXI. (1661); Wreattin in Ye Year M.DC.LXIX (1669), by a Person of Qualitie (unnamed, but ...

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