Books and Manuscripts

Album with 7 Original Works of Art, 1916-1928. Artists' Book. SOLD We would love to know the full story behind this album, but alas know no details...

Album with 72 Original Works of Art and Prose, 1912-1925. Artists' Book. SOLD The first written page is the owner of the album asking (in amusing s...

A Collector's Guide to Prints and Printmakers from Durer to Picasso, by Ferdinando Salamon. 271 illustrations. 18 in colour. Published by Thames an...

The Burrell Collection; With an Introduction by John Julius Norwich. Contributors; Richard Marks, Rosemary Scott, Barry Gasson, James K. Thomson an...

Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army 1660-1960 by A. Peterkin (1660-1727) & William Johnston (1727-1898), and Sir ...

The Plays of John Galsworthy. Collected edition of his 27 Plays, including The Roof, which was previously unpublished. Published by Duckworth, Lond...

The Works of Dickens, 15 Volume set, complete (as described in the prelims). Some volumes contain 2 books. SOLD A vintage facsimile edition of The ...

The Dictionary of Scottish Painters, 1600 to the Present, by Paul Harris & Julian Halsby. Published by Canongate, Edinburgh. 1998 second editio...

Victory at Any Price; The 1805 Collection - The Story of the 'Arisings' from HMS Victory, by Jonathan Bowman. SOLD Published by Jonathan Bowman, Gr...

Minton Pottery & Porcelain of the First Period, 1793-1850, by Geoffrey A Godden. SOLD Published by Barrie & Jenkins, 1978 reprint of the fi...

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; Volume 144 (2014). Published by Society of Antiquaries in Scotland, National Museums Scotlan...

The Hills of Home by L. Maclean Watt with the Pentland Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson; An Old Scotch Gardener, The Manse: A Pastoral and the Pent...

Genesis; I Know What I Like. Story and Photographs by Armando Gallo. SOLD Published by D.I.Y. Books Inc, Los Angeles, 1980. 2nd reprint of the firs...

New Designs by Marcel Tuquet. Aitken Dott & Son, 26 South Castle Street, Edinburgh. Sole Agents for Great Britain and Ireland. These appear to ...

Flachenverzierung in historischen Stilarten sowie in neuzeitlichem Geschmacke. Motive fur Gewebe, Stickereien, Tapeten und dekorative Malerei. Entw...

Dentelles et Broderies d'Art; Stores & Brise-Bise. 4e Serie par Gabriel Prevot & Gaston Devresse. Vingt Planches. Artistic Laces and Embroi...

Publishing, Editing and Reception; Essays in Honor of Donald H. Reiman. Edited by  Michael Edson. Provenance; from the library of the late William ...

Red Channels; The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 202...

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft. New Edition, with an Introduction by ...

Mary Wollstonecraft and the Beginnings of Female Emancipation in France and England, Jacob Bouten, Amsterdam, 1922. Doctorate Thesis. Text is in En...

The Golden Bough; A Study in Magic and Religion. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. In three volumes (complete). By J.G. Frazer, D.C.L., LL.D., ...

Wanderings of a Bird-Lover in Africa, by Madeline Alston. With foreword by The Right Hon. The Earl of Clarendon. With coloured frontispiece and pen...

Sacred Stones Sacred Places by Marianna Lines (founder of the Pictish Arts Society). With photographs by Paul Turner. Published by Saint Andrew Pre...

Lost Aberdeen; Aberdeen's Lost Architectural Heritage, by Diane Morgan. Published by Birlinn Books Ltd, Edinburgh, 2004. First edition. Very good -...

The Counties of Britain, A Tudor Atlas by John Speed. Introduction by Nigel Nicolson. County Commentaries by Alastair Hawkyard. Published in Associ...

Essais de Michel de Montaigne; Precedes D'une Lettre A. M. Villemain dur L'Eloge de Montaigne par P. Christian. Published in Paris, Librairie de L....

First Folio; A Little Book of Folio Forewords. Introduced by Catherine Taylor. Published by The Folio Society, London, 2008. First edition thus.  B...

History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC.LXXXIX. to the Restoration of the Bourbons in M.DCCC.XV. By Archibald Al...

History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature by Frederick Bouterwek. in Two Volumes (bound as one). Translated from the Original German by Thomasin...

Spinal Disease and Spinal Curvature; Their Treatment by Suspension and the use of the Plaster of Paris Bandage, by Lewis A. Sayre, M.D. of New York...

Aristophanis Comoediae - The Comedies of Aristophanes. Edited by Immanuel Bekkerus (August Immanuel Bekker 1785-1871). 4 Volumes (from 5 - missing ...

Iznik Pottery by John Carswell. An excellent introduction to the wares produced by the Turkish pottery at Iznik (ancient Nicaea) during the time of...

Treasures from Tuscany; The Etruscan Legacy at the National Museums of Scotland from 16 July to 31 October 2004. Exhibition Guide. Published by NMS...

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.; A New Edition in Twelve Volumes. With An Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq. Complete.  SOLD P...

Dictionnaire General Francais-Anglais, 1863 & Anglais-Francais, 1864. Nouvelle Redige. By A. Spiers. 2 Volume Set. Published by Baudry, Librair...

Samuel Butler, and His Hudibras and Other Works by A. Ramsay. Published by Charles Knight & Co, London, 1846. Bound by Maclehose of Glasgow. A ...