Books and Manuscripts

A very smart full leather volume which has been professionally rebacked, and contains fine condition text.  Joseph Locke (1805–1860) was a prominen...

A very smart 2 volume set of professionally rebacked full leather volumes containing fine condition text. Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries...

A handsome set of books by Henry Fielding (1707-1754), English novelist, dramatist and essayist. The books have been professionally rebound in matc...

Johnson: His Characteristics and Aphorisms, by James Hay, Minister of the Parish of Kirn. Published by Alexander Gardner, London and Paisley. 1884 ...

A smart set of this highly respected ornithological series. Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa; The Birds of the West...

A very attractive book featuring 173 beautiful paintings of the birds of Southern Africa. The Birds of Southern Africa. Colour plates by Claude Gib...

A very attractive book featuring beautiful paintings of the birds of Southern Africa. Gamebirds & Waterfowl of Southern Africa; A Collection of...

A very smart first edition set of this respected work on Scottish ornithology. SOLD The Birds of Scotland; Their History, Distribution, and Migrati...

A beautifully produced 2 volume set, copiously illustrated in colour throughout. A highly respected key publication on Scottish ornithology. The Bi...

A handsome library set of 11 volumes of this Scottish ornithological journal, spanning Volumes 1-11, from 1958 to 1981. Each volume combining multi...

A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

A charming set of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an entertaining r...

The Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, Exhibiting the Present Condition of Geographical Discovery and Research in the Several Countries, Empire...

The Survey Atlas of Scotland; A Series of Sixty-Eight Plates of Maps and Plans, with Descriptive Text, illustrating the Topography, Physiography, G...

A very nice example of this 18th Century guide for Young Men to give them all the necessary guidance they will need to get on in life. After readin...

A smart full leather prize-binding from the school John Colet founded. A Life of John Colet, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's, and Founder of St. Paul's Sc...

An interesting collection of vintage books on the development of television, the first of which dates to just 1933, the year after the first UK tel...

A prize presentation copy from Glasgow School of Art. Sketching from Nature; A Handbook for Students and Amateurs. By Tristram J. Ellis. With a Fro...

An attractive prize presentation copy from Glasgow School of Art. Anecdote Lives of William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Henr...

An attractive prize presentation copy from Glasgow School of Art. The Lives and Works of Michael Angelo and Raphael. By R. Duppa and Quatremere De ...

An attractive prize presentation set from Glasgow School of Art. The Literary Works of Joshua Reynolds, First President of The Royal Academy. To Wh...

British Polar Year Expedition; Fort Rae, N.W. Canada, 1932-33, The Royal Society, 2 Vol Set complete, 2 Vols Complete; Vol I: Discussion of Results...

The Royal Society Geophysical Year Antarctic Expedition; Halley Bay, Coats Land, Falkland Island Dependencies, 1955-59, 4 Vols Complete; Vol I: Int...

This is a rather splendid collection of 3 artists's studio books, from Scottish artist, James O'Dea, known better as Jamie O'Dea. who was born in G...