Books and Manuscripts

An attractive binding from a pocket-sized edition known as 'Petite Bibliotheque Litteraire - Auteurs Contemporains', published by Alphonse Lemerre....

An interesting, and uncommon, copy of Longfellow's poetry with a lovely Ivorine (?) panel cover insert. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longf...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (Reprinted from the Revised American Edition), The "Albion" Edition. With Explanatory Notes. Publ...

A handsome, and very scarce, volume of Scottish poetry from 1922. Wandering Thoughts and Random Rhymes, Arch. J. Rose, Late Burgh Procurator-Fiscal...

A handsome volume of both the First and Second Series of Emerson's essays, in a very attractive binding. Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books: Essays, ...

A book of poetry by Scottish doctor, David Rorie (1867-1946). Includes his well known song, 'The Lum Hat Wantin' The Croon', which was popular amon...

A nice copy of this book of the poetry of George Bruce (1909-2002), Scottish poet and radio journalist. The first free endpaper is warmly inscribed...

Two anthologies compiled from the pocket literature broadsheets distributed to military serviceman in 1915, in the early days of The Great War. The...

Collection of 6 Works by Charles Lamb,. All with an Introduction and Notes by Alfred Ainger, 1908-1914. Comprises;  Mrs. Leicester's School and Oth...

A scarce early copy of this edition of Robert Burns' poetry. Two volumes bound as one. Printed by J. Crerar, Kirkaldy, 1802. First edition thus. Sc...

Acknowledged as one of the foremost classicists of his age, this is a smart copy of a biographical sketch of the life of Alfred Edward Housman (185...

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;...

Oxford Edition; The Poetical Works of John Keats. Edited with an introduction and Textual Notes by H. Buxton Forman, C.B. SOLD Published by Humphre...

Oxford Edition; The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language. Selected and Arranged with Notes by Francis Turner...

Poems by Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate. Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London and New York. Printed in Edinburgh. 1904 A good hardback b...

Oxford Edition; Poems Of Tennyson. Including 'The Princess,' 'In Memoriam,' 'Maud,' Four 'Idylls of the King,' 'Enoch Arden' etc. With an Introduct...

Founded in 1817, and initially called Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, it was more successfully relaunched as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Also known...

A beautifully produced book of the complete poetic works of George Herbert (1593-1633), a Church of England priest. First published in 1633. This v...

Poems by Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate. Published by Edward Moxon, London and New York, 1853. Ninth edition.  A very good hardback with black leat...

The Works of Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate. Published by Macmillan and Co, London and New York, 1900. Printed in Edinburgh. Bound in London with s...

Complete Glossary to the Poetry and Prose of Robert Burns. With Upwards of Three Thousand Illustrations from English Authors. By John Cuthbertson. ...

A Victorian Manuscript Book of Transcribed Poetry and Verse, 1852-1898. An interesting book of transcribed handwritten poetry by a variety of poets...

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning, with Portraits. In Two Volumes. Published by Smith, Elder, & Co., London, 1897. A very good set of 2 dar...

Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, including Underwoods, Ballads, Songs of Travel, 1918 & A Child's Garden of Verses, With an Introduction by And...

Round the Grange Farm; or, Good Old Times, by Jean L. Watson, author of "Bygone Days in our Village", etc; and joint author of the "Songstresses of...

Democratic Readings from the World's Great Teachers. Reprinted from "Reynolds's Newspaper." Compiled and Edited by W.M. Thompson, L.C.C. Numerous P...

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to 'The Edinburgh Review' by Lord Macaulay. Authorised Edition. Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., L...

The Life and Works of Robert Burns. Edited by Robert Chambers. Library Edition. In Four Volumes. Offered here are Volumes one and two only, bound a...

Chatterton; A Story of the Year 1770, by David Masson, M.A., LL.D. Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1874. First edition thus. The Prefatory N...

The Megalithic European; The 21st century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe, by Julian Cope. A very personal journey across Europe by Julian Cope, fo...

The Modern Antiquarian; A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain, including a Gazetteer to over 300 prehistoric Sites, by Julian Cope. S...

The Bijou Shakespeare; The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Illustrated. In Six Volumes. With Biographical Introduction and an Essay on Shake...

Poems of Tennyson, including; 'The Princess', 'In Memoriam', 'Maud', 'Idylls of The King', 'Enoch Arden', etc. With an Introduction by T. Herbert W...

Rudyard Kipling's Verse; Definitive Edition.  Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1940. Would appear to be a first edition thus, fol...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. Reprinted from the Early Editions, With Explanatory Notes, &c. By Thomas Moore. The "Albion" Edition.  Thom...

Proverbial Philosophy; In Four Series, Now First Complete. Including the Fiftieth Edition of the Two first Series. By Martin F. Tupper, D.C.L., F.R...

Reminiscences of The Monks of St Giles (Founded 1852); Volume First. Various contributors from St Giles in Edinburgh. A very good copy of this scar...

Hudibras in Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. By Samuel Butler, with Select Notes by Zachary Grey, L.L. D. The Author's Remains; a...

The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume I, containing His Juvenile Poems; Translations and Imitations. Published by J. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1764. A...

Coridon's Song And Other Verses from Various Sources. With Illustrations by Hugh Thomson and an Introduction by Austin Dobson. A beautifully illust...

A Translation of the Inferno of Dante Alighieri, in English Verse, with Historical Notes, and the Life of Dante. To Which is Added, A Specimen of a...

The Poetry of Neil Munro, with Preface by John Buchan. Published by William Blackwood and Sons Ltd., Edinburgh and London. 1931 first edition. A ne...

The House of Memories, and Other Writings in Prose and Verse. By Robert Murray, J.P. A miscellany of the author's writings, with a Scottish slant. ...

Midnight in Yarrow and Other Poems, by Roger Quin. Published by Gowans and Gray, ltd., Glasgow, 1918. First edition. A good hardback in original pa...

Amusements of Leisure Hours; or Poetical Pieces, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect; By the Late Reverend John Skinner; at Longside, Aberdeenshire. To...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, with Prefatory Notice. Published by Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh c. 1855 (undated, but 1855 date ...

Goethe's Gedichte; Neue Musgabe (Goethe's Poems, New Edition), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Published by J. G. Cotta'schen, Stuttgart, 1861. New ...

The Poets and Poetry of Scotland; From the Earliest to the Present Time. Comprising Characteristic Selectionds from the Works of the More noteworth...