Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500 to 1286, Alan Orr Anderson, 1922, No. 1 of only 16 sets, signed by Publisher

Alan Orr Anderson's Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500 to 1286 remains one of the most important scholarly compilations for the study of medieval Scotland. First published in 1922, this monumental work brings together and translates the principal narrative and documentary sources relating to Scotland from the early medieval period up to the death of Alexander III. Covering chronicles, annals, charters, saints' lives, and foreign accounts, Anderson's work provides researchers with a comprehensive, critically edited resource that shaped much of 20th-century scholarship on Scottish history.

More than just a translation, the set includes detailed notes and commentary which identify variant readings, discuss historical context, and cross-reference parallel accounts from Irish, English, Welsh, and continental sources. The result is an invaluable reference that continues to serve as a cornerstone for historians of early and high medieval Scotland, from the era of Columba and the Picts to the emergence of a unified Scottish kingdom.

Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500 to 1286, collected and translated by Alan Orr Anderson.

Published by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1922. Published with the aid of a Grant, from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

An extremely rare edition - the first we have ever seen on the market. Only sixteen numbered sets, printed on rag paper, of which this is Number 1. Signed by the Publisher. An important work for scholars of Scottish history. Even the standard issue was limited to just 600 copies.

A very good set of blue cloth hardbacks with black linen spine with gilt. Slightly sunned to spine. Light rubbing and minor bumping. All soundly bound. Bookplate of Arthur Melville Clark of Herriotshall and Oxton to first pastedown (1185-1990; Scottish educationalist, and author of several academic books about English literature and poetry).

Text pages are near fine - bright, clean and soundly bound. Rough cut edges as issued, to vertical and lower edge, with gilt to top edge. Text in English. A rare opportunity to own the No. 1 copy of an edition of just sixteen copies.

Vol I: clviii + 604pp.

Vol II: 805pp.

Weight approximately 2.25kg (the set unpacked).

Dimensions: Each volume approximately 237mm high x 163mm wide x 55mm deep.