Scottish Interest Books

Charles Skilton's facsimile edition of The Jacobite Peerage, which was originally issued in 1904 and was a fully subscribed print run on issue. The...

A substantial, and high quality, volume on Nineteenth century art "With Illustrations from Pictures and Objects in the Fine Art Loan Collection of ...

A fascinating unpublished typescript journal of an 1839 voyage undertaken by Agnes Paterson from Scotland (nee Aird, 1809-1893). An introductory No...

This volume details the pioneering work in India of 5 missionaries; Bartholomew Ziegenbald (Germany); Christian Frederick Schwartz (Denmark); and t...

An impressive, and imposing, large folio volume from the classic work by David Hume - almost 'elephant folio' in size. This large tome was part of ...

In 1880, a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle, in need of remuneration and adventure, took time away from his medical studies in Edinbu...

A copy of the very first printing of the Guinness Book of Records, which went on to became a worldwide publishing phenomenon. Initially produced as...

The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: For Oct. 1803......Jan. 1804. To be continued Quarterly. Vol III (contains issues V and VI). With many d...

The Scots Magazine was found in 1739, and claims to be the world's oldest magazine still in publication today (although with gaps in its publicatio...

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...

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 ...

A memoir of the life of Henry Dundas (1897-1918), who was killed in action on the Western front in France on the 27th September, during the attack ...

A complete 3 volume first edition biography of Henry Lord Brougham (1778-1868). Born in Edinburgh, he qualified as a barrister in 1808, before bein...

Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville (1794-1865), held the office of Clerk of the Council in Ordinary and served under the three monarchs of King Georg...

'Split into two main sections - 'The Ancient League with France' and 'The Scot Abroad, the book explores the relations of Scotland and Scotsmen wit...

History of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Translated from the original and unpublished MS. of Professor Petit, by Charles de Flandre, F.S.A. Scot. 2 ...

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

A biography of Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Princess Mary; Viscountess Lascelles; An Intimate and Autho...

Ian Hay was the pen name of John Hay Beith (1876-1922), British schoolmaster, soldier, novelist, playwright and historian. His humorous account of ...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Early Letters of Marcus Dods, D.D. (Late principal of New college, Edinburgh), 1850-1864, selected and edited by his Son, Marcus Dods, M.A., Advoca...

The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith; Now First Uniformly Collected. Collecta Revirescunt. Vol. I. Containing the author's life and his essa...

Stanley Gibbons Royal Wedding Stamp Collection 1981, 3 Volume Set; The Royal Wedding, H.R.H. Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, 29th July 1981....

Piracy, The Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenberg to Gates, by Adrian Johns. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - ...

Winston S. Churchill; The Second World War, 4 Volumes, 1948-1951.  SOLD Published by Cassell & Co. Limited, London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney,...

The Business of Enlightenment; A Publishing History of the Encyclopedie 1775-1800, by Robert Darnton. Provenance; from the library of the late Will...

Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-book, 1840, with Poetical Illustrations by L.E.L. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon) and Mary Howitt. SOLD Provenance; from the...

Lord Byron in Greece, Athens, 22 January - 22 March 1988, The Kostis Palamas Building. Catalogue compiled and edited by Fani-Maria Tsigakou. Contri...

Byron; Child of Passion, Fool of Fame, by Benita Eisler. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian...

An Early Suitor of Mary Wollstonecraft, by Elizabeth Nitchie. An official Reprinted Extract from PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Associat...

Visionary Daughters of Albion; A Bicentenary Celebration of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, May 3 - September 13, 1997, The New York Public L...

Visionary Daughters of Albion; A Bicentenary Celebration of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, May 3 - September 13, 1997, The New York Public L...

Mary Wollstonecraft; Mary, A Fiction and The Wrongs of a Woman. Edited with an Introduction by Gary Kelly. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the...

England's First Family of Writers; Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, Mary Shelley, by Julie A Carlson. Provenance; from the library of the late ...

The Regent Library; Mary Wollstonecraft, by Camilla Jebb. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British his...

Mary Shelley by Eileen Bigland. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, academic and author. Hi...

Mary Shelley in Her Times, Edited by Betty T. Bennett & Stuart Currans. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021)...

Mary Shelley; A Biography, by R. Glynn Grylls. SOLD Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British historian, aca...