Trade, Travel & Overseas Exploration Books

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

A fine copy of this beautifully illustrated book, which has been professionally rebound in teal cloth, and presents the book most handsomely. Free ...

A smart copy of this informative text on forestry practices (previously in the ownership of the Balfour family of Fife, well known for their contri...

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 handsome and uncommon copy of this sporting travelogue, which first appeared in print in 1804. SOLD A Sporting Tour Through the Northern Parts of...

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...

A very smart copy of this intriguing Scottish work, which has been professionally rebound in blue cloth, and presents the book beautifully. Scenes ...

A very attractive full leather volume, copiously illustrated with wood engravings, exploring the area along the picturesque shores of the county of...

The Antiquities of Arran with a Historical Sketch of the Island; Embracing an Account of The Sudreyjar Under the Norsemen, by John M'Arthur. Illust...

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...

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...

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...

The Company of Merchants was formed to protect and promote the rights of merchants of the burgh of Edinburgh. The company still exists today as a m...

An impressive, and substantial photograph album from the firm of James Valentine (1815-1879) of Dundee, a leading photographer of the day in Scotla...

An impressive, and substantial photograph album from the firm of G.W. Wilson & Co., a Scottish photographic firm founded by pioneering Scottish...

A volume of compiled issues of The English Illustrated Magazine which was published between 1883 and 1913. It carried a variety of features includi...

A set of two Victorian photo albums which appear to feature a Scottish family's life and travels in Scotland (it is unclear if both albums relate t...

A scarce collection of the records of Edinburgh City Council in 5 volumes, covering the period 1913-1918. A record of their activities during the e...

A very substantial alphabetical reference work detailing places and facts on world geography. Longmans' Gazetteer of the World. Edited by George G....

A Very Large Legal Folio Book / Cartulary entitled 'Notes On Titles C.R. & Co.' This book contains legal documents in both typed and manuscript...

Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers; Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past, In...

Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers; Being a Historical and Descriptive Account of the Different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past, In...

An interesting set of 5 early Edinburgh softback guide books, generally in good condition and illustrated, comprising; Benjie's Guide to Edinburgh ...

An interesting bound volume comprising two early 20th Century books on Edinburgh. Comprising; Official Guide to Edinburgh, 1912. Issued by Authorit...

A scarce collection of comprehensive financial accounts for the City of Edinburgh. We have been unable to trace any other copies in institutional h...

Memories of Two Cities; Edinburgh and Aberdeen, by David Masson, LL.D., Litt.D., Late Historiographer Royal for Scotland, Late Professor of Rhetori...

Edinburgh and Round About, by Jean M. Speedy. Sketches by Pat Adam. A collection of the articles and essays by the author, which were previously pu...

A Study of Industrial Edinburgh and the Surrounding Area 1923-1934; Volume I. By Nora Milnes, B.Sc. Although titled as Volume I, we have not found ...

The Student's Gibbon; History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon. Abridged, Incorporating the Researches of Recent Comme...

The Third Statistical Account of Scotland; Glasgow. Editors: J. Cunnison and J.B.S. Gilfillan. Published by Collins, Glasgow, 1958. First edition. ...

The Third Statistical Account of Scotland; Ayrshire. By John Strawhorn and William Boyd. Published by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh and London, 1951. ...

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