Memorials of Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank, Arthur C. Murray, Inscribed by author with ALS

A biography of Scottish courtier and landowner, Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank. There are a number of interesting additions to the book; The first free endpaper carries an inscription by the author to Professor J.D. Mackie. Also at the rear of the book a 2pp Autograph Letter Signed is tipped into the book to Professor Mackie (from 1935). A further 4pp letter in a different hand to the same recipient is also included (from 1961). This would appear to be John Duncan Mackie, who was Chair of Scottish History and Literature at the University of Glasgow. There are also a number of tipped in articles fixed to the endpapers at the beginning concerning the book's publication.

Memorials of Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank and His Times (1560-1621), by His Descendant Lieut.-Colonel Hon. Arthur C. Murray, C.M.G., D.S.O. With a Preface by Colonel John Buchan, C.H., LL.D., M.P.

Published by John Orr, Edinburgh, at the Glasgow University Press, 1932. First edition.

A good black cloth hardback, bumped to extremities, with some light shelfwear. Gilt title to spine. Endpapers with offsetting and previous owner's inscriptions relating to the author/book. Text is bright and clean. Red ink stain to top edge of text block towards the rear. Soundly bound.

Text in English. 

xii + 196pp + 16pp Plates (including frontispiece). 

Weight approximately 330g (unpacked). 

Approximate dimensions: 190mm high x 129mm wide x 27mm deep.