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Signed, associated, and limited editions
This collection includes books signed by the author or illustrator, published in a numbered limited edition, or known to have been in the library of a person of note from an ownership inscription or bookplate.
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Poems 1953
Cassell & Company Ltd
1953
A collection of poems by the English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. From the library of bibliophile Robert Bradford Reid.
Pastoral poetry and pastoral drama: a literary inquiry, with special reference to the pre-restoration stage in England
A.H. Bullen
1906
A critique of pastoral drama, with an emphasis on Elizabethan literature. From the library of Scottish poet William Soutar.
The shepherd's guide to the prevention and control of the diseases of the sheep
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1951
The first guide to sheep diseases since 1807 by the director of the Moredun Institute. Gift inscription by the author to front free endpaper. Loosely inserted publicity photograph of the author at work.
Northern numbers: being representative selections from certain living Scottish poets. Third series
C.M. Grieve
1922
A collection of Scottish poetry including contributions by C. M. Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid), Helen Cruickshank, and William Soutar.
The gild merchant: a contribution to municipal history
Clarendon Press
1890
An account of the rise and development of the mediaeval Gild system, both in Britain and on the Continent. From the library at Briglands.
The life of Ferdinand Magellan and the first circumnavigation of the globe 1480-1521
George Philip & Son
1890
An account of the life of the great circumnavigator. From the library of the noted cartographer John George Bartholomew.
Saraband for a saint: a modern morality play in two acts
Exposition Press
1954
Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.
A sheaf of Sherlock: twenty-two collected pieces from the Sherlockian writings of Michael Harrison: reminiscence and interpretation: the stories behind the stories
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
2000
A collection of essays and disjecta membra from a prolific Sherlockian. Number 154 of a limited edition of 225.
Britain revisited
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1961
An account of the application of the Mass-Observation approach of the thirties to the Worktown of the sixties. Gift inscription from Tom Harrisson on front free endpaper.
An elementary introduction to paper making
Paper Makers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland (1912) Incorporated Technical Section
1920s
A no-nonsense introduction to the processes and technologies involved in paper-making. From the library of R. H. Clapperton, a well known figure in the industry,
The crown and the sickle: an anthology
P.S. King & Staples Limited
1944
An anthology of war-time poetry, with a small selection of prose and essays. From the library of Scottish literary historian and literary critic, David Daiches.
Essays on language and literature
Allan Wingate
1947
A collection six essays by French writers on the power of language. From the library of the noted Scottish supernatural enthusiast Robert Ogilvie Crombie.
Square mile of murder
Molendinar Press
1975
An account of four notorious Victorian murders in the West End of Glasgow. Gift inscription from the author on the title-page.
Old Alloa
Stenlake Publishing
2002
A pictorial record, with commentary, of the Clackmannanshire town.
Montague Summers: a memoir
Cecil & Amelia Woolf
1965
A biography of the English clergyman who published many works on the English drama of the Stuart Restoration, and on witchcraft, demonology, and the occult. Number 740 of a limited edition of 750.
The Gospel according to Saint John
Hamilton, Adams and Co.
1832
A miniature book with a gift inscription from the Reverend John Simons, St Paul's Cray to Mary Lillias Sandys-Lumsden, 21st May 1836. Mary inherited the Barony of Innergellie and several estates in 1830, and had married Edwin Sandys of Kent in 1816.
The house of dust
Hodder & Stoughton
2001
The university-state of Oxford is brought in to advise on the mounting crime-wave in Edinburgh. Signed by the author on title page.
Orra boughs
J.H. Whyte
1930
Number 3 of a limited edition of 30 copies, numbered and signed by the author, of which numbers 6 to 30 were for sale. Adam Kennedy is believed to be a pen-name of John S. Buist. 'Orra Boughs' was originally published in 'The Modern Scot'. Inscribed on front free endpaper "To my friend, Arthur W. Donaldson, (in thankfulness that he is still a Scotsman.) Adam Kennedy, Glasgow, 1930."
If age but knew: a play in three acts
Fortune Press
1939
With a gift inscription from the author to actress Joan MacArthur who played Gertie Todd at the play's first performance at the Portfolio Playhouse, London.
Les sonnets amoureux
Éditions du Belier
1943
A collection of sonnets by the French Renaissance poet. Number 639 in a limited edition of 650.
Scottish neutrality
Scottish Secretariat Ltd.
1949
Makes the case for neutrality in the context of an independent Scotland. Gift inscription from the author on title page.
Curlews
Talbot Press Limited
1946
The second book of poems by the Irish novelist. Gift inscription (to Alice V. Stuart) from author on front free endpaper.
John Ross, composer, Aberdeen, his circle and work
D. Wyllie & Son
1927
A short history of a musician who was perhaps best known as an organist in Aberdeen. Number 22 of a limited edition of 100. Inscribed by the author to John A. Fairley, an early supporter of a National Library of Scotland, and with his bookplate.
Poems of this war by younger poets
University Press
1942
An anthology of poems intended to be 'the book of a generation'. Gift inscription from Irish poet Robert Greacen to Beatrice Stevens.
