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Defoe Daniel - An Essay on the Regulation of the Press

A very good copy in card covers. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.xvi,29. Introduction by John Robert Moore. First published in 1704.
Published : Published for the Luttrell Society By Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1948,
£18.00

Defoe Daniel - Memoirs of an English Officer (The Military Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton) with the History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard and the Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins, a Highland Officer

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A nice,clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 336pp. Includes one full-length novel and two short novels. Preface by Professor James T. Boulton.
Published : Victor Gollancz, London 1970,
£20.00

Disraeli Benjamin - Venetia

Nd. c.1927. A very good copy in black cloth which is lettered and decorated in gilt. Pp.viii,504. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. Introduction by Philip Guedalla.
Published : Alfred A Knopf, New York,
£6.00

Disraeli the Younger - The Infernal Marriage

Illustrated by John Austen.
4to. A very good copy. Gilt lettered quarter vellum. Top edge gilt. A lovely clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Number 365 of 850 copies. 85pp followed by a Hand-list of books illustrated by John Austen. 5 colour and 8 black and white illustrations + 4 head-pieces.
Published : William Jackson (Books) Ltd, London 1929,
£30.00

Dixon Rex - Pocomoto and the Robbers' Trail

Illustrated by Jack Harman.
Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's red cloth with black title and rider and horse on front board. No inscriptions. Light foxing to page ends. Good, price-clipped, dustwrapper which has some chips and tears along the edges and which is now protected in a removable cover.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., London 1956, First Edition
£12.00

Doudney Sarah - Thistle Down

Nd. c.1890? A very good copy in attractive pictorial boards which are a little rubbed at edges. The boards are now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. Decorated end-papers. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 32 pages. Poetry with attractive colour lithographs.
Published : Marcus Ward & Co. Ltd., London,
£40.00

Duncan D.L. - Hamespuns Poems and Songs (Mostly Scots)

A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 96 pages. Poems and songs in Scots and English by an exiled Scot.
Published : Eneas Mackay, Stirling 1934, First Edition
£12.00

Eliot George (Edited By Gordon S. Haight) - Silas Marner the Weaver of Raveloe

Hardback. A very good copy in light green cloth which is elaborately decorated in gilt on the spine and upper board. Top edge gilt. A clean copy internally with no ownership inscription, foxing or other internal marking. Pp.xviii,262. 24 coloured illustrations including frontispiece and title-page vignette.
Published : J. M Dent & Co, London 1905,
£20.00

Eliot T. S. (Edited By Valerie Eliot and Hugh haughton) - The Letters of T.S. Eliot Volume 2 1923-1925

A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper of the first printing. Pp.xxxi,878. 21 illustrations.
Published : Faber and Faber, London 2009, First Edition
£18.00

Elis Islwyn Ffowc - Blas Y Cynfyd

Hardback. A very good copy in a good, price-clipped, dustwrapper with some edge tears. Lettering faded on spine of wrapper. Ownership inscription. 275 pages. A novel in Welsh.
Published : Gwasg, Aberystwyth 1958, First Edition
£6.00

Ellrodt Robert - Neoplatonism in the Poetry of Spenser

4to. A very good copy in light brown boards lettered in gilt on spine. New end-papers. Originally a softback book which has been rebound without the original covers. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Unopened. 247 pages. Vol. 35 in a series entitled "Travaux D'Humanisme et Renaissance". The text, however, is in English. Chapters on "Platonic Allegory and Ethics in the "Faerie Queene"; "The Heavenly Hymns: Christian or Platonic"; "Spenser's Sapience and Leone Ebreo " etc.
Published : Librairie E. Droz, Geneva 1960, First Edition
£35.00

Erasmus - Colloquiorum Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Familiarium Opus Aureum. Cum Scholiis Quibusdam Perquam Eruditis, Quae Difficiliora Passim Loca Diligenter Explicant. Editio Triplici Nomine Commendatissima

Hardback. A good copy internally in an old, worn and torn, full leather binding. Worming to margin of first few pages.Ownership inscription dated 1724. Pp.[12],471,[15]. Frontispiece. Text in Latin.
Published : R. Bonwicke et al, London 1721,
£120.00

Eyre-Todd George (Editor) - Scottish Poetry of the Seventeenth Century

Hardback. A near very good copy in publisher's dark green cloth with title in gilt on front board and on spine. Spine ends and board tips a little rubbed. Dark green endpapers. Inscribed by previous owner on half-title. Pp.viii,296. Protected in a removable cover. This volume contains works by Sir Robert Aytoun, Sir David Murray, Sir Robert Ker, Sir William Alexander, William Drummond, The Marquis of Montrose and The Semples of Beltrees
Published : William Hodge & Co., Glasgow 1895, First Edition
£18.00

Ferguson J.A. - The King of Morven a Play in One Act

12mo. A very good copy in tissue covered paper covers. Front cover illustrated by Stewart Orr. Signed by the author on title page. 39pp. A play about the Highland Clearances.
Published : Gowans & Gray, London and Glasgow 1922, First Edition
£12.00

Fergusson Robert - The Works of Robert Fergusson

Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in silver. This is no. 127 of 750 copies of this facsimile of the 1807 edition of Fergusson's works. A nice clean copy without foxing or ownership markings. 364 pages. Frontispiece.
Published : James Thin, Edinburgh 1970,
£15.00

Fergusson Robert - The Works of Robert Fergusson

A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. No 392 of 750 copies, being a facsimile of the 1807 edition. 364 pages. Includes a sketch of the life of Fergusson, an 18th century Scottish poet who wrote in both Scots and English and who was much admired by Robert Burns.
Published : James Thin - the Mercat Press, Edinburgh 1970,
£15.00

Fielding Henry - The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams

Illustrated by Norman Tealby.
Hardback. A very good copy in black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. In a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. Decorated end-papers. Some light edge foxing. Pp.xxxi,350. 12 full-page illustrations + decorations. Introduction by J. B. Priestley.
Published : John Lane The Bodley Head, London 1929,
£14.00

Finlayson Malcolm J. - An Anthology of Carrick

Hardback. A very good copy. A little wear at spine ends. Moderate edge and end-paper foxing. 416 pages. An anthology of poems by natives of Carrick and about Carrick.
Published : The Standard Press, Kilmarnock 1925, First Edition
£7.00

Fittis Robert Scott - The Mosstrooper. a Legend of the Scottish Border

Hardback. A good copy in blue cloth lettered in gilt on the upper board. Some fading to spine. Ownership inscription. Some foxing to end-papers and early pages. Pp.xv,156. Frontispiece and one other illustration. This is described as a memorial volume to the author and includes an introductory biographical sketch of him by A. H. Millar. A fictional tale of the Scottish border.
Published : Wood and Son, Perth 1906,
£14.00

FitzGerald Edward (Edited By Neilson Campbell Hannay) - A FitzGerald Friendship Being Hitherto Unpublished Letters from Edward FitzGerald to William Bodham Donne

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A lovely clean copy internally with no ownership inscription and foxing confined to the top edge. One of 750 copies. Pp.xvii,132 + 12p index. 6 illustrations including coloured frontispiece.
Published : William Edwin Rudge, New York 1932,
£12.00

Fitzgerald Edward (Translator) - Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Nd. Perhaps 1920s? 8vo. A near very good copy in soft green leather (perhaps rebound) with title and decoration in gilt on front cover. Not titled on spine. Top edge gilt. Other edges stained red. Patterned end-papers. Pp.viii,189. 12 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac with tissue guards. Includes both the first and second editions of the translation by Edward Fitzgerald.
Published : Hodder and Stoughton, London,
£20.00

Fitzgerald Scott - The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald - 6 Vols. Complete

A very good six volume set. Very good or near very good dustwrappers which show a little fading to the spine but with lettering clear. Previous owner's ex libris plate on front free end-paper of each volume. Volume 6 is the 1963 first edition. Vols. 1-5 are dated between 1964 and 1968 and are reprints (vols.1-4 being the revised edition). Includes all the novels and a considerable number of short stories and other pieces.
Published : The Bodley Head, London,
£150.00

Flint Sir William Russell - Shadows in Arcady

Hardback. A fine copy quarter bound in blue cloth with black boards. Gilt illustration on front board and title in gilt on spine. This is No. 409 of 500 copies SIGNED by author. Protected in original cellophane wrapper and enclosed in a very good slipcase. 59 pages. Four short stories by Flint.
Published : Charles Skilton Ltd., London 1965, First Edition
£50.00

Fraser Douglas - Rhymes O' Auld Reekie

Illustrated by Jim Nicholson.
A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 45pp. Poems in Scots with Edinburgh as the subject. Line drawings by Jim Nicholson.
Published : Macdonald, Loanhead 1973, First Edition
£7.00

Frederic Harold - Illumination

A good copy in green cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt. A label appears to have been removed from the upper board. 355 pages. A novel, described as "a masterpiece of character drawing".
Published : William Heinemann, London 1896,
£8.00

Furphy Joseph [Writing as "Tom Collins"] - Such is Life Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy)

Hardback. Nd.[1917]. A good copy in green cloth lettered in dark green and decorated in dark green and red on upper board. Some wear to spine ends and board tips with a small tear in the cloth at the head of the spine. The red spine lettering is faded. No ownership inscription and only a little foxing. Pp.[xii],297. A novel of early Australian life which gives a faithful picture of life in the Riverina in the latter half of the ninetenth century. "The value of "Such Is Life" lies in the extraordinary richness of its philosophy and characterisation, in the vitality of its style, and in the whimsical humour with which it is saturated".
Published : The Specialty Press Pty. Ltd., Melbourne 1917,
£150.00

G. L. [George Lorimer?] - Family Rhymes

A very good copy in light green boards lettered in gilt on upper board. Top edge gilt. Hand-made paper. A nice clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 72 pages. A book of poems written between 1872 and 1925 many with a Highland setting.
Published : Privately Published, Edinburgh 1930, First Edition
£25.00

Galt John - Selected Short Stories

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. Small ownership inscription. 213pp. Edited by Ian A. Gordon.
Published : Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh 1978, First Edition
£7.00

Galt, John - The Bachelor's Wife ; A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations

Hardback. A good copy in a rather worn half-leather binding with marbled boards. Five raised bands on spine. Most of title piece on spine lacking. Some end-paper foxing. Lacks half-title. No ownership inscription. Pp.vii,444. Described by the author as "a compilation ----of the literature of different epochs.". Chapters on Witchcraft, Steam-Engines, Character of Luther, Moscow, Miss Baillie's Songs and many others show the wide range of this book.
Published : Olver & Boyd / G & W.B. Whittaker, Edinburgh / London 1824, First Edition
£45.00

Gaskell, Mrs. - Sylvia's Lovers Etc.

Hardback. A very good copy in a green, half leather binding lettered and decorated in gilt on the darkened spine. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. No ownership inscription. A little foxing. Pp.xxxi,540. Two illustrations. In addition to "Sylvia's Lovers" contains a short essay on the Camorra, an Italian Secret Socety. This is volume VI of the author's Works and has an Introduction by A.W.W. Ward.
Published : Smith Elder & Co, London 1906,
£15.00

Gatty Mrs. Alfred - Legendary Tales

Illustrated by Phiz.
Hardback. A good plus copy in the original red boards. A litle wear to spine edges.. 297 pages. Illustrated. Contains three stories: ""A Legend of Sologne"; "The Hundredth Birthday"; and "The Treasure-Seeker".
Published : Bell and Daldy, London 1858, First Edition
£20.00

Geismar Maxwell - Henry James and His Cult

Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which is a little faded, torn and soiled on the spine. Bookplate of Compton MacKenzie, the author. Not foxed. 463 pages. Describes James as a major entertainer rather than a major writer.
Published : Chatto & Windus, London 1964, First Edition
£8.00

Ghosh Sadhan Kumar - Tragedy

Hardback. A very good copy in a fair dustwrapper which has a lengthy tear on the rear panel. Inscribed presentation copy from the author to Sir Compton Mackenzie. Pp.viii,110. A study of literary tragedy in particular Shakesperean tragedy.
Published : Pradeep K. Banerjee on Behalf of Oxbridge Publishers, Calcutta 1965, First Edition
£20.00

Gibbon Lewis Grassic - A Scots Hairst

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 261pp. Essays and short stories.
Published : Hutchinson, London 1969,
£8.00

Gibbon Lewis Grassic - Clay

Illustrated by Ishbel Shand.
Softback. A very good copy in wraps. 15 pages. 5 illustrations. This is booklet No. 1 of The Grassic Gibbon Centre. "Clay" is one of Gibbon's best-known short stories.
Published : Arbuthnott Community Enterprises 1993,
£5.00

Girardin J. - True as Steel

Hardback. Nd but ownership inscription is dated 1885. A very good copy in a blue cloth binding with brown leather spine lettered in gilt on a black title-piece. Marbled edges. End-paper foxing. Pp.viii,280. Numerous illustrations, some full -page. Translated from the French by Henry Frith.
Published : George Routledge & Sons, London,
£15.00

Goldsmid Edmund (Editor) - Bibliotheca Curiosa. Some Political Satires of the Seventeenth Century. Selected from the Writings of the Earl of Rochester, Sir John Denham and Andrew Marvel - 2 Vols. Complete

12mo. A very good two volume set in wraps. One of 275 small paper copies. Some soiling to covers but both volumes clean internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. 62 and 73 pages.
Published : Privately Printed, Edinburgh 1885, First Edition
£25.00

Goldsmith Oliver - The Vicar of Wakefield

Hardback. A near very good copy in the de luxe cream vellum binding which is elaborately decorated in gilt on the spine and upper board. A little browned/marked towards the head of the lower board. Top edge gilt. Browning to front free end-paper otherwise a very nice clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Red silk ribbon present. Pp.xvii,242. 25 colour illustrations including frontispiece and title-page vignette. Photograph available on request.
Published : J. M. Dent & Co, London 1904,
£50.00

Goodchild George - Tall Timber

Hardback. N.d. A very good copy in publisher's red cloth with title in black on spine. No inscriptions. 182 pages. Very good dustwrapper, showing minor rubbing top and foot of spine, which is not price-clipped. A romantic story of the Canadian Backwoods.
Published : The Modern Publishing Co., London,
£7.00

Goodferllow, J. Cumming - Hawick's Annual Festival and Other Verses

Hardback. A good plus copy in yellow cloth lettered in gilt on the upper board. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xiii,118,[i]. Frontispiece. Some of the poems are prefaced by explanatory notes.
Published : J.C. Goodfdellow & Son, Hawick 1911, First Edition
£15.00

Goodrich S.G. - A Winter Wreath of Summer Flowers

A good copy in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A little wear at spine ends. All edges gilt. 320pp. 12 attractive colour engravings. Consists of short narratives set abroad with some poetry by an author who wrote children's books under the name of "Peter Parley".
Published : Trubner & Co, London 1855, First Edition
£30.00

Gray Alexander - Gossip a Book of New Poems

A very good copy in a good dustwrapper a little worn at the edges. 48pp. Includes the well-known: "To A Cat, Ageing".
Published : Porpoise Press, Edinburgh 1928, First Edition
£14.00

Gray Sir Alexander - Sir Halewyn Examples in European Balladry and Folk Song

A good copy. Some foxing to end-papers. 87pp. Author's signed presentation copy. European ballads translated into Scots.
Published : Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1949, First Edition
£6.00

Greenblatt, Stephen (Editor) - Representing the English Renaissance

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. A nice clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xiii,372. Figures. Essays which offer "important insights into major literary achievements: --- But beyond these significant new readings, the volume provides a brilliant sample of the innovative and challenging new methods that are curently transforming the interpretation of culture." Described as "an exciting and fresh approach to the study of Renaissance culture."
Published : University of California Press 1988, First Edition
£25.00

Griffin Peter - "Sealed with Fire" : Images of Neruda

Small oblong 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Lower board tips a little bumped. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Unpaginated. This is the book of an Exhibition of the poems of the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda accompanied by paintings reflecting on that poetry by Peter Griffin. 15 tipped-in coloured reproductions of these paintings are included in the book together with photographic illustrations.
Published : Eropean Academy for the Arts, London 1997, First Edition
£42.00

Griffiths Major Arthur - A Son of Mars

A good copy in blue cloth with gilt lettering and design on upper cover. 317pp plus 3pp catalogue. Some writing on half-title.
Published : R.A. Everett & Co, London 1902, First Edition
£6.00

Gueudeville, [Nicholas} De - Amusement Philosophique Tres-Serieux-comique Historique, Politique, Critique, Satyrique Etc -- En Deux Parties: Le Gouteaux En Belle-Humeur et Le Febricitant Philosophe

Hardback. A good copy in a quarter leather binding with marbled boards which show a little rubbing/wear to the edges. Five raised bands on spine. Lettered in gilt on spine. No ownership inscription and little foxing. Two volumes in one. Pp.[xx],141,[15], [4],108. Two identical frontispieces. Different title-page vignettes. Title pages in red and black.
Published : Aux Depens De La Compagnie, A La Haye & a Francfort Sur Meyne 1743,
£80.00

Gunn Neil M. - The Serpent

A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. 256pp.
Published : Faber & Faber, London 1945,
£5.00

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