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Blacket Books
1 Leadervale Terrace
Edinburgh
EH16 6NX
Scotland

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0131 666 1542
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Hardback. A very good two volume set in the original blind-stamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on the slightly faded spines. Trace of a label having been removed from the foot of Volume I. Bookplate in each volume. Not foxed. Vol. I,pp.xii,223. Vol.II,pp.[iv],239. Publisher's catalogue dated July,I 1848 in Volume I. Both volumes now protected by a clear, removable, sleeve.
Published : Edward Moxon, London 1848, First Edition
£38.00

A good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Endpapers a little foxed. 204pp.
Published : Macmillan, London 1885, First Edition
£7.00

Illustrated by Gordon Browne .
Hardback. A very good copy in decorated boards. A clean copy with no ownership inscription and little foxing. Pp.xiii,159. Colour frontispiece, full-page plates and illustrations in the text. A nice copy.
Published : Chatto & Windus, London 1909,
£15.00

Illustrated by Lionel Ellis.
Hardback. 4to. A good copy in a green vellum binding lettered in gilt on the spine and decorated in gilt on the upper board. Spine faded and boards part-faded. Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. Previous owner's small ex libris plate. This is no.279 of 500 copies. Internally a very good, clean, copy. Pp.xxv,163. 20 full-page woodcuts by Lionel Ellis. Photograph available on request.
Published : Fanfrolico Press, London 1929, First Edition Thus
£70.00

Hardback. A near fine copy in publisher's red cloth with title in gilt on spine. No inscriptions. Dark blue endpapers. Pp.x,660. Near fine illustrated dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is protected in a removable cover.
Published : Hamish Hamilton, London 1997, First Edition
£15.00

A very good copy in blue cloth. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. This is the third issue, first state with a memoir of Thomas by John Freeman. 142pp + 2pp adverts. A study of the love poems (and love life) of British poets.
Published : Martin Secker, London 1917,
£40.00

Small 8vo. A very good copy in maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. A nice clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.viii,91. Frontispiece and six illustrations. The poems are the author's "sincere expression of her love for her homeland, and her sympathy with nature in all its moods".
Published : William R. Duff & Co., Leith 1922, First Edition
£35.00

Illustrated by Tim Rainey.
Softback. A very good copy. Ownership stamp. Signed by the author. 64 pages. Illustrated. Sketches of life in New Zealand and Australia in the 1920's.
Published : J. Chisholm, Wellington New Zealand 1981, First Edition
£7.00

A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt on spine. 103pp. The author was born in the Highlands of Scotland in 1896 and later emigrated to Canada. This is a book of poetry.
Published : Privately Published, Montreal 1951, First Edition
£8.00

A very good copy in a poorish dustwrapper with a few chips and rather faded on spine. Some foxing to end-papers and page ends. Forty-seven fables for adults.
Published : Hamish Hamijlton, London 1956, First UK Edition
£5.00

A good copy in a good dustwrapper which is faded on the spine (but with lettering clear). Pp.x,396. This is a study of Dickens, Thackeray, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Trollope, Tennyson etc.
Published : Oxford University Press 1978, First Edition
£8.00

A very good copy. Softcover. 63pp. Introduction and Notes. Described as "one of the best expositions of Christian radicalism in its most extreme and logical form". This is no. 2 of the Porcupine pamphlets.
Published : Porcupine Press, London 1948, First Edition Thus
£12.00

A very good copy in its original slip-case. 539pp. This is number 899 of 1025 copies and is inscribed by the author.
Published : William Heinemann, London 1930, First Edition
£12.00

Hardback. A good copy in red cloth with a few faded patches on spine and rear board. Some foxing. Small ownership inscription on front end-paper. 256 pages.
Published : Ward Lock & Co, London 1953, Reprint
£6.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing, ownership inscription or other internal marking. 191 pages.
Published : Richard Drew Publishing, Glasgow 1981, Reprint
£8.00

A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper that is not price-clipped. Some spine lean. 381pp. A late and rather elusive Tranter title about the early Scottish king, Kenneth mac Alpin.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London 1990, First Edition
£50.00

The complete trilogy all in very good condition in very good dustwrappers. All dustwrappers are complete and untorn. Two are slightly faded on the spine. No ownership inscription and just a few spots of fore-edge foxing. Approx. 1050 pages in total.
Published : Hodder & Stoughton, London, Reprint
£45.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. No ownership inscription or other marking. 227 pages. Deals with the "two-edged effect of introducing new technological projects [in the shape of a hydrto-electric dam] into an area like the Scottish Highlands."
Published : The Molendinar Press, Glasgow` 1980, Reprint
£5.00

A very good copy in a good, almost complete, dustwrapper with some rubbing to spine and at foldover. This is a nice, clean copy of the first reprint without foxing or ownership inscription. Quite a difficult early title dealing with the Highland Clearances.
Published : Ward, Lock & Co, London 1943, Reprint
£65.00

Spine slightly slanted but otherwise a very good copy of this volume in the Oxford Trollope series. Bookplate. 411pp. Illus.
Published : Oxford University Press 1950,
£5.00

Hardback. The complete work extracted from issues of the Cornhill Magazine between January 1860 and April 1861 and bound in one volume. Dark blue cloth with title in gilt on a red title-piece. Staining to upper board. Bookplate and small ex libris label of previous owners. Six plates by Millais (some showing moderate foxing).
Published : The Cornhill Magazine 1860, First Edition
£210.00

Hardback. A good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt on upper board. Bevelled edges. Ownership inscription on title page. 115 pages + 24 page publisher's catalogue dated March 30,1866. These sketches were reprinted from the "Pall Mall Gazette."
Published : Chapman & Hall, London 1866, Third Edition
£35.00

A very good two volume set in good to very good dustwrappers which are just a little worn/torn at the spine ends. The dustwrappers are not price-clipped and are now protected. These are volumes in the Oxford Trollope series and are illustrated by T.L.B. Huskinson.
Published : Oxford University Press 1949, First Edition Thus
£20.00

Hardback. A near very good copy which has been bound in a half red leather binding attractively decorated in gilt on the spine and lettered in gilt on a green title-piece. There is some marking to the boards (but not the spine). Lacks half-title. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Pp.viii,391. Frontispiece.
Published : Chapman and Hall, London 1865, New Edition
£40.00

Hardback. A near very good copy in blind-stamped dark brown cloth lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to spine ends and edges. Pp.vii[1],416. Frontispiece and four plates of Lake District scenery. This is a work of fiction the profits from which were to go to the Church Missionary Society. There are three factual Appendices entitled "Brief View of the Plan and Operations of the British and Foreign Bible Society and of Kindred Institutions throughout the World;" "The Present Position and Future Prospects of the Church Missionary Society", and "Religious Tract Society, Instituted 1799; Its Principles, Objects and Operations".
Published : J. Hatchard and Son, London 1848, First Edition
£90.00

Hardback. Nd. c.1910? A very good copy externally. Internally good. Previous owner's initials in ink on front-end-paper and title page. Some browning to end-papers. Pp.v,201.
Published : R & T Washbourne, London, Second Edition
£20.00

Nd. Copyright date 1909. Not first issue. A good copy in red cloth. The white lettering and illustration on the upper board is clear. The white lettering on the spine is faded but partly readable. No ownership inscription and only a little foxing. 121pp. Frontispiece. Would be very good but for part fading of spine lettering.
Published : Harper & Brothers, New York and London,
£10.00

Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's dark green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Some browning to endpapers. 251 pages. Contains additional poems to the first edition of 1827.
Published : Macmillan & Co., London 1893, Second Edition
£35.00

Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Hardback. n.d. A very good copy in publisher's red cloth profusely illustrated in gilt on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. 16 coloured plates and numerous marginal illustrations after drawings by the Scottish illustrator Anne Anderson. No inscriptions. 269 pages.
Published : Thomas Nelson & Sons, London, First Edition
£40.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Embossed stamp of previous owner on front end-paper. 205 pages. Illustrated. A lengthy biographical Introduction is followed by extracts from Urquhart's works.
Published : Gordon Fraser, London 1975, First Edition
£9.00

Illustrated by A. De Neuville and L Benett.
Hardback. [1873]. Printer's code of 1757-73 at page [220]. A very good copy in an attractive half-leather binding with five raised bands on spine and marbled boards. Ownership inscription and date (1875) at head of title page. Pp.[1-4],217, [218-220]. Black and white illustrations. Two page map at end. A little foxing to early and late pages.
Published : J. Hetzel & Cie, Paris,
£240.00

Hardback. A good copy in red cloth with decoration in black on upper board. Cloth a little wrinkled on upper board. A touch of wear at spine ends. Trace of a smallish damp stain at lower corner of upper board. No ownership markings and not foxed. 198 pages + 1 page list of author's books. Frontispiece and 5 illustrations + illustrated title page.
Published : Sampson Low Marston & Co, London 1894,
£95.00

Hardback. A very good copy in marbled boards with blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. Limited edition of 400 copies "for presentation by the Printer to his friends in printing and publishing Christmas 1954." Bookplate on front fixed end-paper. pp.xiv,[ii],30 + colophon. Tissue-guarded frontispiece.
Published : Privately Printed, Cambridge 1954,
£30.00

Hardback. A very good copy in publisher's blue cloth with title in blue on white title-piece on cream cloth spine. Blue endpapers. This is one of 250 large paper copie SIGNED by the author. Pp.xii,427. Fair dustwrapper which is chipped and torn down a larg part of spine. The wrapper is now protected in a removable cover.
Published : Mamcmillan & Co., Ltd., London 1921, First Edition
£50.00

Hardback.. A good copy in publ;isher's black cloth with title in gilt on front board. Lacks all before title page (including frontispiece?).102 pages. Not foxed. Poems in English on a wide variety of subjects e.g. "Peace and War", "On Life and Faith", "To the Highlanders" etc.
Published : William Smith, Bon-Accord Press, Aberdeen 1902, First Edition
£20.00

Illustrated by Evelyn Paul.
Hardback. Nd but inscription on front end-paper is dated 1914. Overall a very good copy in brown boards lettered and decorated in gilt but with some traces of damp-fading to the edges of the upper board. Top edge gilt. Other edges uncut. 140 pages. Attractive colour decorations and illustrations throughout. Music by Alfred Mereer.
Published : George G Harrap & Co. Ltd., London,
£70.00

A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. 212pp. Map. 8 illustrations. Comprises essays to commemorate the bicentenary of Galt's birth.
Published : The Ramsay Head Press, Edinburgh 1979, First Edition
£5.00

Nd. c. 1890? A good copy in soft leather covers decorated in gilt on upper cover. All edges gilt. Unpaginated but about 20 pages. A ballad illustrated by chromolithographs.
Published : Castell Brothers, London,
£20.00

Illustrated by John Gaastra.
Hardback. N.d. A very good copy in publisher's patterned boards with maroon coloured back strip with title in gilt. No inscriptions. Coloured full page frontispiece and many other small coloured illustrations. Free endpapers partly browned. 156 pages. The just about good dustwrapper shows some chipping, including two largeish chips. The wrapper is not price-clipped and is protected in a removable cover.
Published : The Folio Society, London, First Edition Thus
£25.00

A very good copy internally with no ownership or other inscription. The paper wraps, however, are considerably chipped at the edges and there is a closed horizontal tear across more than half of the front cover. One of 400 copies on small quarto paper.
Published : Privately Printed, London 1906, First Edition
£45.00

A very good copy in card covers. This was a presentation copy (but not by the author) to Hazel Smith, widow of Sydney Goodsir Smith. 53 pages. Foreword by Hugh MacDiarmid. A book of poetry.
Published : M. MacDonald, Edinburgh 1956, First Edition
£12.00

Hardback. A fine copy in dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Pp.xiv,264. Frontispiece. " This volume contains eleven poems freshly established from early manuscripts and prints" which "are valuable examples of particular kinds of humorous writing in Older Scots - comic, parodic and satiric."
Published : The Scottish Text Society 2016, First Edition
£30.00