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Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Pp.viii,148. 14 illustrations. A book about Edinburgh's Royal High School rather than an official history of the school.
Published : Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh 1934, First Edition
£10.00
Hardback. A very good copy in the original brown cloth lettered in gilt. No ownership niscription and only a little light foxing. Pp.xiii,301. Eight tales of true crime by a master story-teller.
Published : W. Green & Son, Edinburgh 1930, First Edition
£20.00
Hardback. A good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt. Front board a bit marked. Internally very good and with the ownership inscription of a former Scottish judge. Pp.xiii,301. Frontispiece and eight illustrations. A mixed bag of Scots and English crimes by a master story-teller.
Published : W. Green & Son, Edinburgh 1930, First Edition
£20.00
Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. A nice clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.xv,307 + 3pp publisher's adverts. Frontispiece (of Lord Braxfield) and eight illustrations. Essays on Scottish true crimes plus an essay on Lord Braxfield all told in the author's attractive and inimitable style.
Published : W. Green & Son, Edinburgh 1922, First Edition
£18.00
Hardback. A very good copy in red cloth lettered in gilt. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Pp.xv,307. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations. Essays mostly on Scottish crimes but including an essay on Lord Braxfield.
Published : W. Green & Son, Edinburgh 1922, First Edition
£18.00
Hardback. A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt. Neat gift inscription on front end-paper. Pp.xiii,259. 8 illustrations. A study of a number of Scottish murders and other crimes told in the author's inimitable manner.
Published : W. Green & Son, Edinburgh 1932, First Edition
£17.00
Hardback. A very good copy in brown cloth lettered in gilt. Inscription on front end-paper of a Scottish judge. Pp.xv,309. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations.
Published : W. Green & Son, Edinburgh 1928, First Edition
£20.00
Hardback. A very good copy in black cloth lettered in gilt. In a fair, price-clipped, dustwrapper which has two largeish chips. The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. Some edge and end-paper foxing. No ownership inscription. Pp.xi,332. Six illustrations. True stories of mainly Scottish criminals told in the author's inimitable style.
Published : Cassell, London 1940, First Edition
£15.00
Hardback. A good copy in red cloth which is faded on the spine (although the lettering is readable). Very good internally with no foxing and only a pencilled ownership inscription (of a former Scottish judge). Pp.xv,301. Frontispiece and four illustrations. Essays on (mostly) Scottish crimes of days gone by in the author's beautifully simple style.
Published : Cassell, London 1934, First Edition
£28.00
Softback. A very good copy in illustrated covers. No inscriptions. 213 pages. "In this latest collection of stories, Christopher Rush's poetic imagination continues to push back the literary frontiers as it explores every nook and cranny of his East Neuk of Fife, where all the stories are set."
Published : Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen 1989, First Edition
£6.00
Hardback. A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. In a very good dustwrapper. Inscribed on front end-paper "With the author's compliments" followed by his initials. Pp.xv,147. 14 illustrations. Folding map at end.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1930, First Edition
£30.00
A very good copy in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. Ownership and gift inscription. A clean copy without foxing. Pp.xv,147. 14 illustrations. Folding map.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1930, First Edition
£25.00
Illustrated by Tom Scott.
4to. A good copy in rather dull green boards which are lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. No.22 of 425 copies of the edition de luxe. List of subscribers at end. Pp.xxi,[3],340,vii. Frontispiece and 12 full-page illustrations. 8 illustrations in text.
Published : George Lewis & Son, Selkirk 1894, Edition De Luxe
£35.00
Hardback. A very good copy in laminated boards. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 224 pages. Many black and white illustrations. Map.
Published : Whittet Books Ltd, Stowmarket, Suffolk 1998, Reprint
£12.00
Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. In a good plus dustwrapper which has one three-quarter inch tear on the rear panel. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.[viii],95. Numerous plates, mostly in colour. The history of an Edinburgh golf club.
Published : Craigmillar Park Golf Club, Edinburgh 1995, First Edition
£20.00
Hardback. Small 4to. A good copy in a half-leather binding with marbled boards. Spine fairly heavly rubbed but title lettering clear. Top edge gilt. Bookplate. Marbled end-papers. Fairly heavy foxing to end-papers and frontispiece but otherwise quite clean. 35pp + one page Notes. Frontispiece of Riccio (or Rizio). Printer's device on title page.
Published : Robert Triphook, London 1815, First Edition
£75.00
Hardback. A very good ccopy in dark green boards lettered in gilt. In a good dustwrapper which has tears to spine ends and lacks a piece (approx. 2 inches by 1/2 inch) at top of rear panel. The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription, foxing or other internal marking. Pp.15,xvi,332. Coloured frontispiece. Black and white illustration. New Introduction by Donald Withrington. A first-hand account of everyday life in the Scottish Highlands of the nineteenth century which has been described as "a little classic." This is a facsimile reprint of the second edition of 1899 and is number 284 of 750 copies.
Published : Albyn Press, Edinburgh 1975, Reprint
£25.00
A fine copy in green sewn wrappers lettered in black. This is no. 134 of 300 copies and is signed by Edwin Morgan. An eight page poem ascribed from a very early date to Saint Columba. The poem is described as "a concentrated, relentless blast of fearful praise for the "altus prosator" of the opening line. Text in Latin and English.
Published : The Mariscat Press, Glasgow 1997, First Edition Thus
£28.00
Nd. c. 1975? Softcover. 20 pages. Poetry by an exile from Caithness, with some poems in English and others in the Caithness dialect.
Published : Privately Published, First Edition
£7.00
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