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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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The song of Lazarus
Poetry Folios
1945
A poem dedicated to Paul Eluard. Number 53 of a limited edition of 200.
This motoring
Cassell and Company Ltd
1931
A history of the A.A. presented as a set of interlinked narratives. Number 475 of a limited presentation edition of 500. Wirh a gift inscription from Stenson Cooke on verso of frontispiece. Loosely inserted boomark from Cooke.
The world of Jennings : an A-Z companion of Anthony Buckeridge's famous schoolboy
David Schutte
2005
A comprehensive guide to the Jennings stories. Signed by Jonathan Cooper, Val Biro, and David Schutte
Richard Learoyd: elevations
Stills Gallery
1991
Published to accompany and exhibition of Learoyd's photographs. Gift inscription from noted photographer Thomas Joshua Cooper.
Story of a parrot
MacNiven & Wallace
1909
A parrot's life story, from the bird's perspective. Gift inscription from the author on front free endpaper.
Leaves from the book of Scots
Scots Secretariat
1970s
Reprint of a pamphlet, originally published in 1914, by an early advocate of Scottish self-government. Gift inscription on front cover from another noted Scottish nationalist and geologist, Archibald Lamont.
Pan-o'-the-Pipes: eight fairy tales
A. Walker & Son
1915
A collection of fairy tales by the Borders poet. Gift inscription from the author on the front free endpaper.
The farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe, being the second and last part of his life
Constable & Company Ltd
1925
A facsimile reprint of the 1790 edition in a limited edition of 1775.
The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner
Constable & Company Ltd
1925
A facsimile reprint of the 1790 edition in a limited edition of 1775.
Songs of soldiers
C.P.S. Denholm-Young
1945
A collection of poems by Colonel Denholm-Young, perhaps best known as an author for 'Men of Alamein'. Signed on the title-page by the author on the title-page and with a gift inscription inside the front cover.
The poet's manual
Sotto Voce Press
1991
The collected poems and translations of the Irish scholar, including versions from Apollinaire's 'Le bestiaire'. Gift inscription from the author to fellow academic Derry Jeffares.
Mister Bannock: a nonsense story
Hodder & Stoughton Limited
1947
A collection of nonsense stories featuring, among others, the Moth-Eaten Sporran and the Hot-Water-Bottle-Nosed Dolphin. Gift inscription from the author on the front free endpaper.
William Gillies CBE RSA PPRSW ARA DLITT FEIS: retrospective exhibition
[Scottish Arts Council]
1970
Published to accompany an exhibition of the artist's work. Signed by Gillies on the title page.
Proverbs in porcelain, and other poems
Thomas B. Mosher
1909
A collection of poems by the British civil servant and essayist. From the library of publisher Martin Secker.
Rosa mundi
Salmon Poetry
1995
The second collection of poetry by the Irish writer and broadcaster. Loosely laid in note from Dorgan to Derry Jeffares.
Gavin Douglas : a selection from his poetry
Oliver and Boyd for the Saltire Society
1959
A selection from the work of the 16th century Scottish poet. From the library of noted endocrinologist Alfred T. Cowie, with a loosely inserted receipt for the book.
The house with the green shutters
John McQueen
1902
Describes the struggles of a proud and taciturn carrier, John Gourlay, against the spiteful comments and petty machinations of the envious and idle villagers of Barbie. From the library of Sydney Goodsir Smith, and signed by him.
The pendulum of battle: Operation Goodwood, July 1944
Leo Cooper
2004
An assessment of the largest British tank battle ever to have taken place. With loosely inserted correspondence between the author and Major Alastair Ritchie.
Flowers and fury: poems
F.W. Cheshire
1962
The author's third collection. With a gift inscription to Jeanne and Derry Jeffares on the title page.
Mossyface: a romance of the air
John Trendler and Norman Wright
1994
Originally published by John Leng in their Weekly Telegraph Novel series. Number 162 in a limited edition of 300.
No other appetite: Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and the blood jet of poetry
Grolier Club
2005
A catalogue published to accompany an exhibition at the Grolier Club in2005. From the library of Alan Anderson, of Tragara Press.
Daughters of earth
Chatto and Windus with the Hogarth Press
1972
A collection of poems by the English academic, writer and critic. From the library of Naomi Mitchison, often called the doyenne of Scottish literature
Two children: poems
Keepsake Press
1966
A collection of poems intended to represent the thoughts and feelings of two children. Number 75 of a signed limited edition of 175.
Lowland soldier
Collins
1945
A collection of poems from a renowned Scottish officer who later became the last British-born Governor-General of New Zealand. Note on front free endpaper about a commission for an illustration from Fergusson.
