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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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Catalogues of maps, geographical publications, and exhibitions
Various
1874-1887
A collection of 24 catalogues from Britain, Spain, Russia, Belgium, France, Holland and Germany, with a loosely laid in letter from the firm of Edward Stanford, and other loosely laid in material. From the library of noted cartographer John George Bartholomew.
Field astronomy
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1941
Prepared under the direction of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff. The personal copy of noted cartographer John C. Bartholomew, then Captain in the Royal Engineers.
Report of the Sixth International Geographical Congress held in London, 1895
John Murray
1896
A collection of papers on exploration, physical geography, cartography, etc., with exhibition, catalogue. From the library of noted cartographer John George Bartholomew.
Sixth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the County of Berwick
His Majesty's Stationery Office
1915
A guide to the ancient monuments of Berwickshire. From the library of Scottish scholar and senior Church of Scotland clergyman James Hutchison Cockburn.
Time of a flower
Anvil Press Poetry
1968
A selection of poems by the Italian writer. Number 16 of a signed and limited edition of 50.
The Aeneid of Virgil
[Bannatyne Club]
1839
Presented to the Bannatyne Club by Andrew Rutherfurd and George Dundas. From the library of Briglands. Sir Francis Palgrave's own copy, signed by him on the title-page.
An old kirk chronicle, being a history of Auldhame, Tyninghame and Whitekirk in East Lothian from session records, 1615-1850
William Blackwood and Sons
1893
A history of Auldhame Kirk and the surrounding area. Number 79 of a limited edition of 200.
Counter defensive: being the story of a bank in battle
Hodder and Stoughton
1946
An account of the Midland Bank's activities during the Second World War. Tipped in presentation page to Sir Harold E. Yarrow.
New poems: 1940 : an anthology of British and American verse
Yardstick Press
1941
A collection of American and British poetry. From the library of noted Scottish poet Ruthven Todd.
Wanderers: being a collection of the poems of
David Douglas
1891
An early reprint of this collection of poems. With a dedication and four lines of hand-written verse by the author to the Reverend Archibald Macmillan, dated October 2 1891. Loosely inserted publisher's catalogue of American authors.
Wordsworth in Scotland a selection from the poems of William Wordsworth inspired by his visit to Scotland in 1803
Signet Press
1957
A selection of poems by the famous English writer. Number 67 of a signed and limited edition of 300.
MacDiarmid: an illustrated biography of Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid)
Gordon Wright Publishing
1977
The life of MacDiarmid with numerous supporting photographs and illustrations
Bump-starting the hearse
Hutchinson
1983
A collection of poems by the English writer. From the library of Naomi Mitchison, often called the doyenne of Scottish literature.
An appeal to Scots honour
Scottish Secretariat Ltd.
1944
An account of Douglas Young's trial, and appeal against the Court's decision, for refusing to recognise conscription during the Second World War. Gift inscription from the appellant (Douglas Young) on the first page to Colonel A. G. Pape.
