1. [Constable, Archibald David].

The Farmer’s Magazine : A Periodical Work, Exclusively Devoted to Agriculture, And Rural Affairs.

Fourth Edition. Three Volumes [Volume I, II and III]. Edinburgh, Printed by D.Willison for Archibald Constable, 1802. Octavo (14 cm wide x 21.7 cm high). Volume I: II, 489 pages plus 7 unnumbered pages of an Index and including 1 full-page illustration of a “Plough for Cleaning Turnips”/ Volume II: 484, V pages plus 1 page of Advertising of “Books Printed for Archibald Constable” plus 1 Extra-Large Fold-out “Table, or Mode of Cultivating the Farm, 1 full-page plate showcasing the “Advantage to be derived from streighting of Rivers”, 1 full-page plate showcasing different Grubs and Caterpillars, 1 full—page Diagram showing compositions of soil (Clay, Sand or Gravel, Calx, Moorish or Mossy Soil, Loam or Black Rich Earth) / Volume III: Portrait-Frontispiece of Francis Duke of Bedford, 546 pages with 1 full-page “Plan of W. Hunter’s Feeding Byre at Eskmont” (with a Dung Court), 1 Text-Illustration showing “A Machine for Pounding Limestone”, 1 full-page plate showing the phenomenon of “Floating Land” – Farming next to a River, 1 Text-Illustration of “The Argyleshire Plough, invented by Alexander Campbell”, 1 extra-large fold-out plan of a Table showing Price-Developments of British Corn, Barley, Wheat, Peas, Bear, Bigg exported, 1 full-page plate showcasing the architectural structure of a Thrashing Mill Barn, 1 full-page plate showing the structure of sucessful Embankments. Hardcover / Original, decorative half- leather with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare in this original condition. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

2. [Kames] Henry Home, Lord Kames.

Elements of Criticism.

First Irish Edition. Two Volumes [complete]. Dublin, Printed for Sarah Cotter, 1762. Small Octavo (11.2 cm wide x 17.8 cm high). Volume I: VIII, 390 pages / Volume II: 387 pages plus 29 pages of an Index plus 4 pages of Advertising for 18th-century Irish printer and Bookseller, Sarah Cotter: “Books Publish’d by Sarah Cotter in Skinner-Row”. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering on spine. Name of preowner John Morrison on titlepages [possibly the 18th century – Architect John Morrison from Midleton, with a connection to Castlemartyr]. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The very rare, even scarce irish edition of this important publication of the Scottish Aesthetic Movement: “In the popular book Elements of Criticism (1762) Home interrogated the notion of fixed or arbitrary rules of literary composition, and endeavoured to establish a new theory based on the principles of human nature. The late eighteenth-century tradition of sentimental writing was associated with his notion that “the genuine rules of criticism are all of them derived from the human heart.” Neil Rhodes has argued that Lord Kames played a significant role in the development of English as an academic discipline in the Scottish Universities” (Wikipedia).

3. [Earl of Southesk, Charles Noel Carnegie, 10th] [Provenance: Adam Smith, Lady [Janet] and subsequently the Alpine Club London] / Carnegie, V.M.

A Kenyan Farm Diary – With Illustrations. [From the library of eminent scottish Writer, Mountaineer and Literary Critic, Janet Adam Smith and subsequently the Alpine Club in London for which Janet Adam Smith was Vice-President during the years 1978-1980 and to which she possibly had donated this book (our company has purchased a large stock of fantastic books and periodicals from the famous Alpine Club through Forum Auctions several years ago)].

Second Impression. Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1931. Octavo. Frontispiece, XII, 271 pages. With seven photographic illustrations on four plates. Original Hardcover with the very rare original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and foxing to the edges and several pages. This book is very rare in its original dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Charles Noel Carnegie, 10th Earl of Southesk (1854-1941): “To Lady Adam Smith from the Earl of Southesk – Jan 1934”. With a newspaper-clipping on an event of Inverness Central School loosely inserted and with a newspaper-clipping shopwing the elderly “Earl of Southesk and Mr. Donald Steuart-Fothringham going out to shoot over Petterden Moor, Angus”. A wonderful association copy !

4. Grand Lodge of Edinburgh.

The Constitution and Laws of the Grand Lodge of Antient [sic] Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland.

First Edition. Edinburgh, Grand Lodge of Edinburgh and Grand Secrertary, 1958. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. VI, 178 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt emblemata on the boards). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed: “Provincial Grand Secretary – 1st March, 1959”. This is an amended version, probably the copy of the Grand Secretary himself, in which clean, red highlighted corrections have been made by hand with printed errata leaves tipped in on three locations within the publication. Rare !

5. [Burnet, Gilbert] / Higgons, B.

Historical And Critical Remarks on Bishop Burnet’s History Of His Own Time. The Second Edition, with Additional Remarks. To which is added a Postscript, in answer to the London Journal of the 30th of January and 6th of February, 1724/1725.

London, Printed for P.Meighan, 1727. Octavo. [8], 348, [12] pages including Index and advertising of Books sold by P.Meighan. Hardcover / Oriignal 18th century full calf with ornament to spine and new spine-label created to style. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

6. Various.

Ardnamurchan: annals of the parish.

Edinburgh, Summerhill Press, 1990. 15 cm x 21 cm. VII, 64 pages and fold out map. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear.

7. McNair Scott, Ronald.

Robert the Bruce – King of Scots.

New York, Barnes & Noble Books, 1993. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XVIII, 253 pages. Some black and white maps and family trees throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. Reid, Thomas.

Essays on the Active Powers of the Human Mind. Introduction by Baruch Brody.

Cambridge / London, The M.I.T. Press, 1969. 8°. XXIV, 481 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

9. [Ord, Thomas] McMillan, Stuart.

Thomas Ord. Circus Proprietor. Scotland’s Greatest Equestrian. Founding Father of Pinder’s Circus.

Glasgow, The Smiddy Press, 2010. 29,5 cm x 21 cm. 112 pages. With several black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout the book (showing Posters of Thomas Ord’s Circus etc.). Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed by author Stuart McMillan to british specialist of the Travelling Circus, Robert Fountain.

10. Northfield, The Rt. Hon. Lord.

Acquisition and Occupancy of Agricultural Land: Committee of Inquiry Report.

London, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1979. Octavo. 378 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear (some pages dogeared). Otherwise very good ! Rare ! Name of preowner on endpaper.

11. Malloch, D. Macleod.

The Book of Glasgow Anecdote.

First Edition. London, T.N. Foulis, 1912. 14 cm x 20 cm. 396 pages. Includes 36 plates with beautiful illustrations and a fold-out map of Glasgow. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Some staining to the cover. Otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

12. MacLellan, Captain John.

Logan’s Complete Tutor for the Highland Bagpipe. And a Selection of marches, Quicksteps, Laments, Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances, Followed by Piobaireachd Exercises & the Famous Piobaireachd Cha Till McCruimein.

London, Paterson’s Publications Ltd., No date (c.2000). 25.5 cm x 18 cm. 44 pages including photographs and sheet-music. Original softcover pamphlet. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

13. Linklater, Eric.

A Year of Space: A Chapter in Autobiography.

London, The Reprint Society, 1954. 13 cm x 19 cm. 319 pages. Original hardcover. Very good condition with some clear signs of external wear. Contains stamp by previous owner.

14. Hunter, James.

A Dance Called America. The Scottish Highlands, the United States and Canada.

Edinburgh / London, Mainstream Publishing, 1995. 15.6cm x 23.4cm. 288 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

15. Eisenstaedt, Alfred.

Aberdeen – Portrait of a City.

Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing, 1984. 24.5 cm x 32 cm. 91 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

16. Daiches, David.

Edinburgh: A Travellers’ Companion. Selected and introduced by David Daiches.

London, Constable and Company Limited, 1986. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 246 pages. With many illustrations. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine fading. [The Travellers’ Companion Series].

17. Blaikie, W.B.

Thomas Graves Law [Including an Appendix with: “A Bibliography of the Principal Writings and Editions of Thomas Graves Law”].

No Place of print Given, Privately Printed, 1904. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Frontispiece (Black and white photograph of Thomas Grave Law). 39 pages. Original Softcover. Stiff card covers. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Foxing to endpapers and some isolated occurances to internal pages. Pencil marking by previous owner on endpaper.

18. [Daniel Conner Library (Manch House)] – [Ossian] McPherson, James.

The Poems of Ossian, Translated by James MacPherson, Esq. With The Translator’s Dissertations on the Era and Poems of Ossian ; Dr.Blair’s Critical Dissertation; And An Inquiry into the Genuineness of These Poems, Written Expressly for this Edition, by the Rev. Alex[ander] Stewart.

Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, High-Street, no year [c.1820]. Duodecimo. Frontispice and engraved Titlepage, VIII, 590, 2 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Binding slightly shaky but still holding. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his name in ink to endpaper.

19. Shoemaker, Michael Myers.

Palaces Prisons and Resting Places of Mary Queen of Scots.

No 26 of 375 Numbered Copies. London, H. Virtue and Company Limited, 1902. 37 cm x 29 cm. 196 pages. With 8 full page photo gravures, 24 full page plates and 30 textual illustrations. Original, parchment covered Softcover with supralibro to frontcover. Very good copy in the original white vellum covers. Only slightly foxed.

20. Graham, Henry Grey.

Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1901. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XII, 441 pages. Includes an illustrated Frontispiece with a reproduction of a mezzotint after Allan Ramsay (protected with a tissue guard). With a further 31 black-and-white illustrations (portraits). Original Hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering). Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Some foxing evident with one illustration plate detached. An interesting Exlibris / bookplate with the engraved Motto: ‘Semper Paratus’ from the library of Albert A. Smith on front pastedown.

21. Edward, Ian.

The Royal Aberdeen Golfers: 225 Years on the Links.

Worcestershire, Grant Books, 2005. 18 cm x 25 cm. XIV, 218 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Signed by the author. Very Rare !

22. Douglas, Sir George.

A History of The Border Counties – Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles.

Edinburgh / London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1899. 8°. XVII, 482 pages. Original Hardcover (red blind-stamped-cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front-board). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including the often missing maps (3 large, folded maps in pockets attached to the inner boards of the binding). Map I: Teviotia Vulgo Tivedail – (Map by Joan Blaeu of Teviotdale,Tweedale& Liddsdale) / Map II: Tvedia cum vicecomitatu Etterico Forestae etiam Selkirkae dictus (Twee-dail with the Sherifdome of Ettrick-Forrest called also Selkirk) by Joan Blaeu / Map III: Ordnance Survey Map of “The Counties of Roxburgh, Peebles and Selkirk”. The Blaeu – Maps with very minor damages only. [The County Histories of Scotland]

23. [Saunders, Richard] Rider, Cardanus.

Rider’s British Merlin: For the Year of our Lord 1799. Being the Third after Bissextile or Leap-Year. Adorned with many delightful and useful Verities, fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain’s Monarchy. With notes of Husbandry, Fairs, Marts, High Roads and Tables for many necessary uses. Compiled for the Country’s Benefit by Cardanus Rider. [With: “The Arms of the Peers, Peeresses &c. of England, Scotland & Ireland the Insignia of the Different Orders of Knighthood with the Baronets of Great Britain and the Dates of their Creations” [With: “Heraldry in Miniature” / Including a small section to the end of the publication with “British Governments in America and the West-Indies with Upper Canada – Lower Canada – Cape Breton – Virgin Island – Montserrat – Grenada – Jamaica – Leeward Islands – Barbados [Barbadoes]” etc.]. [ With a section on “Peers, Peeresses and Bishops of Ireland – That are Not Peers of England”].

London, Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1799. Slim-Octavo (9,5 cm x 16 cm). Collation complete with parts of the book interleaved: 60, XXXVI, [122 + 4 misbound planches with coats of arms, pagination incorrect but all plates available that are called for], plus 321 pages [House of Peers of Great Britain with misprinted pagination to the beginning of the 321 pages]. Original Hardcover / 18th century or early 19th century red leather. Stronger rubbed but firm and intact binding. Interior with tear to page 15/16, some minor foxing and browning only, some writing to interleaved pages in a child’s hand. All plates with Heraldic Bearings, Coat of Arms, Emblemata, Badges etc. included. Here the rare 1799 publication with over 500 examples of Heraldry of Ireland, Scotland and England. Includes Irish Earls, Irish Barons, Irish Archbishops, Irish Viscounts, etc. [Coat of Arms of Fingal, Glandore, Lisburne, Winterton, Arran, Barrymore, Marq. Donegall, Clanricarde, Fife, Lowth, Upper Ossory etc. etc.]

24. [Foster, Sir Michael] / [Sarah Cotter – Dublin Printing History].

A Report of Some Proceedings on the Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery for the Trial of the Rebels in the Year 1746 in the County of Surry, and of other Crown Cases. To which are added Discourses upon a Few Branches of the Crown Law.

First Dublin Edition. Dublin, Printed for Sarah Cotter, in Skinner-Row, 1763. Octavo. XI, 412 pages plus 16 pages of Index and “Table of the Principal Matters”. Original Hardcover / Full 18th century calf with new spine-label. The binding firm and in excellent condition. Important: Several strong puncture – wounds to the first 54 and last 60 pages (without loss of text). Some occasional staining but text overall clean. A very rare Sarah Cotter print from 18th century Dublin. Although no sign of it, the book came from the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

25. Sinclair, John.

The Statistical Account of Scotland. Drawn up from the Communications of the ministers of the Different Parishes. Collection of five Volumes including Volumes 7 (1793), 8 (1793), 10 (1794), 11 (1794) and 19 (1797). Including the County of Fife, County of Ayr, Syno of Glasgow etc.

Original Edition. 5 Volumes. Edinburgh, William Creech, 1793 – 1797. Octavo. Collation: Volume 7: VI, 625 pages / Volume 8: (3), 650 pages / Volume 10: VIII, 637 pages / Volume 11: (4), 627 pages / Volume 19: VI, 631 pages. Illustrated with maps and illustrations ! Modern Hardcover (half cloth with marbled-paper covered boards. New endpapers. Excellent recent Masterbindings). Excellent condition of all five Volumes. Paper and illustrations in wonderful condition.

26. Handcoloured Map Art of 18th century Scotland – [Millar, William] / [Grant, John] / [Leslie, William] Forsyth, Isaac / [Hugh Houstoun].

A Survey of the Province of Moray; Historical, Geographical, and Political. [Inscribed and dedicated by scottish Mapmaker William Millar / Including the amazing, large Map of Moray and the Nairn Shires by William Millar (51 cm x 49 cm) and the engraving of “Elgin Cathedral” (also by William Millar)].

First Edition. Aberdeen, Printed for Isaac Forsyth, Bookseller, Elgin, 1798. Octavo (14 cm x 21,5 cm). Folded, hand-coloured Frontispiece-Map by William Millar, Frotispiece-Engraving of the “Elgin Cathedral” , VIII, 353 pages. Original Hardcover / Original 18th or early 19th century leather with original spinelabel. The large, hand-coloured Map with a minor tear only. Corners slightly bumped. Spine slightly starting but overall in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Interesting Provenance and signed manuscript dedication by the Cartographer and Mapmaker William Millar: From the library of Aberdeen Highlander, Major Hugh Houstoun, with a dedication: “April 27th, 1798 – To Major Hugh Houstoun – from his Much obliged and Humble Servant William Millar”.

27. Campbell, John.

Lives of the Admirals, And other eminent British Seamen; containing Their Personal Histories, and a Detail of all their Public Services. Including A new and accurate Naval History, from the earliest Account of Time; and clearly proving by a continued Series of Facts, our uninterrupted Claim to, and Enjoyment of, the Dominion of our Seas. Interspersed With many curious Passages, relating to our Discoveries, Plantations and Commerce. Supported throughout by proper Authorities.

The Third Edition. In Four Volumes (complete set). London, Printed for T.Osborne, C.Hitch and L.Hawes, H.Woodfall, J.Rivington and others, 1761. Octavo (13.5 cm x 20.5 cm). Pagination [see full list of maps and portraits below the description]: Volume I: 587 pages with one folded map and two portraits / Volume II: 580 pages with one folded map and two portraits / Volume III: 488 pages with two fold-out maps / Volume IV: 519 pages with two fold-out maps. Hardcover / Original 18th century – calf with gilt ornament and original spine-labels [of which one spine-label has been recently replaced in matching style]. Bindings all firm and with only minor signs of wear and bunping to top and bottom of spine’s. Interior, Maps and Portraits all in excellent condition. Very inor, faded dampstain to the outer margins of some pages of Volume III. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

28. [Mirror Club, The] / Henry Mackenzie / William Craig / Alexander Abercromby / Alexander Fraser Tytler.

The Mirror – A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780 [″Veluti in Specula”].

Fourth Edition overall [First Dublin Edition]. In Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed by T.Henshall for T.Walker, 1782. Small Octavo (10 cm x 18 cm). VI, 288, VIII, 288 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with new spinelabels, made to style. Both Volumes now in protective Mylar. Some minor wormhole-damage to the last 20 pages of Volume Two.Minor lesions to some pages only. Faded dampstain to both Volumes. Still, both Volumes firm and complete. Important scottish enlightenment publication. From the library of one “John Courtenay”, with his name in ink on the titlepages of both Volumes. This is possibly John Courtenay (22 August 1738 – 24 March 1816), who was an Irish officer in the British Army, later becing a politician in England. He was a Whig member of Parliament (MP) at Westminster from 1780 to 1807, and again in 1812. (Wikipedia)

29. Blair, Hugh.

Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Letters.

First Dublin Edition. In Three Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Colles, Burnet, Moncrieffe etc., 1783. Large Octavo (13,5 cm x 21 cm). Pagination: Volume I: 429 pages / Volume II: 444 pages / Volume III: 389 pages plus 34 unnumbered pages of an Index. Hardcover / Original full leather. Original Trinity College Dublin price-binding with supralibros on all boards (some in gilt) and three beautiful price-bookplates from Trinity College, awarded to Ricardo Meade, on the pastedowns. Some old wormhole-damage. Still overall very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Meade (Ballymartle), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

30. [Provenance: King’s Bromley Manor Library / Bumpus Bookshop – Binding] Foster, J.J.

The Stuarts: Being Outlines of the Personal History of the Family. Illustrated from Portraits, Miniatures &c. in the Most celebrated Collections.

London, Dickinsons, 1907. 4°. Frontispiece, (10), 250 pages with 34 full-page plates (Portraits). Edges gilt. Hardcover / Excellent full morocco – binding on five raised bands for Bumpus Ltd. Oxford St, probably bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. With gilt lettering on ornaments on spine and coat of arms on front board. The image shown is identical with our edition. Front board slightly weakened. Otherwise in near Fine condition with only minor signs of wear. Bookplate to pastedown. Spine darkened. Bookplate of John Henry Hervey Vincent Lane “Garde le Roy” (Kings Bromley / Staffordshire) to pastedown.

31. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles.

A Complete Guide to Heraldry. [With a chapter: “The Status and the Meaning of a Coat of Arms in Great Britain”]. Illustrated by Nearly 800 Designs, Mainly from Drawings by Graham Johnston, Herald Painter to the Lyon Court.

Revised Edition. London and Edinburgh, T. Nelson & Sons, Ltd. / T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd., no year [c.1925]. 18 cm x 24 cm. Frontispiece, XII, 647 pages. With 779 illustrations and 9 plates including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Large heraldic device on front board. With rare illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar. Deckled fore and tail-edges. Gilt top edges. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dustjacket chipped and torn. Some minor foxing to endpapers and edges. Some untrimmed pages. Unmarked interior.

32. [Cromwell, Oliver] Carlyle, Thomas.

Oliver Cromwell’s Letters and Speeches : With Elucidations. [Including a special chapter on the Irish Campaign].

First Edition. Three Volumes (complete set with the Supplement in Second Edition). London, Chapman and Hall, 1845 – 1846. Octavo (14,5 cm x 22 cm). Volume I: Frontispiece-Portrait of Cromwell, engraved by Francis Holl, with Cromwell’s facsimile – signature, XII, 522 pages / Volume II: XIV, 692 pages / [Volume III] Supplement to the First Edition: XVIII, 224 pages plus c. 230 empty pages for annotations and notes, which were left empty by the 19th century owner. Hardcover / Stunning, original 18th century full calf with gilt lettering and original spine-labels. Marbled Endpapers matched with marbled edges all around. Strengthened and restored bindings in splendid and firm condition. Minor, repaired tear to titlepage of Volume I only. The text in excellent, very clean condition (which is unusual for this set). Very Rare in this condition !

33. Moir Bryce, William.

Holyrood. Its Palace and Its Abbey. An Historical Appreciation. With 49 Illustrations (tipped in photographs with their original, titled tissue-guards).

Edition de Luxe (One of only 200 copies printed / this one unnumbered). Edinburgh, Otto Schulze and Company, 1914. 28.3cm x 22cm. xliv, 122 pages. Hardcover / Half leather with gilt lettering on spine and marbled endpapers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.