Books and Manuscripts

A very good copy of this much revised and reprinted classic book on South African birds Roberts Birds of South Africa. Revised by G.R. McLachlan PH...

A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

The Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, Exhibiting the Present Condition of Geographical Discovery and Research in the Several Countries, Empire...

The Survey Atlas of Scotland; A Series of Sixty-Eight Plates of Maps and Plans, with Descriptive Text, illustrating the Topography, Physiography, G...

A handsome volume of both the First and Second Series of Emerson's essays, in a very attractive binding. Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books: Essays, ...

A set of 2 smart photo albums carrying the gilt initials 'M.R.' and dated to 1872. The first featuring topographical European settings, and the sec...

A fascinating biography of Joseph Duveen, first Baron Duveen (1869-1939). He was a British art dealer, and one of the world's most influential figu...

A prize presentation copy from Glasgow School of Art. Sketching from Nature; A Handbook for Students and Amateurs. By Tristram J. Ellis. With a Fro...

An attractive prize presentation copy from Glasgow School of Art. Anecdote Lives of William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Henr...

An attractive prize presentation copy from Glasgow School of Art. The Lives and Works of Michael Angelo and Raphael. By R. Duppa and Quatremere De ...

An attractive prize presentation copy from Glasgow School of Art. Elementary History of Art; An Introduction to Ancient and Modern Architecture, Sc...

An attractive prize presentation set from Glasgow School of Art. The Literary Works of Joshua Reynolds, First President of The Royal Academy. To Wh...

This is a rather splendid collection of 3 artists's studio books, from Scottish artist, James O'Dea, known better as Jamie O'Dea. who was born in G...

A nice example of this theatrical script, produced by Gowans & Gray of London and Glasgow. Featuring a very attractive cover with a colour prin...

A nice example of this theatrical script, produced by Gowans & Gray of London and Glasgow. Featuring a very attractive cover with a silhouette ...

A nice example of this theatrical script, produced by Gowans & Gray of London and Glasgow. Featuring a very attractive cover with and Egyptian ...

The Honourable Mr. Tawnish; A Romance, by Jeffery Farnol, Illustrated by C.E. Brock. Published by Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd., London. Undat...

The owner of this Scottish book, Ethel Allan Lees of "The White Hall', titles it 'Silly Book' on their cover label. Inside they compile a book cons...

A limited edition produced to commemorate Edinburgh University's 300th anniversary. The book comprises biographical and visual portraits of the key...

An impressive, and substantial photograph album from the firm of James Valentine (1815-1879) of Dundee, a leading photographer of the day in Scotla...

An impressive, and substantial photograph album from the firm of G.W. Wilson & Co., a Scottish photographic firm founded by pioneering Scottish...

A lovely copy of the first volume of the definitive catalogue raisonne of the works in oil, water-colour and pastel of John Singer Sargent. John Si...

Exhibition catalogue detailing the work of French neo-classical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). The exhibition took place at the ...

A beautiful Folio Society edition of this Elmore Leonard crime classic - a fine, as new copy, still sealed, with slipcase. Get Shorty, by Elmore Le...

Gennadeion Notes III; Athens in the Time of Lord Byron, by C.W.J. Eliot. Presentation copy from the author to William St Clair. A journal offprint;...

From the Memorial Service for British artist, William Nicholson (1872-1949) at Saint Martin-In-The -Fields church in London. Nicholson was a fine a...

Lord Byron, Early Travellers, and the Monastery at Delphi, C.W.J. Eliot. Presentation copy from the author to William St Clair. A journal offprint;...

Minerva Numismatic Handbooks Number Two; Coins of Ancient Athens. By C.M. Kraay (Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford). Provenance; from th...

A Complete Guide to Heraldry, by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. Illustrated by Nine Plates in Colour and Nearly 800...

English Heraldry, by Charles Boutell, M.A., with nearly Five Hundred Illustrations, drawn and engraved on wood by Mr. R.B. Utting and Others. Tenth...

The Scottish School of Painting, by William D. McKay, R.S.A., Librarian to the Royal Scottish Academy. Published by Duckworth and Co., London, and ...

A volume of compiled issues of The English Illustrated Magazine which was published between 1883 and 1913. It carried a variety of features includi...

A set of two Victorian photo albums which appear to feature a Scottish family's life and travels in Scotland (it is unclear if both albums relate t...

A very first volume of this monthly magazine which was the leading journal for the furniture and decorating trade of Victorian Britain. It carries ...

The Penny Pictorial Magazine, 3 bound volumes of issues, 1899-1900. The Penny Pictorial Magazine was sold weekly and its one penny price tag was de...

Hunting & Stalking The Deer; The Pursuit of Red, Fallow and Roe Deer in England and Scotland. By Lionel Edwards and Harold Frank Wallace. With ...