Scottish Interest from Bird's Books

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Good. 8vo, pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth boards. 258pp including index & appendices, illustrated with 20 plates and 15 maps. Some edge wear/ rubbing to the dust jacket. Inner book lovely and clean in near fine condition. Contents include chapters on individual canals, including proposed ventures,… Read more about this item

Glasgow: University of Glasgow Press, 1976. Softcover. Very Good. A Study in Growth and Contraction. 8vo, pictorial card covers by Muirhead Bone. 124pp with index, illustrated with maps of Glasgow on the endpapers and eight illustrations by Muirhouse Bone. Lovely and clean inside, slight edge wear to the covers. Previous owner’s name scored out on front free endpaper.… Read more about this item

Glasgow: John Menzies & Co, 1893. A New Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Blue-green cloth with blindstamped borders to boards and gilt titles on spine. 178pp with adverts on the endpapers. Portrait frontispiece tissue guarded and twenty illustrations throughout the text. Humorous chapters on aspects of what was then the second city of the British Empire. Some of these… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, 1987. Softcover. Very good +. An overview of the connections between Scotland and Russia. The essays illustrate the more important contributions made by Scots to the varied history of Russia. Published to coincide with the 1987 exhibition by the Scottish Library. 105pp illustrated throughout in black and white.

Edinburgh: James Hogg, 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Library rebound in dark blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, 8vo, xii + 320pp plus 4pp adverts for other works by MacLagan with list of subscribers to the present work. Illustrated with a frontispiece of MacLagan and facsimile letter by the late Lord Jeffrey dated 1850. Ex reference library with… Read more about this item

Glasgow: David Robertson, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 8vo., library rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles and number on spine. Xi + 196pp. A history of the Iron and associated trades and manufacturing in the Coatbridge district. Including the collieries, railways, foundries, banks etc. Contents also include chapters on strikes, education, water supplies, canals, social activities,… Read more about this item

Glasgow: The Incorporation of Wrights, 1928. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo, green cloth boards with gilt motif on front. All edges red. Previous owner's name handwritten on front endpaper. Viii + 73pp + clxiv appendix. Illustrated with frontis and rear fold out facsimile seal. Includes Genealogical Roll of members. Also included are related ephemera, a letter regarding the Annual… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Printed by John Paterson, 1796. A New Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Half leather over paper covered boards, some discolouration, edges rubbed and corners bumped. Gilt titles on spine label. Speckled green page edges. Xxii + 175pp. With a brief biography of Bruce and discussion of his work which originally appeared in the periodical The Mirror. This edition… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1883. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good. Reid, George. 4to, cloth covered boards somewhat darkened with age, paper title label on spine. Corners bumped. Upper edge gilt. 115pp with 12 pages of tissue guarded plates of castles, cathedrals etc found along the railway. The descriptions cover the historical sites, with the history etc., as well… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1834. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, green cloth boards with gilt tiles on spine. Library rebound with name in gilt on front cover. Scarce first edition of this treatise on superstitions, their origins and the customs associated with them. Contents include chapters on Evil Eye, Invocations, and Maledictions; Occult Infection and Cure of… Read more about this item

Glasgow, 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Small 8vo., 239pp illustrated with 24 plates. original blind-stamped cloth. No author stated on title page. Spine dull, frayed at top and bottom. Binding cracked at front and rear pastedown. Contemporary name written at preface page dated 1868. First Edition. Bottom corner of one page missing, with no loss to illustration. Ex… Read more about this item

Glasgow: James Hedderwick & Sons. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, blue cloth boards with gilt titles on front. Undated. Water staining to covers, nice and clean inside. Binding cracked at title page. Short stories with humour set in Scotland, more specifically Glasgow. 142pp.

London : Herbert Jenkins, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Poor. The Story of Robert Sinclair: Miner. 8vo, pale blue cloth boards. Titles & border on front in dark blue. Certified first edition February 1920. 256pp. Spine partially detached, front free endpaper detached. A fictional story about a miner’s life, his work and his family, written by a miner who… Read more about this item

London: W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, 1775. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Complete in 2 volumes. Quarto. Full leather, library rebound (rebacked) at some point in the past using the original boards, gilt border. Inner dentelles decorated in gilt. Titles in gilt and library mark on spine. Marbled endpapers, hinges reinforced. Decorative philosophical library / museum bookplate on… Read more about this item

London: W. Hay, 1775. Hardcover. Very Good +. Scarce. Complete in 3 volumes. 12mo. Full blue leather, 5 bands and gilt tiles on spine. All edges bright gilt. Marbled endpapers with gilt decoration on leather at pastedown. Vol. I , ii + 170pp plus index & one page of publisher’s catalogue, has a piece missing from the edge… Read more about this item

Glasgow: John Tweed, 1871. Hardcover. Fair. “or An account of its origins, rise and progress…..”. 8vo, half leather with brown cloth boards. Binding rubbed especially at edges, vol. II spine detached on one side, rear board attached but loose. Marbled endpapers and edges. 1279pp illustrated with engraved frontispieces, fold out plate of seals, fold out plan, fold out… Read more about this item

Glasgow: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, printers to the University, 1762. Hardcover. Fair. Sm 8vo, half calf over marbled boards. Spine and edges rubbed and worn. Front board attached but loose. 152 pp. plus preface and list of contents. Ex reference library with pictorial and presentation bookplates, library number at front & reverse of title page, single… Read more about this item

Greenock: James McKelvie & Sons,, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Hardback, 4to. original full morocco with titles and decoration in gilt on front. Boards with bevelled edges. Rubbing and wear to edges and corners, gilt a little faded. All edges gilt. Lovely gilt decoration to the edges of the pastedowns, brown endpapers. Ornamented title page in red… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1882. Hardcover. Good +. Crombie. Quarto. Publisher's quarter pebbled calf and green cloth with gilt titles on spine, upper edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Xvi, 183pp + plates. 48 hand coloured tissue guarded double plates. This edition limited to 1040 copies and signed by publisher on limitation page. With illustrative notes and biographical sketches… Read more about this item

Dumbarton: E D Ogilvie, W Conolly and J Neilson, 1847. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, library rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles on spine. Viii +150pp, covering the history of Dumbarton until the 1840s. Ex reference library with presentation bookmark & single stamp on front free endpaper upper edge, first and last page, blind stamp and handwritten number… Read more about this item