home bruce (6 Ergebnisse)

On letterhead, cropped down to 7.5 x 9 cm. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. Reads: 'March 10. 91 | B. C. | Alas! I am rusticating! | Aberdare'.

Original Blue Cloth Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 1909. 246pp+26pp. Includes 20 b/w plates, colour frontispiece of Bonnie Prince Charlie and b/w ills. in the text. Contents: Edinburgh at the Time of the Occupation of Prince Charles by Walter Biggar Blaikie, The Flodden Wall of Edinburgh by W. Moir Bryce, The Covenanters' Prison in the Inner Greyfriars Yard, Edinburgh by W. Moir Bryce, The Cannon-Ball House by Bruce J. Home, The Sculptured Stones of Edinburgh: II. The West-End and Dalry Groups by John Geddie, An Eighteenth Century Survival: The Wagering Club, 1775 by Jas. B. Sutherland, At the Back of St. James's Square by James Steuart, Edinburgh Street Traders and their Cries by James H. Jamieson, Old Cellars and Relics Discovered During the Excavations for the New Chapel at St. Giles' Cathedral by Francis Caird Inglis, Statues of Justice and Mercy, from the Old Parliament House by Thomas Ross, LL.D., Index and Appendix (Report of Second Annual Meeting, List of Members, Etc.). Blue cloth hardback with blind-stamped OEC monogram to bottom board, gilt Old Edinburgh Club crest to upper board and gilt titles to spine; top edges gilt. Very good condition. Some loss of pigment to cloth. Light foxing to prelims. Previous owner's name and date to first blank page. PLEASE NOTE: heavy book - extra postage may be needed.

hardback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. hardback, the original two volumes, published in 1905 and 1907 & combined here in one. Folio, measuring 15" x 11 1/8", quarter leather binding, green cloth boards, gilt device to the upper board, lettered gilt to the spine and gilt top edge. Scuffed to the leather, boards soiled. The binding remains tight, the volume free of marking but with foxing to the text, the fifty-four tipped-in b&w plates are clean. A very heavy volume which may attract a request for additional postage if ordered from locations outside the United Kingdom.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. One Volume Edition. Presumed 1907 - originally published in 2 'series' in 1905 & 1907, this is a complete edition with one single title page. Unpaginated. 54 tipped-in B&W plates, 27 from each series, each plate accompanied by a page of text, the first letter of which is in a large, decorative font. Beautiful plates - pencil drawings of buildings, houses, closes of Edinburgh's Old Town - Grassmarket, Cowgate, West Port, West Bow, High Street, Canongate etc. Bound in quarter green leather spine over green cloth boards. Gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Gilt crest to upper board. Very good condition with some wear to the spine and corners. Some minor soiling to boards. Offsetting to endpapers. Previous owner's name and address to ffep. PLEASE NOTE: Heavy book so extra will be needed for shipping to non-UK customers.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. John Knox's House, circa 1907. This volume combines the first and second series of these beautiful prints of Old Houses of Edinburgh. 1st edition. Drawn by Bruce J. Home and published at John Knox's House, by William J Hay in Edinburgh. Large leather and cloth Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Top corner edges bowed. Some Very minor wear on the spine. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

1st edition. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Pages loosely inserted. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; Physical description; 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 39 cm. Plates included: Lady Stair's House, Lawnmarket; Advocates' Close; Brown's Court; Plaistane Close; Back of Bakehouse Close; Bailie Fyfe's Close. Subjects; Architecture, Domestic Scotland Edinburgh. Edinburgh (Scotland) Description and travel. 3 Kg.