M'crie rev thomas (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good Plus. Second Edition. No stated date c1855. Presumed second edition. vii, 139, [ii], 436pp., frontispiece and 7 plates (including a list of Martyrs), and tail piece illustrations. The Bass Rock is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, situated approximately 1 mile offshore, and 3 miles north-east of North Berwick. The rock is uninhabited, but historically has been settled by an early Christian hermit, and the site of an important castle, which after the Commonwealth period was used as a prison. The island belongs to Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, whose family acquired it in 1706, and before to the Lauder family for almost six centuries. This book is a study of the Bass Rock, written by four respected authors. It starts with a History of the Bass by Thomas M'Crie (1797-1875), a Presbyterian minister and church historian; this is followed by an account of the Geology of the Bass by Hugh Miller (1802-1856), the famous Scottish geologist and writer; there is then a fascinating section on the Martyrs of the Bass (historical notices of 39 prisoners confined on the Bass) by James Anderson. The book closes with notices of the natural history of the rock - zoology by Professor John Fleming and botany by Professor John H. Balfour. The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and a blind stamped illustration of the Bass Rock on both boards. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling to the boards and bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with some scattered but mostly light foxing, including some marks on the frontispiece and title-page. The plate facing page 409 and a few pages near the start and end of the book are moderately affected. There is a personal name stamp on the front free endpaper. At the time of listing there is some Bass related ephemera loosely inserted at the front of the book. …

FIRST EDITION?, DELIGHTFUL BINDING octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, viii+436pp, illus. (all plates PRESENT), VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1866 to pastedown, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior, library catalogue number to spine (v. small, unobtrusive), light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, light foxing within).…

First Edition. Near fine copy in decorated blind-bordered boards with gilt-block decorated label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 290 & 47 p. Subjects; John Knox. Alexander Henderson. Rev. Thomas M'Crie. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in decorated blind-bordered boards with gilt-block decorated label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 290 & 47 p. Subjects; John Knox. Alexander Henderson. Rev. Thomas M'Crie. 1 Kg.