sir james marwick (23 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: Good. 1909. No edition remarks. 254 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Rough cut edges to textblock. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Some uncut pages. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. x, 240 p. 24 cm. Green cloth. White mark on rear, some lighter marks elsewhere. Crease in spine.Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown and signature on front free endpaper. Small tears in edge of p. 235.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1909. First edition. xi, 258pp. and a frontispiece portrait of the author. Sir James David Marwick (1826-1908) was a Scottish lawyer and historian, and served as Town Clerk of Glasgow for thirty-one years. He was also a prolific writer, and it was upon his initiative that the Scottish Burgh Record Society was founded. He edited a number of the society's publications, and in the present work he provides a history of the guilds and crafts of Edinburgh. It is divided into the following three parts: Laws and Customs Relating to Burgess-ship, Guilds and Crafts, Prior to the 15th Century; Burgess-ship, Guild Brotherhood and Membership of Crafts in Edinburgh, 1406-1588; and Burgess-ship, Guild Brotherhood and Membership of Crafts in Edinburgh, 1589-1872. There is also a comprehensive index. The book is bound in the original brown cloth covered bevelled boards with gold titling on the spine and a gold-stamped crest on the front board. 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 a name written on the half-title page. PLEASE NOTE: This is a large and fairly heavy book and extra postage may apply for delivery outside the UK.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Hardcover. sm4to, 25.2cm, Volume Two. xxvi,667p., frontis, text drawings, large rear folding map, indexes, many leaves uncut, gilt spine titles & City crest on front, original brick brown cloth, bevelled boards, very good to fine copy (scds) - The second volume of history of Glasgow, through documents, by its Town Clerk that starts with the acquisittion of Gorbals and Bridgend into the City. Illustrated by seals and signs of notary publics. With a town plan of Glasgow in 1782.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Hardback, gilt title to cloth spine. 25.5cm x 19cm. 68pp. 2 folding maps. Compliments slip from the author to front free end-paper. Binding slightly marked and worn. A pleasing copy. (r40).

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

First Edition. History of Trinity Church and Hospital in Edinburgh. VG+.

Study of the development of commerce in the Scottish capital. 258pp. VG.

First Edition. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. The set remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Bookplate of the Carlisle Public Library. Physical description: 2 v. : ill. ; 26 cm. Contents: Vol. 1, (in 2 pts.) 1175-1649 -- v. 2. 1649-1707, with appendix, A.D.1434-1648. Subjects: Glasgow (Scotland) ; Charters, grants, privileges; Glasgow (Scotland) History ; Sources; History; Glasgow (Scotland). 3 Kg.

First Edition. Historical documents relating to the City of Glasgow. 2 volume set. Volume 1 has a Compliments slip from the athor, Sir James Marwick, dated 1898, attached at the endpapers. Ownershiop inscription of Reverend G R Connock, Superintendent of the Mission to Seafarers in Glasgow in the post war years, to the endpapers. A Nice set in the original decorated boards.

First Edition. Plate of the seals as frontispiece . Name and number to half title. A Good copy with some scuff marks to covers.

First edition. 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches. Story of development of Glasgow from foundation to seventeenth century. Illustrated and map. Green cloth boards, somewhat soiled and spine light-stained. Internall y clean, only occasional light traces of foxing.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked bevelled board cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 250 pages; Physical desc.: 250. Frontis port. cm. 25. Subjects: Geography - Scotland. Series: Scottish Burgh Records Society ; [21] Publications (Scottish Burgh Records Society) ; 21. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Inst. Stamp to the ffep. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 0 pages; Physical desc. : 2 p., 4, [v]-xi, 258 p : front. (port. ) ; 26 cm. Subject: Guilds - Scotland - Edinburgh. Series: Scottish Burgh Records Society ; [21]. Publications (Scottish Burgh Records Society) ; 21. Includes bibliographical references and index. 4 Kg.

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Thick, heavy 4to. in pale olive green linen covered boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, liv + 254pp, frontispiece, plus 38 other full page plates, 15 maps (some folding), index etc . [CONDITION: An exceptionally well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked barely used copy (end leaves and page-block edges very slightly tanned, covers and spine very slightly sunned). An excellent copy ] . . . NOTE: Depending on destination this item may require an extra payment for insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

First Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with the title blocked direct in gilt. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical desc.: xxvi, 281 p. ; 26 cm. Subject: Edinburgh (Scotland) - Charters, grants, privileges. 4 Kg.

Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. Various (illustrator). First edition. A striking limited edition volume exploring the history of Glasgow, an illustrated work signed by the publisher. A limited edition, this being one of sixty copies made on handmade paper, signed by the publisher to the verso of the half-title. This copy is number ten.This volume offers a history of Glasgow from the earliest traces of the city up to the year 1611, by one of the leading historians of the city, James David Marwick.Marwick was the Town Clerk of Glasgow for thirty-one years, during which time the entire city was greatly transformed.Illustrated with two folding maps, and thirty-two plates. Collated, complete.Edited by Robert Renwick. In the original publisher's quarter morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Spine is faded with a few light marks. Scattered spots to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. signed by author. book.