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[FINANCE]. The pleasing art of money-catching and the way to thrive, by turning a penny to advantage: with a new method of regulating daily expenses. Glasgow. Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 24pp. Disbound. Two leaves detached, occasional ink-spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28605

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[BANNATYNE CLUB]. Rules of The Bannatyne Club. Instituted February, MDCCCXXIII. [Edinburgh?]. [s.n.], [1823]. First edition. 8vo. 11pp, [1]. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes and chipping to gutters. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28590

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[SILVER PLATE]. [A manuscript inventory of the silver and gold plate at the estate of the Campbell-Orde baronets]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [1885-86] Quarto. [45] leaves, 23 used, the remainder blank. Later limp black cloth. Extremities worn. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplates of Peter Campbell and Charles William Orde loosely inserted. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 28607

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MITCHELL, Andrew. Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de dysenteria... Edinburgi [i.e. Edinburgh]. Apud Balfour et Smellie, 1789. Second edition. 8vo. [6], 35pp, [1]. With a half-title. Uncut. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28532

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NIXON, Montgomery. Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de hydrope anasarca... Edinburgi [i.e. Edinburgh]. Apud Balfour et Smellie, 1789. First edition. 8vo. [6], 30pp. With a half-title. Uncut. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28533

[THE GUARDIAN]. The guardian. Glasgow. Printed and sold by Robert Foulis, 1746. 12mo. In two volumes. [6], 334, [8]; [4], 346pp, [10]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed and sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28529

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[ERSKINE, John]. [An apparently eighteenth-century manuscript transcription of the journal of John Erskine of Carnock for the period between 1683 and 1685].. [s.i.]. [s.n.], [s.d.] Oblong 8vo. Manuscript on paper. [107]ff. Closely written on both rectos and versos. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards. Rubbed, upper board detached. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 18346

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[CAMERON, George]. A history and description of the town of inverness; its principal buildings, public institutions etc. With a guide to the various objects of interest in its neighbourhood; also, a statistical sketch of the county of inverness. Inverness. Kenneth Douglas, James Smith, and Donald Fraser, 1847. First edition. 8vo. 160pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28518

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CHAMBERS, Robert. Notices of the most remarkable fires in edinburgh, from 1385 to 1824, including an account of the great fire of november, 1824. Edinburgh. Printed [by James Clarke & Co.] for Chas. Smith & Co., 1824. First edition. iv, 74pp.

[Bound with:] PERKINS, Rev. Erasmus [translator]. Manual of the theophilanthropists; or, adorers of god and lovers of mankind. London. Published by J. Griffin, 1822. First edition. 35pp, [1].

12mo. Contemporary calf-tipped marbled boards, later naively rebacked in sheep. Extremities worn. Several leaves working-loose. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28521

[HOME, Henry, Lord Kames]. Historical law-tracts. Edinburgh. Printed by A. Kincaid, 1761. Second edition. 8vo. xv, [1], 463pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed, a trifle marked. Early inked ownership inscription of Joseph Crombie to title page, scattered ink-spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28530

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[HAGGART, David]. The life and adventures of david haggart. Written by himself, while under sentence of death; with an account of his execution. Glasgow. Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1850] 12mo. 24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Disbound, six loose bifolia. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28595

[LITTLE WHITE MOUSE]. The story of the little white mouse: or the overthrow of the tyrant king. Glasgow. Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 24pp. Woodcut on title. Title within ornamental border. Single folded sheet, unopened, as issued. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28604

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RAMSAY, Allen. A collection of scotch proverbs, containing all the wise sayings and observations of the old people of scotland. Paisley. Printed and published by G. Caldwell, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Six bifolia, unopened at head, as issued. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28598

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[GRAHAM, Dougal]. The comical tricks of lothian tom; with a selection of anecdotes. Glasgow. Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1840] 12mo. 24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Single folded sheet, unopened, as issued. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28601

[GHOST STORY]. The ghost of my uncle. To which is added, the outwitted tax-gatherer. Glasgow. Printed for the booksellers, [s.d., c. 1850] 12mo. 24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Six loose bifolia, as issued. A trifle creased. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 28597

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[ANECDOTES]. The anecdote-book: a choice collection of anecdotes, jests, witty sayings, bon mots, &c., &c. Selected from the best sources. Glasgow. Printed for the booksellers, 1856. 12mo. 24pp. Woodcut on title page. Title within ornamental border. Six bifolia, unopened at head, as issued. A trifle creased and dusty. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 28599

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CHALMERS, Thomas. Considerations on the system of parochial schools In Scotland, and on the advantage of establishing them in large towns. Glasgow. Printed by James Hedderwick, 1819. First edition. 8vo. 32pp. Uncut. Disbound. Spotted. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28525

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LOGAN, James. The scottish gaël, or, Celtic Manners as preserved among the Highlanders being an historical and descriptive account of the inhabitants, antiquities and national peculiarities of scotland... Inverness. Hugh Mackenzie, [1876]. 8vo. In two volumes. xl, 393, [1]; [6], 440pp. With a lithographed colour frontispiece to each volume, five further lithographed plates, and numerous engraved illustrations in the text. Partially unopened in original publisher's green cloth, printed paper lettering-pieces to spines. A trifle rubbed, lettering-pieces browned and chipped, upper board of Vol. I stained. Tickets of Glasgow-based bookseller Hugh Hopkins to both FEPs, endpapers browned, offsetting to ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28524

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CERNY, Frederick. Logrono: A Metric Drama in Two Acts. London. Marcus Ward & Co., 1877. First edition. 8vo. 119pp, [1]. With a half-title and 29 engraved illustrations in the text by T. Walter Wilson. Original publisher's green cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt and black, A.E.G.. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Very occasional light spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28644

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[LAWSON, John]. A dissertation on the geometrical analysis of the antients. With a Collection of Theorems and Problems, without solutions, for the exercise of young students. Canterbury. Printed and sold by Simmons and Kirkby, 1774. First edition. 8vo. [2], xxiv, 32pp. With two engraved folding plates. Disbound. Scattered spotting. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 22452