Sothebys: Rare and interesting Scottish Books And a few manuscripts together with smaller collections of books on various subjects including early Protestant theology, both English and Continental, Chapbooks, Hebrew, Topography, and other subjects. The Property of The Free Church College, Edinburgh The Property of The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Kintore The Property of the late William Harvey, F.S.A. Scot.The Property of the late Professor William J. Smith, M.C., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. The Property of The Hornel Trust The Prope, SKIP,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 28, 1979 - September 28, 1979
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Hogg (James) | The Shepherd's Guide | Edinburgh | 1807 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 130.00 |
| 402 | (Home, Henry, Lord Kaimes)) | Edinburgh | 1779 |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 28.00 | |
| 403 | Jonston (J.) | Inscriptiones Historicae Regum Soc-torum | Edinburgh | 1602 |
GBP 150.00 - 200.00 | 160.00 |
| 404 | (Johnstone (Mrs. Christian Isobel)) | The Saxon and the Gael | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 60.00 | ||
| 405 | Johnstone (J.) | Antiqutates Celto-Scandicae | Copenhagen | 1786 |
GBP 15.00 - 30.00 | 50.00 |
| 406 | (Langhorne (John)) | Solyman and Almena (A Novel) | 1762 |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 80.00 | |
| 407 | (Leyden (J., editor)) | Scotish descriptive Poems | Edinburgh | 1803 |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 30.00 |
| 408 | The Life of Arthur Lord Balmerino | London | 1746 |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | 45.00 | |
| 409 | Lindsay (Sir David) | The poetical Works ed. Laing | Glasgow | 1871 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 50.00 |
| 410 | McBane (Donald) | The Expert Sword-Man's Companion | Glasgow | 1728 |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | 70.00 |
| 411 | Mackenzie (A.) | History of the Clan Mackenzie | Glasgow | 1913 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 60.00 |
| 412 | Mackie (Charles) | Historical Description of the Royal Palace of Linlithgow | Edinburgh | 1830 |
GBP 15.00 - 20.00 | 15.00 |
| 413 | M'Nicol (D.) | Remarks on Dr. Johnson's Journey | 1779 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 90.00 | |
| 414 | (McPherson (James)) | Fragments of ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1760 |
GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 380.00 |
| 415 | Maitland (W.) | The History of Edinburgh | Edinburgh | 1753 |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 160.00 |
| 416 | Map of the Glasgow | Glasgow | 1840 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 55.00 | |
| 417 | Neill (P.) | A Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland | Edinburgh | 1806 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 55.00 |
| 418 | ORKNEYINGA SAGA sive Hitoria Orcadensium ed Jonas Jonaeus | FIRST EDITION | Copenhagen | 1780 |
GBP 150.00 - 250.00 | 300.00 |
| 419 | Pennecuik (Alexander) and others | A compleat Collection of all the Poems | Edinburgh | (1744?) |
GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 110.00 |
| 420 | Pinkerton (John) | Vitae Antique Sanctorum que habitaberunt in ea parte Britanniae nunc vocata Scotia | GBP 80.00 - 120.00 | 220.00 | ||
| 421 | THE PROTESTATION OF THE GENERALL ASSEMBLE of the Church of Scotland | Glasgow | 1638 |
GBP 300.00 - 400.00 | 260.00 | |
| 422 | Reid's Monthly Time Table and Advertiser of the York | Newcastle | May, 1849 |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 18.00 | |
| 423 | Robertson (G.) | Topographical Description of Ayrshire | Irvine | 1820 |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | 55.00 |
| 424 | Robertson (G.) | Topographical Description of Ayrshire | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 60.00 | ||
| 425 | Robertson (James, Schoolmaster) | The Ladies Help to Spelling | Glasgow | 1722 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 190.00 |
| 426 | Simson (Robert) | The Elements of Euclid | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 100.00 | ||
| 427 | (Smith (Alexander)) | The Musical Miscellany | Perth | 1786 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 38.00 |
| 428 | Taylor & Skinner's Survey of the Roads of Scotland | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | 70.00 | |||
| 429 | VERSE AND PROSE COMMONPLACE BOOK | GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 150.00 | |||
| 430 | Wallace (James) | An Account of the Islands of Orkney | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 38.00 | ||
| 431 | (Watson (J.) | A choise Collection of comic and serious Scots Poems | Edinburgh | 1713-09-11 |
GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | 280.00 |
| 432 | Welsh (John) | A Reply against Gilbert Browne Priest | Edinburgh | 1602 |
GBP 100.00 - 200.00 | 160.00 |
| 433 | Agnew (Sir Andrew) | The hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway | Edinburgh | 1876-80 |
GBP 35.00 - 60.00 | 100.00 |
| 434 | [Anderson (James) | Selectus Diplomatum & Numis-matum Scotiae Thesaurus | [c. 1739] |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 130.00 | |
| 435 | Baird (W.) | John Thomson of Duddingston Pastor and Painter | Edinburgh | 1895 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 25.00 |
| 436 | Barclay (John) | The Assurance of Faith vindicated | Kirkacaldy | (1803) |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 20.00 |
| 437 | Beattie (W.) | Caledonia illustrated | GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | 50.00 | ||
| 438 | Bentley (R.) | Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris | 1698 |
GBP 15.00 - 25.00 | 8.00 | |
| 439 | Beveridge (E.) North Uist | 1903 |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | 160.00 | ||
| 440 | Bible, N.T. | 14 May 1777 |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | 40.00 | ||
| 441 | Bible | Ediburgh | 1746 |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 10.00 | |
| 442 | Bible in Minature | Edinburgh | 1826 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 100.00 | |
| 443 | Billings (R. W.) | The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1845-52 |
GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | 80.00 |
| 444 | Billings (R. W.) | The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 55.00 | ||
| 445 | Blair {Rev. Hugh) | Aireamh Thagta de Shearmoinibh (Sermons) | GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 25.00 | ||
| 446 | Bonar (J. J.) | Divine Judgements | GBP 5.00 - 15.00 | 28.00 | ||
| 447 | The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club | Edinburgh | 1908-74 |
GBP 50.00 - 100.00 | 150.00 | |
| 448 | British Sports and Sportsmen | GBP 15.00 - 30.00 | 26.00 | |||
| 449 | Browne (James) | A History of the Highlands | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 100.00 | ||
| 450 | (Buchanan (G.) | Rerum Scoticarum Historia) | edinburgh | 1582 |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 6.00 |
| 451 | Buchannan (R.) | The Land of Lome including the Cruise of the 'Tern' to the Outer Hebrides | 871 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 28.00 | |
| 452 | Bunyan (John) | The Pilgrim's Progress | Glasgow | 1751 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 25.00 |
| 453 | Burns (R.) | Works | GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 10.00 | ||
| 454 | (Burt (E.)) | Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland | 1754 |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 60.00 | |
| 455 | (Burt (E.)) | Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 45.00 | ||
| 456 | The Caledonian Magazine or Aberdeen Repository | GBP 60.00 - 100.00 | 480.00 | |||
| 457 | Campbell (Lord Archibald) | Records of Argyll | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 55.00 | ||
| 458 | (Campbell (-, editor?)) | Co-chruinneachadh do Dh' orannibh Gaidhealach (The Inverness Collection of Songs) | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | 130.00 | ||
| 459 | Chalmers (G.) | Caledonia | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 20.00 | ||
| 460 | Chalmers (G.) | Caledonia | Paisley | 1887-1902 |
GBP 40.00 - 80.00 | 65.00 |
| 461 | Chambers (R.) | Traditions of Edinburgh | Edinburgh | (c. 18250) |
GBP 5.00 - 10.00 | 42.00 |
| 462 | Chapman (George, of Dumfries) | A Treatise on Education | Glasgow | 1818-20 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 55.00 |
| 463 | Clerk (Thomas) | Autograph manuscript containing notes kept by Thomas Clerk probably when attending a university course in Natural Philosophy | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 25.00 | ||
| 464 | Crawfurd (G.) and W. Semple | The History of the Shire of Renfrew | Paisley | 1782 |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | 25.00 |
| 465 | Crawfurd (G.) and G. Robertson | A general Description of the Shire of Renfrew | Glasgow | 1835 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 15.00 |
| 466 | Cunningham (A.) | The Songs of Scotland | 1829 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 20.00 | |
| 467 | Dalyell (Sir John G.) | Rare and remarkable Animals of Scotland | 1847-48 |
GBP 100.00 - 150.00 | 90.00 | |
| 468 | Douglas (Robert) | The Peerage of Scotland | Edinburgh | 1764 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 20.00 |
| 469 | Durham (James) | A Commentarie upon the Book of Revelation | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 140.00 | ||
| 470 | Durham (James) | Clavis Cantici : or | GBP 60.00 - 80.00 | 160.00 | ||
| 471 | Edinburgh Almanack for the Year M.DCC.LVIII | Edinburgh | (1757) |
GBP 30.00 - 50.00 | 50.00 | |
| 472 | The Edinburgh Almanack for the Year M.DCC. LXIII | GBP 80.00 - 100.00 | 110.00 | |||
| 473 | Encyclopaedia Britannica .. Fourth Edition | GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | 280.00 | |||
| 474 | Eyre-Todd (G.) and others | The Book of Glasgow Cathedral | Glasgow | 1898 |
GBP 10.00 - 20.00 | 5.00 |
| 475 | Faujas de Saint Fond (B.) | A Journey through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 | Glasgow | 1907 |
GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 70.00 |
| 476 | Findlater (C.) | General View of the Agriculture of... Peebles | Edinburgh | 1802 |
GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 48.00 |
| 477 | Forbes (R.) | Jacobite Memoirs of the Rebellion of 1745 ed | Aberdeen | (1798) |
GBP 15.00 - 20.00 | 28.00 |
| 478 | (Forsyth (R.)) | The Beauties of Scotland | GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 70.00 | ||
| 479 | Foster (Birket) | Pictures of English Landscape | 1864 |
GBP 5.00 - 15.00 | 18.00 | |
| 480 | Foster (J. J.) | The Stuarts | 1902 |
GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 40.00 | |
| 481 | Fraser (Sir William) | The Scotts of Buccleuch | Edinburgh | 1878 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 25.00 |
| 482 | Fraser (Sir William) | The Chiefs of Grant | Edinburgh | 1883 |
GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 48.00 |
| 483 | Fraser (Sir William) | Memorials of the Earls of Haddington | Edinburgh | 1889 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 30.00 |
| 484 | Geddes (W.) and P. Duguid | The heraldic Ceiling of the Cathedral Church of St. Machar Old Aberdeen | GBP 40.00 - 60.00 | 45.00 | ||
| 485 | Gillies (John) | A Collection of ancient and modern Gaelic Poems | Perth | 1786 |
GBP 30.00 - 60.00 | 42.00 |
| 486 | (Grant {Mrs. Anne) | Letters from the Mountains | 1807 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 30.00 | |
| 487 | Gregory (David) | A Treatise of Practical Geometry | Edinburgh | 1745 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 60.00 |
| 488 | Grose (F.) | The Antiquities of Scotland | 1789-91 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 80.00 | |
| 489 | Grose (F.) | The Antiquities of Scotland | 1789-91 |
GBP 50.00 - 80.00 | 110.00 | |
| 490 | Hamilton (William) | Book-Keeping new modelled or | 1735 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 160.00 | |
| 491 | (Herd CD.)) | Ancient and modern Scottish Songs | Edinburgh | 1776 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 32.00 |
| 492 | History of the Church and Parish of St. Cuthbert | Edinburgh | 1829 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 40.00 | |
| 493 | Hogg (James) | The poetical Works | GBP 25.00 - 50.00 | 20.00 | ||
| 494 | HOUSE OF LORDS | GBP 30.00 - 40.00 | 5.00 | |||
| 495 | Howell (J.) | The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 5.00 | ||
| 495A | Jerram (Ralph) | Sullom Voe Oil Terminal | 1975 |
GBP 60.00 - 120.00 | 80.00 | |
| 496 | Johnson (S.) and D. M'Nicol | A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland | Glasgow | 1817 |
GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 42.00 |
| 497 | Johnston (Andrew) | The Plan of Edinburgh exactly done from ye original of ye famous De Wit | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 498 | Kay (John) | A Series of original portraits | Edinburgh | 1877 |
GBP 20.00 - 40.00 | 70.00 |
| 499 | Kempis (Thomas a) | De Imitatione Christi | GBP 20.00 - 30.00 | 30.00 |
