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THE HANDWRITING OF ENGLISH DOCUMENTS, L.C. Hector, facsimile of 2nd edn. [1966], publ. Kohler & Coombes, 1980; includes 36 illustrative plates with transcripts; index; 136 pp; large 8vo; orig. gilt dec. cloth, dust-jacket slightly browned, a firm, clean copy. £18.00
SCINTILLAE JURIS, Charles J. Darling, 4th edn. (enlarged), Stevens & Haynes, 1889; large paper edition; copy no. 35 of 75 copies printed of this edition; frontispiece and colophon by Frank Lockwood; title page printed in red and black; a collection of legal essays/papers, each with an engraved headpiece; engraved opening letters; endpieces; 135pp; small 8vo; orig. printed wrappers, a good, firm copy, spine a little darkened. £20.00 “A witness who understands the effect of his testimony on the issue seldom gives it fairly. Perhaps few men are honest designedly.” (Of Witnesses)
THE ROYAL COMPANY OF ARCHERS 1676-1951, Ian Hay, Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1951; illus. with coloured frontispiece and 35 black and white plates; appendices; index; ix+299pp; 8vo; orig. gilt dec. green cloth, lightly used, a firm, clean copy. £35.00
ENJOYING ARCHIVES, D. Iredale, reissued 1980; What they are, Where to find them, How to use them; including samples of old English handwriting; 264pp; 8vo; orig. cloth gilt, dust-jacket, almost as new. £5.00
LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH AND WRITING, D. Iredale, reissued 1980; illus.; index; 225pp; 8vo; orig. cloth gilt, dust-jacket, lightly used. £4.00
RECORDS AND RECORD SEARCHING: A GUIDE TO THE GENEALOGIST AND TOPOGRAPHER, W. Rye [1897], republished by Gale Research Company, Detroit, 1969; viii+254pp; 8vo; orig. brown cloth gilt, lightly used. £9.00
A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLAND, S. Lewis, 5th edn., 4 vols., 1842; without the 5th (atlas) volume; A to Z coverage of numerous places; 4to; orig. gilt dec. cloth, spines sunned, hinges of first volume worn, otherwise a firm set. £80.00
BARTHOLOMEW’S SURVEY GAZETTEER OF THE BRITISH ISLES, J. Bartholomew, 9th edn., 1943; “including summary of the 1931 census”; 48 pages of coloured maps; xxxii+48+748pp; large 8vo; orig. gilt dec. navy cloth, a sound copy, spine faded. £30.00 Very useful for identifying small places.
MAKING A PEDIGREE, J. Unett, 2nd edn., 1971; illustrative genealogical tables; bibliography; index; 137pp; small 8vo; orig. cloth, dust-jacket. £4.00
A MID-VICTORIAN FEMINIST, BARBARA LEIGH SMITH BODICHON, Sheila Herstein, Yale Univ. Press, 1985; illus. frontispiece; index; xiv+205pp; 8vo; orig. cloth gilt, dust-jacket, lightly used. £5.00
LONGMAN’S GAZETTEER OF THE WORLD, ed. G.C. Chisholm, 1902 (re-issue); thousands of entries; xii+1788pp; 4to; endpapers marked, orig. calf-backed boards, burgundy spine label, a sound copy, corners bumped. £15.00
THE BOOK OF THE MEDIEVAL KNIGHT, S. Turnbull, 1985; numerous illus.; many in colour; index; 192pp; large 4to; orig. black cloth gilt, dust-jacket, sound copy. £8.00
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS RELATING TO ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY, W. Upcott [1818], reprinted, EP Publishing, 1978; single volume edition with each page containing 4 pages of original text; lxii+1576pp [pages of original text]; large 8vo; orig. cloth, dust-jacket. £45.00
CALENDAR OF MEMORANDA ROLLS (EXCHEQUER) PRESERVED IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, MICHAELMAS 1326 - MICHAELMAS 1327, H.M.S.O., 1968; index of persons and places, subject index; xlii+523pp; 8vo; orig. gilt dec. cloth, dust-jacket, lightly used. £10.00
[Manuscript] A newsy letter, signed by the Scottish M.P., Henry Home Drummond, dated London, 7 July 1840. The subject matter ranges from political news and tactics to recent marriages. He has had communications with Mr. Gordon about the case of Janet Maclaren. He believes the Scotch Prisons bill and other Scottish bills “that we have been waiting for an opportunity to oppose will not come on at all. A Regency bill is to be brought in, but Ld Melbourne & the Duke I believe have agreed that Prince Albert shall be the Regent”. Drummond expresses satisfaction with his eldest son’s marriage to Miss Hay of Dunse Castle, while James Campbell called on him two days ago to inform him of his marriage to Miss Bromley, “an English lady, daughter to Sir – Bromley, without any money”. The recipient of the letter is not named in the text. Small 8vo; 7 sides on paper, in very good condition. £15.00 Henry Home Drummond (1783-1867) was M.P. for co. Stirling, 1820-1831) and for Perthshire, 1840-1852. (Boase, Modern English Biography)
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