REID ALEXANDER

Rudiments of English Composition & Key to Rudiments of English Composition

Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd. 1870, reprint. Full-Leather, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. two works bound into one volume. first works title continues "designed as a practical introduction to correctness and perspicuity in writing and to the study of criticism; with copious exercises, for the use of schools" seventeenth edition, the second work is an undated 'new edition'. 134 [2 blank] 114, 24 pp adverts. original marbled eps, plum red blind embossed leather with greek key design to borders, rubbed an worn to edges, joints partially split but holding, black spine label with gilt title 'REID'S COMPOSITION AND KEY" some minor staining to boards. small advertising errata tipped in at title. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 013085

Catalogue: Antiquarian & Deluxe Editions

Keywords: English Languag Grammar Composition Victorian School Text Leather Bound

(Forsyth). Reid, Major-General Sir Alexander John.

THE REVEREND JOHN FORSYTH Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, 1768-1843 and His Invention of the Percussion Lock by ... From information collected mostly by Miss Mary Forsyth Reid.

Aberdeen Univ. Press, 1957. Reprint. Thin 8vo. 35pp. Port. frontis., 5 plates. With the pencil signature of A.R. Bateman, original blue lettered fawn cloth, light fading and minor soiling.
¶ Inscribed ‘To Mrs Forest from Margaret Forbes Pirie? G.grandneice of J Forsyth. 23/9/61.’

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Book number: 286480

Catalogue: NAVAL AND MILITARY: WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT

Keywords: NAVAL AND MILITARY; WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT

Irvine, Alexander; George Ogilvy Reid (Illus.)

My Lady of the Chimney Corner: A Story of Love and Poverty in Irish Peasant Life

London & Glasgow, Collins' Clear-Type Press. Leather Bound. pp. vii, 248. 12mo. Bound in red leather with top edge gilt and gilt lettering to spine. Contains black and white illustrations. Edgewear, one page "dog-eared"; good+. Ill.: George Ogilvy Reid.

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Book number: 051235

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Fiction; George Ogilvy Reid

MACKENZIE, LIEUT.-COLONEL; CARDEN, PETER; REID, CAPT. C. LESTOCK; THE COUNTESS GUERRINI MALMIGNATI; FITZPATRICK, CAPT. J.F.J.; THOMPSON, G.C.; MACPHERSON, MARGARET; REITZ, COLONEL DENEYS; DICKIE, FRANCIS; MACDONALD, ALEXANDER; JAMES, ROBERT; INGWERSEN, A.

The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, October [Oct. ] 1927, Vol. LIX, No. 354: Passages with Pachyderms / on Foot Through South America

New York: The International News Company, 1927. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Soper, G.; York, W.G.. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Ning Wo Pays His Debt - The Chinese servant of a Chief of Police in a Malay state settles a score with an enemy who killed his brother; My Sea-Trip - Peter Carden's amusing experience as a 'horseman' aboard a cargo-steamer; Photo of a Mariamma goddess in India, used to ward off epidemics; Photo and brief write-up of a marine fruit market in Bangkok, the "Venice of the East"; Passages With Pachyderms - exciting encounters with these great beasts, as told by Captain C. Lestock Reid; Dead Man's Treasure - A consulting engineer for the Cyclops M. and M. Company of Montida USA makes strange discoveries on a prospecting trip; Through Spain in Disguise - Part III - A continuation of the adventures and misadventures of Count and Countess Malmignati who travelled through Spain disguised as wandering Arab beggars, singing and dancing for a living; Zaki and Zomo - The Dog and Pony who both lost their lives while serving Captain J.F.J. Fitzpatrick in battle against the Germans; On Foot Through South America - G.C. Thompson and his two young sons travlled all over South America in search of work for four years; The Tale of the Toheroa - The curious shellfish found only in New Zealand - with photos; On the Trail of the "Thirstland Trekkers" - Part I - Colonel Deneys Reitz describes his exploration of mysterious terra incognita in what was formerly known as German South-West Africa - with many interesting photos; Timothy Murphy's "Donkey" - Great story about a logging donkey-engine at Calfton's logging outfit on Myrtle Island on the British Columbia Coast; The Mine Under the Creek - A brush with death when a mine floods in the Gulf country of Australia; The Chrissie C. Thomey's" Last Voyage - A gallant old Arctic schooner is lost through a most unlikely mischance - with photo; The Big Voyage of the Little "Shanghai" - Part V - The amazing voyage of several young men from Shanghai to Copenhagen - article with nice photos. 84 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, October 1927, Ning Wo, Chinese servant, Chief of Police, Malaya, My Sea-Trip, Peter Carden, horseman, Mariamma, Indian goddess, epidemics, fruit market, Bangkok, Siam, Passages With Pachyderms, Captain C. Lestock Reid, Dead Man's Trea. Good .

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Book number: 346h5258

Keywords: 1927 Sea Back Issues Travel &

REID, GARETH, KENNEDY, ALEXANDER (INTRODUCTION)

Gareth Reid Black Mirror

Bangor N.I. Ava Gallery. 2007. Paperback, Sm Qto. Book, New copy, Small Qto.25 pages, illustrated with colour plates. New.

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Book number: 59221

Catalogue: Modern and Contemporary Art Catalogues

Keywords: Gareth Reid Contemporary British Art

REID, ALEXANDER JOHN FORSYTH

The Reverend Alexander John Forsyth M.A. , LL. D Belhelvie, Abeerdeenshire 1768-1843 and His Invention of the Percussion Lock. Signed Copy

Aberdeen: The University Press, 1910. First Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. (More images available on request). 250mm x 150mm (10" x 6"). 32pp. B/w plates. Inscribed, signed and dated by author on title page.. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Lower board with staining along fore edge .

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Book number: g9660

Catalogue: Weapons

Keywords: Weapons Biography Autographed Editions

REID, ALEXANDER

The Young Traveller in France

London, Phoenix House. 1957. Hardcover. Used, Hardcover without jacket. Minor foxing on front board, page block and early and late pages. Spine ends are bumped; small abrasion on body. Corners are slightly worn. Prize plate on front pastedown (dated 1959); small label on rear pastedown. Content is clear throughout - colour frontispiece, 25 further B&W photographs, two-page map. Second reprint of the 1952 first. TS. Good.

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Book number: 507320

Catalogue: Travel & Geography