Author: Alison Hay Dunlop
Title: Anent Old Edinburgh and Some Worthies Who Walked Its Street
Description: Edinburgh, R & H Somerville, 1890. Cloth. An uncommon work on the history and topography of Edinburgh, the personal copy of British ecologist David W.H. Walton, a former student of the University of Edinburgh. A semi-historical, semi-topographical work on Edinburgh and places of local interest in the area. Including chapters on Sir Thomas Hope's house, Stockbridge, the Water of Leith, and more. Also including biographical notes to the beginning.The second edition of this uncommon work. Containing eleven illustrations, collated and complete. Containing the bookplate of David W.H. Walton, w renowned British ecologist and emeritus professor with the British Antarctic Survey. He attended the University of Edinburgh for his undergraduate studies.This copy also came from the library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire, the previous home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (1902-1968). She was an English socialite and through her mother was allegedly the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. In the original red cloth binding with gilt stamping to the front board and spine. Externally, bright, with shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of spine and extremities. Spine has darkened. The bookplate of David W.H. Walton to the front free-endpaper. Internally, hinges are tender but firm. Binding is tender but firm. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: alison hay dunlop edinburgh scotland leith edinburgh Not Stated
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Title: Anent Old Edinburgh and Some Worthies Who Walked Its Street
Description: Edinburgh, R & H Somerville, 1890. Cloth. An uncommon work on the history and topography of Edinburgh, the personal copy of British ecologist David W.H. Walton, a former student of the University of Edinburgh. A semi-historical, semi-topographical work on Edinburgh and places of local interest in the area. Including chapters on Sir Thomas Hope's house, Stockbridge, the Water of Leith, and more. Also including biographical notes to the beginning.The second edition of this uncommon work. Containing eleven illustrations, collated and complete. Containing the bookplate of David W.H. Walton, w renowned British ecologist and emeritus professor with the British Antarctic Survey. He attended the University of Edinburgh for his undergraduate studies.This copy also came from the library at Julians Park, Hertfordshire, the previous home of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (1902-1968). She was an English socialite and through her mother was allegedly the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. In the original red cloth binding with gilt stamping to the front board and spine. Externally, bright, with shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of spine and extremities. Spine has darkened. The bookplate of David W.H. Walton to the front free-endpaper. Internally, hinges are tender but firm. Binding is tender but firm. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: alison hay dunlop edinburgh scotland leith edinburgh Not Stated
Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 795J12
- Book number: 795J12
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