CHECKLAND, SYDNEY.
The Elgins 1766-1917. A Tale of Aristocrats, Proconsuls and Their Wives.
Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1988. 0080363954. 1st edition. "Based on the Elgin archives, which the present Earl of Elgin placed at the disposal of the author, whose extensive research took him as far afield as Canada and Japan." 25.5cms x 19cms. Pp.xiv/303, signed by 11th Earl of Elgin (Andrew Bruce) to front free endpaper, 20 colour + 38 black & white illustrations, plan of Broomhall area (1771) to front endpapers, facsimile newspaper articles to rear endpapers. Green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.
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