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Short History of the Highland Brigade and Regiments

Glasgow, Scotland, R.E. Robertson, Ltd., 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Short little 24mo format, bound in blue paper over boards, abraded a bit, with gilt lettering to front cover. Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Wavell, extolling the virtues of the several centuries that Scottish soldiers have fought and led the fighting from the Battle of Martinique to and through the World War Two. 132 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 351452

Catalogue: Scotland

Keywords: The Highland Brigade W.W.I.I. Scotland Military history

Millar, Delia

Queen Victoria's Life in the Scottish Highlands: Depicted by Her Watercolour Artists

London, Philip Wilson Publishers, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket, protected. Bound in pumpkin buckram cloth. The Queen and Prince Albert first visited Scotland in 1842 and from that time began to assemble a notable collection of watercolour paintings for their Souvenir Albums, recording the places they had seen. Many of these paintings, from the Royal Collection, are shown here to complement the text. [9], 10-152 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/Fine,

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Book number: 351877

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Keywords: Delia Millar Queen Victoria Scottish highlands watercolor artists travel the Commonwealth art history

Smith, John

Iconographia Scotica. Or Portraits of Illustrious Persons of Scotland, Engraved from the Most Authentic Paintings, &C

Cornhill, London, England, Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 1798. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. The title page continues, "with their lives compiled from the works of the best informed and modern writers extant, manuscript as well as printed, containing many curious biographical anecdotes and particulars never before published, the whole authenticated with notes, references, and observations." A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Bound in stiff cardboard, chipped along the edges, scuffed and rubbed a bit but intact, burgundy cloth tape to spine, also scuffed and rubbed a bit. Paper label of short title to front cover, abraded a bit but fully intact. Royal quarto format of original boards, bookseller label inside front flap at bottom. Printed for the bookseller Robert Wilkinson, London, 1798. Treatments of John Knox, the Reformer, with a fine black-and-white engraving at frontis; Cardinal Beaton, half-page engraving; Fletcher, of Saltoun (ditto); Maclaurin, the Mathematician; John Knox, the Younger; John Stewart, the Earl of Traquair; Arthur Johnston, M.(a) D.; President Gilmore; Lord Chancellor Thirlestane; John Arbuthnott, M.D.; John Hamilton, Second Lord Belhaven; Right Hon'ble George Earl Marechal; Sir Robert Gordon of Straloch; George Innes; Robert Traill, Minister of Gray-Friars Church, Edinburgh; James Erskine, Earl of Buchan, 1615; David Erskin, Second Lord Cardross, 1636; Jacobus Dei Gratia, Scotor; Mary, Queen of Scotland, engraved from a cast; The Monument of Sir Robert Ayton, Knight; and then a final Latin-language DedicationMember, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 357602

Catalogue: Scotland

Keywords: John Smith Scotland famous Scotsmen illustrations Robert Wilkinson John Knox, the Reformer Cardinal Beaton Fletcher of Saltoun Maclaurin, the Mathematician John Knox, the Younger John Stewart, the Earl of Traquair Arthur Johnston, M.(a) D. President Gilmo