Category: History, Scotland

Memorial for George James Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, and his Tutors, for their interest, and For Dunbar Earl of Selkirk, Claimants of the Succession of the late Archibald Duke of Douglas; WITH Memorial for George-James Duke of Hamilton, and his Tutors, In the Petition and Complaint, at their instance, Against Mr. Charles Brown writer to the signet.

Price: $450.00

Publisher: : 1766

Seller ID: 269953

ISBN: 281BYD1108344

Two 4to volumes in original or contemporary 1/4 leather and marbled paper-covered boards. On both volumes the spine leather is dried, cracked. and chipping away. On the first both boards are barely hanging on by threads; on the second both boards are detached. The first includes a large folding chart titled A Genealogical Tree of the Family of Douglas Made out at the Sight of the Three Competitors for The Estate of Archibald Duke of Douglas. There are no sepaprations at the folds, but one closed tear at the binding. The text blocks are generally just mildly toned. Both appear to be compi...
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Proof, in the Conjoined Processes, George-James Duke of Hamilton, Lord Douglas Hamilton, and their Tutors, and Sir Hew Dalrymple of Northberwick, baronet, Pursuers, Against the person pretending to be Arcibald Stewart, alias Douglas . . . WITH Proof for Archibald Douglas of Douglas, Esquire, Defender; in the Reduction, The Duke of Hamilton, Lord Douglas Hamilton, and Sir Hew Dalrymple, against him.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: : 1766

Seller ID: 269963

ISBN: 281BYD1108346

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Two volumes thick 4to in original or contemporary binding of 1/4 leather on marbled paper-covered boards. The boards are present but all are detached; some prelims separated; the leather is dried, cracked and chipping away; the text blocks are generally very mildly toned. Compliations of the legal maneuvering in what became known as The Douglas Cause. These are quite heavy. Please request a shipping quote before ordering.
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Avenue of Ancestors

By: Alice Constable Maxwell

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Blacklock Farries & Sons Ltd. : January 1965

Seller ID: 115167

ISBN: B000PHLQCE

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Owner has stuck a postcard and 3 photos of Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries on inside cover and facing page with written comments of visit in 1966; otherwise unmarked copy
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The Speeches and Judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council Session in Scotland, Upon the Important Cause, His Grace George-James Duke of Hamilaton and others, Pursuers; Against Archibald Douglas, Esq; Defender

By: Anderson, William

Price: $150.00

Publisher: J. Balfour, T. Becket & P.A. du Hondt : 1768

Seller ID: 269061

ISBN: 281BYD1108097

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

8vo in 19th century binding of 3/4 morocco on marbled paper-covered boards, raised bands, title and devices in gilt,top edge gilt, marbled endsheets. Binding tight and square, light shelf wear to the bottom edge, rubbing along the front gutter, text block very mildly toned. Verso of the ffep bears the ownership signature of Walter B. Douglas, prominent St. Louis jurist and historian.
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The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, Volume 3

By: Anonymous,

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Nabu Press : June 2010

Seller ID: 214151

ISBN-13: 9781149798683

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Scotland

By: Blundell, Nigel

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Barnes and Noble : January 2000

Seller ID: 139797

ISBN-13: 9780760710265

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Scottish Clans and Tartans

By: Bold, Alan

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Pitkin Publishing : January 2001

Seller ID: 233981

ISBN-13: 9781841650517

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Good

Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley (Concise Lincoln Library)

By: Borchard, Gregory A.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press : August 2011

Seller ID: 247820

ISBN-13: 9780809330454

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Ex-library.
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The Stone of Destiny: Symbol of Nationhood

By: Breeze, David

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Historic Scotland : January 0001

Seller ID: 134408

ISBN-13: 9781900168441

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Good

The Buke of the Howlat

By: Donaldson, David (ed.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Alexander Gardner : 1882

Seller ID: 269054

ISBN: 281BYD1108094

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

No. 2 of 86 copies. 4to in 1/4 cloth and paper-covered boards, paper spine title label. Binding tight and square, corners rubbed through, very light rubbing at the spine ends, title label toned and with wo very minor disturbances. Rules of the Bannatyne Club bound in. Text block generally quite fresh. The front pastedown beaars the ownership signature of Walter B. Douglas, prominent St. Louis jurist and historian.
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Scotland's Place-Names

By: Dorward, David

Price: $6.00

Publisher: James Thin : January 1986

Seller ID: 235590

ISBN-13: 9780901824738

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Good

Castles of Scotland: Past and present

By: Gambaro, Cristina

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Barnes & Noble : January 2001

Seller ID: 280584

ISBN-13: 9780760727980

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Islands of the West

By: Gordon, Seton

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cassell and Company, London : January 1933

Seller ID: 273813

ISBN: B001B8B8CO

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Immortal Isles: With 24 headpieces and 6 coloured illustrations by Finlay Mackinnon, and 32 photographs by the author

By: Gordon, Seton

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Williams and Norgate : 1927

Seller ID: 273725

ISBN: 281BYD1109472

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

Lincoln (A Brief Insight)

By: Guelzo, Allen C.

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Sterling : May 2011

Seller ID: 247767

ISBN-13: 9781402779022

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Fall of the Stuarts and Western Europe (Epochs of History)

By: Hale, E.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Scribner's : 1908

Seller ID: 272925

ISBN: 281BYD1109256

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A lovely tight copy with virtually no rubbing, the gilt bright and fresh, the fold map undamaged.
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How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It

By: Herman, Arthur

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Crown : November 2001

Seller ID: 255597

ISBN-13: 9780609606353

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Tartans

By: Hesketh, Christian

Price: $15.00

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons : 1961

Seller ID: 206716

ISBN-13: 9789110829787

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Good

Book is in slipcase which is worn and has some split seams
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Edwardian Scotland

By: Hill, Cuthbert William

Price: $7.50

Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield : January 1976

Seller ID: 115162

ISBN-13: 9780874718461

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The History of the House and Race of Douglas and Angus

By: Hume, David

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Aberdeen, Mortimer and M'Leod : 1820

Seller ID: 269322

ISBN: 281BYD1108188

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

8vo in contemporary 3/4 calf on marbled paper-covered boards. Front board nearly detached, haning on by two threads; much of the spine leather has chipped away; title page present but separated; moderate foxing throughout.
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Category: History, Scotland