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A
Rare
Ayr
Imprint &
a Work
by a 
Fisherman
. . .
Dalrymple,
William. The Mosaic account of creation, devoutly and morally illustrated;
or a humble walk with God. Air: printed by John & Peter Wilson, 1794. 12mo.
139,[1] pp. [bound with] Browne, Moses.
The works, and rest of the creation...The sixth ed.... To which is added, Luther’s
hymn. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven & Sons for W. Martin, 1805. 12mo. Frontis., 24,
287 pp.
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the Creation by 18th-century writers of very different backgrounds. Dalrymple was a native of Ayr, educated for the church, and served in Ayr for 68 years. His Mosaic Account appeared in this sole edition and was one of the first books printed in Ayr, which received its first press in 1791 when John Wilson, one of the
printers here, set up shop. It is rare: ESTC locates only three copies worldwide, two in Britain and one in Canada (BL, SNL, Un. Brit. Col.).
Browne, according to our colleague Steve Weissman of Ximenes Rare Books, “was a pen-cutter by profession; he was also an enthusiastic fisherman, and is now best remembered for his poetry on angling, and for an edition of The Compleat Angler, which he edited at the suggestion of Samuel Johnson.” The first edition of The Works and Rest of the Creation appeared in 1752. The entire work, divided into three parts, is in verse. Quite an accomplishment.
• Dalrymple: ESTC N26245. Browne: NSTC B4891. Later 19th-century half calf, rubbed. Rubber-stamp on front pastedown. All edges carmine.
RarePOLITICAL Chapbook Dialogue between John and Thomas on the corn laws, the charter, teetotalism, and the probable remedy for the present disstresses. Paisley [Scotland]: Printed for the Author, by G. Caldwell, 1842. 12mo. 8 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. • Original self wrappers. Unbound; removed. Slightly darkened. Very good. (17412)
Songs --- for Stirling The disappointed lover; to which are added, Up in the morning, Wellington's address, My bonny Jean. Stirling [Scotland]: W. Macnie, 1825. 12mo. 8 pp. 
• NSTC 2L23278. Removed from a nonce volume. Outer edges of pp. 6 and 7 darkened, otherwise clean. (16758)
WHO
Gets the Beer, &
Why?(Dunsinnan
vs. Ramsay). Broadside.
Begins: “Information for William Nairn of Dunsinnan, commissar clerk of
Edinburgh, against Mr. David Ramsay writer to the signet....”[Edinburgh,
ca. 1710]. Folio (31.2 cm, 12.35"). [2] pp.
This
is a scarce document, with no copies listed by ESTC, RLIN, OCLC, or NUC
Pre-1956.
• In good clean condition, tipped onto a leaf of 19th-century paper; now in a Mylar folder.
Folded,
Sealed, & Sent from
Edinburgh
to New
GallowayEdinburgh (Scotland). Town Council. Begins, “Right Honourable, and very Loving Friends and Neighbours...Whereas the Commissioners of Burrows...did appoint their next general Convention to be holden at the said Burgh of Edinburgh, upon the first Tuesday of July next, 1723 years....” [Edinburgh, 1723]. Folio (31 cm, 12.4"). 4 pp.
The paper bears the seal of Edinburgh in red wax, with one half of the broken seal on either end.
• Not in ESTC. Tipped onto a leaf of 19th-century paper, now in a Mylar folder. Slightly tattered, with a few small holes around margins and occasionally in text. Tears along folds to second leaf partially repaired some time ago, in one area with archival tissue and in three other places with paper, with text imperfectly aligned along one main fold and a few letters obscured along the other.
IntemperanceKilled the Tailor? Elegy on Jamie Gemmill, tailor. [Paisley, Scotland?]: no publisher/printer, [18--]. 12mo. 8 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. The last page offers a “Per Contra” claiming, “Jamie Gemmill yet is leevin” — with a note on where you can find him to buy him a drink!
• Original self wrappers (unbound; removed). Very good. (17415)
For
Distribution in
Scotland?
— Scarce BROADSIDE(England
— Party Politics).
Broadside. Begins: “Queries. Whether any Parliament ever did better than
this has done...” [Edinburgh?]: J.M., 1710. Folio (30.8 cm, 12.1"). [2]
pp.
Searches
of ESTC, OCLC, RLIN, and NUC
Pre-1956 locate only two copies—one in Scotland,
one in England.
• ESTC T168050. Now in a Mylar folder; edges slightly ragged, repair at lower inner margin just touching letters on one side, small holes in lower center with loss of a few letters. Some letters in header cut off at top due to printer’s error. Tipped onto a blank leaf bearing a watermark of 1826.
Whoa! Hold on There! Just One Darn Minute! Episcopal Church in Scotland. The declinator and protestation of the archbishops and bishops, of the Church of Scotland, and others their adherents within that kingdome, against the pretended generall Assembly holden at Glasgow Novemb. 21. 1638. London: Pr. by John Ravvorth, for George Thomason & Octavian Pullen,, 1639. Small 4to. [1] f., 33, [1 (blank)] pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. This work appeared with three different title-pages and there are even internal differences. In this copy the setting of quire B has line B3v with “Deliberations” spelled with the capital letter “D.”
• STC (rev ed.) 22058; ESTC S116980. Removed from a nonce volume and in modern wrappers. First and last pages dust-soiled; tea (?) stain to last leaf. Ex-library with the not unattractive stamp of the Union Theological Seminary on the verso of the title and in the bottom margin of the last text page. Blank area of foremargin of B4 torn with loss. In modern wrappers. (21000)
Early DESALINIZATIONfor SailorsFitzgerald, Robert. Salt-water sweetned; or, a true account of the great advantages of this new invention both by sea and by land: Together with a full and satisfactory answer to all apparent difficulties.... London: Will. Cademan, 1683. 4to (19 cm, 7.45"). π1A2B4C3; [2], 17, [1] pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. • ESTC R7382; Wing (rev.) F1087; Goldsmiths’-Kress 2518.0-2 suppl. Sewn, with spine and inner margins reinforced some time ago; now laid into a case of quarter morocco over cloth-covered boards. Pages age-toned, with small edge nicks; outer and upper edges trimmed closely, in some cases touching pagination. This collation, including the absence of C4, matches that reported by ESTC.
CLOTHING His Majesty’s ForcesFitzroy, Charles; Alured Clarke; Thomas Trigge; & Harry Burrard. Autograph Letters Signed. “Know all Men by these Presents ...” [London], 1810. Folio (32.5 cm, 12.75"). [2] ff.
• Creased along folds; spine reinforced with later cloth tape bearing inked identification annotation. First page with British governmental pressure-stamp, second page with folded paper mount from now-absent seal.
Both
Pieces inScots
Dialect VerseForbes, William. Dominie deposed, with the sequel.... To which is added, Maggy Johnston's elegy. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, n.d. (ca. 1848). 12mo. 24 pp. 
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a bound volume. Good++ condition. (8419)
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AGreat Series of Song Titles . . . Four favourite comic songs. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [ca. 1825?].
12mo. 8 pp. 
“The Cork Leg and Steam Arm. / The Great Sea Snake. / The Sailor's Consolation. /
The Wonderful Nose” — a woodcut vignette shows a young man dancing with one arm raised and “[No.] 28” printed at
the foot.
• Not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Pages age-toned, otherwise clean. (16763)
“Practice” for a Scots Women’s Culinary SchoolFrazer, Mrs. The practice of cookery, pastry, and confectionary; in three parts...the fifth edition, improved and enlarged. Edinburgh: Peter Hill (pr. by Alex. Smellie), 1806. 12mo (18.3 cm, 7.2"). [8], 304 pp.; 2 plts.
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• Early 19th-century edition of a popular Scottish cookbook, originally printed in 1791. The inspiration for this work came from Cookery and Pastry by Susanna Maciver, whom Mrs. Frazer had worked with and eventually succeeded as head of a culinary school for women in Edinburgh. The liquid quantities are given in both Scottish and English measures, with a note that the “butter weight . . . is rated at twenty-two ounces to the pound.” The first plate shows a sample table layout featuring fish, brown soup, boiled fowls, haricot of mutton, ducks ragoo’d, preserved apples, and almond pudding; the second plate illustrates how to truss hares, chickens, pheasants, turkeys, and other game for roasting and boiling.
• Bitting 166–67; Cagle, A Matter of Taste, 691 (for fourth ed.). Contemporary mottled sheep, recently rebacked in complementary fashion, preserving the original gilt-stamped leather spine label; sides and edges worn, with abrasions. Title-page with stray small ink markings; half-title and title-page with outer edges darkened. A few leaves with spots of light staining; two lower corners torn away, and a number of others dog-eared. Pages mostly clean — this is overall an attractive copy.
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