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Glasgow Peggy;
to which is added the favourite ballad of The drowned lovers.
Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [1840?]. 12mo. 8 pp. 
• NSTC 2P9592. Removed from a nonce volume. Pages slightly age-toned, otherwise clean. (16785)
Lord
Byron’s Ancestor
— BROADSIDE 1709Gordon,
George Gordon, duke of. Broadside.
Begins: “February 4th 1709. Unto the right honourable the Lords of Council
and Session, the petition of George Duke of Gordon...” [Edinburgh, 1709].
Folio (31.5 cm, 12.4"). [1] p.
Scarce:
No holdings were located by ESTC, RLIN, OCLC,
or NUC Pre-1956.
• Creased with slight soiling along crease, edges slightly ragged, otherwise in good condition; now in a Mylar folder. Tipped onto a blank leaf bearing a watermark of 1826.
Keeping
the Peace in EdinburghGreat Britain. Laws, statutes, etc. 1702–14 (Anne). Copy of her Majesties commission to the justices of peace of Edinburgh shire, with the powers and instructions to the whole justices in North Britain. [Edinburgh, 1708]. Folio (31.5 cm, 12.4"). 4 pp.
ESTC describes only Scottish holdings of this item.
• ESTC T200651. Tipped onto a leaf of 19th-century paper; in a Mylar folder. Darkened, last page with a short closed tear and with light-colored staining partially obscuring a few letters.
“Halyburton?”
He Was Wesley’s
Protégé . . .Halyburton, Thomas, & John Wesley. An extract of the life and death of Mr. Thomas Haliburton...second edition. Bristol: Felix Farley, 1747. 12mo (17.2 cm, 6.75"). [8], 92 pp.
• ESTC N9604. Period-style calf by Grace Bindings (signed in blind at inner area of lower rear turn-in), framed and panelled in blind rolls with blind-stamped corner fleurons, spine with gilt-stamped leather title and author labels and with gilt-stamped floral decorations. Pages age-toned and paper embrittled, with a very few small edge nicks; title-page with a short tear from lower margin into lower inner corner, not touching text. Clean, interesting.
Not “That” Hardy — Nor That One, EitherHardy, Thomas. The patriot. Addressed to the people, on the present state of affairs in Britain and in France. With observations on republican government, and discussions of the principles advanced in the writings of Thomas Paine. Edinburgh: J. Dickson, & London: G. Nicol, 1793. 8vo in 4s (19.5 cm, 7.7"). [4], 76 pp.
• ESTC T102145; Sabin 59081. Recent marbled paper–covered boards, spine with printed paper label.margins; some leaves lightly foxed, with final page darkened.
“My daddie looks sulky, my minnie looks sour,
They frown upon Jamie because he is poor” Harry Bluff. Logie O'Buchan. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [ca. 1825?]. 12mo. 8 pp.
• NSTC 2B38504. Removed from a nonce volume. A few traces of very faint spots of foxing, else clean and fresh. (16824)
Blair, BlazonedHill, John. An account of the life and writings of Hugh Blair .... Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1808. 8vo (21.7 cm, 8.5"). 229, [1 (blank)] pp.
Provenance: The Rev. Edwin A. Dalrymple; the Maryland Diocesan Library.
• Shaw & Shoemaker 15224. Contemporary quarter cloth over marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; binding moderately darkened and worn, cloth chipped over head of spine, spine showing shadow of a now-absent shelving label. Front pastedown with private collector’s bookplate and with institutional rubber-stamp (as above); title-page additionally with early inked gift inscription in upper margin (this cut into by binder). Some light spotting and age-toning.
Hoe
Copy — Ballads
Beautifully
BoundJamieson, Robert. Popular ballads and songs, from tradition, manuscripts, and scarce editions; with translations of similar pieces from the ancient Danish language, and a few originals by the editor. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co. (pr. by J. Ballantyne & Co.), 1806. 8vo (22.2 cm, 8.75"). I: [6], ii, xix, [1], 352 pp. II: [4], iii, [1], 409, [5] pp.
Single-click either image for an enlargement.
Provenance: Hoe copy, with morocco “Ex libris Robert Hoe” bookplates on both front
pastedowns.
Binding: 19th-century gold calf with covers framed in double gilt fillets, turn-ins gilt-stamped, marbled endpapers. Spines gilt-tooled and with gilt-stamped title and volume labels. All page edges gilt.
• NSTC J236. Leather showing moderate acid-spotting, with some cracking over the spine (one label repaired). One leaf with short tear from bottom edge; pages with a very few scattered spots of foxing only. 
A very handsome set.
One of ThoseWonderfully AMBITIOUS!18th-Century “Sketches”Kames,
Henry Home, Lord. Sketches
of the history of man. Edinburgh: W. Creech, W. Strahan, & T. Cadell,
1774. 4to (27.5 cm, 10.9"). 2 vols. I: xii, 519, [1 (blank)] pp. II: [4], 507,
[1 (blank)] pp. 
Click the images for enlargements. Provenance: Front pastedown with bookplate “De la bibliotheque de F. Freudenreich.”
• ESTC T48434; Alston, III, 308; Goldsmiths’-Kress 11089; Sabin 32702. Contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt-stamped leather title and volume labels, spines with gilt-stamped thistle decorations; edges and corners rubbed, sides showing small scrapes and discolorations. Residue on pastedowns from sometime removal of bookplates. Pages age-toned, with occasional small spots, and offsetting from binding to in margins of first and last few leaves. All edges speckled.
A Lonely Lass Was Kate Dalrymple, Kate Dalrymple, and the flowers of the forest. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [ca. 1830?]. 12mo. 8 pp. 
• This ed. not in NSTC. Removed from a nonce volume. Pages age-toned, else clean. (16762)
A Moral Tale? The Life and death of fair Rosamond, concubine to King Henry III. To which is added The Lass o' Gowrie. Stirling [Scotland]: Printed for the Bookseller, [18--]. 12mo. 8 pp.
This Stirling printing is rare. There is also a Glasgow printing of which OCLC locates only 6 copies worldwide.
• Original self wrappers (unbound, removed). The bottom corner of the second leaf is lightly chipped and the pages are somewhat darkened. Good. (17552)
Blithesome Sally / My Julia / Bonny Lassie / My Jamie / My Johnnie, O Lilies of the valley. To which are added, Hills of Gallowa. The birks o' Aberfeldy. The banks o' Clyde. How sweet the rose blaws. Stirling: W. Macnie, 1825. 12mo. 8 pp. 
• NSTC 2L15512. Removed from a nonce volume. The upper edge of the title is closely cropped, just touching tops of letters; page edges a bit darkened. (16827)
Not All Humor
“Wears” Real Well . . . Lochore, Robert. Margaret and the minister, a true tale. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [1840?]. 12mo. 8 pp. 
• NSTC 2M14137. Removed from a nonce volume. Pages clean. (16756)
A Temperance TaleMacneill, Hector. The history of Will and Jean: Or, the sad effects of drunkenness. Glasgow: Pr. for the booksellers, [1840?]. 12mo. 24 pp. 
• NSTC 2W21326. Removed from a nonce volume. Slightly age-toned, with very faint staining to one leaf. (24437)
Seditious
Libel? — Convicted!M’Laren, Alexander, defendant. The trial of Alexander M’Laren, and Thomas Baird, before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 5th and 7th March 1817, for sedition. Edinburgh: John Robertson, 1817. 8vo (20 cm, 7.9"). vi, 153, [1 (blank)] pp.
• NSTC 2M6590; Goldsmiths’-Kress 21913. Recent paper-covered boards. Mild offsetting to pages and moderate foxing to first few leaves.
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