Search Results: Scotland from SmarterRat Books

Cambridge University Press, 1912. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1912 Cambridge, at the University Press. Cambridge County Geographies, Scotland. Small hardcover has gray cloth-covered boards with black spine and cover lettering and decorations. Color map endpapers. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 176 pages. Binding cracked at title page and at the corresponding second to last page; webbing visible, but pages not loose. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Spine lightly sunned. First few pages are mildly wavy. Faint penciled notations on top margin of half-title page, one txt page (just a line), last blank page, bottom margin of rear endpaper. Address label on half-title page. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

British Broadcasting Corporation, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1978 British Broadcasting Corporation. First Edition. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends very lightly bumped. Endpapers slightly yellowed. Pages clean and unmarked. Based on the BBC1 series of the same name. 208 pages. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Small nicks at front spine edge of jacket. Contents: Nelson by David Howarth; Thos. Cook & Son by John Pudney; Florence Nightingale by Philippa Stewart; Robert Burns by David Daiches; Marlborough by Correlli Barnett; Lloyd George by John Grigg.

Johnston & Bacon Publishers, 1975. Paperback. Very Good. Near Fine. 1975 Johnston & Bacon Publishers, Edinburgh & London. Paperback. Black and white photographs. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 96 pages.

A. Fullarton and Co., 1838. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jackets. 1838 A. Fullarton and Co., Glasgow. Four volumes, complete. NOT ex-library. Each volume is half bound (spine, part of the boards, and corners) in brown leather by Riviere over hand-marbled boards with combed swirl pattern in red, cream, and green. Spine has five raised bands. Two panels have gilt lettering with author and volume on one and title on another. Remaining four panels have ruled gilt borders, as do covers. "Bound by Riviere" on verso of front free endpaper. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Matching marbled endpapers. Silk index ribbons. Black and white plates. Volume 1 has large fold-out map of Scotland with hand-painted district borders. Armorial bookplate, imprinted with "John Sheepshanks 1852" on front endpaper of each volume. Two bookplates have additional handwritten date of 1845 and one has 1847. Leather worn at corners and spine ends; rubbed through at tips and some edges. Marbled boards have… Read More

Macmillan and Company, 1890. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Fair ; No jacket. 1890 Macmillan and Company, London & New York. First Edition. Oversize book, 12.25" x 16.75". Three-quarters leather over cream vellum-texture paper-covered boards. Five raised spine bands. Gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Gilt illustration of crown and scepter on cover. Green, white and gold marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Hinged color plates by William Gibb. Introduction by John Skelton. Notes by W.H. St. John Hope. Front hinge broken and reattached on outside with strip of modern smooth green leather. Leather spine panel is now separated all along the front edge, but is still attached along most of the back, and is intact. Clear mending tape was once used to attempt to hold spine panel to front in six places; strips of tape and residue still remain on front leather and spine. Two pieces of tape continued to back cover; one has been pulled off, taking surface of leather with it. Some of the clear tape remains over… Read More

Fairbanks, Benedict & Co., 1873. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1873 Fairbanks, Benedict & Co., Printers, Cleveland, Ohio. First Edition. First printing. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and decorations. Front cover has blind-stamped thistle illustration; covers have blind-stamped ruled borders. Dark brown coated endpapers. Top page edges are brown. 326 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips and spine ends; top one-eighth inch of spine cloth is missing. Top and fore edge of the front cover is mildly faded; front cover has some soiling and stains as well as some bubbling in the cloth surface. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked except for an occasional light handling smudge in the margin. One page is dog eared. Dust jacket is missing.… Read More