Bonnie Scotland de Hope Moncrieff, A.R - 1912

A. and C. Black, 1912. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1912. 1912 Reprint. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Blue pictorial cloth. Colour illustrative plates within. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

A. and C. Black, 1912. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1912. Reprinted. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Decorative blue cloth with gilt lettering. Colour illustrated plates. Minor foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers, lighter to plates. Visibly creased half title page. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with noticeable tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Paperback / softback. New.

A. & C. Black, London, 1912 reprint, first published in 1904, 255 pages, 75 colour plates, 6.5" x 9", Very Good Hardcover / no dustjacket, presentation bookplate dated 1918 on fep, bumped corners, otherwise clean and tight.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: A. & C. Black, 1912. 255 pp, 9" H. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, black lettering on front board, green, pink and black floral decorations (thistles on spine, thistles and heather on front board). 75 colour plates with tissue covers bearing captions (collated). "The author does not attempt elaborate word-pictures that would seem pale beside the artist's colouring. His design has been, as accompaniment to these beautiful landscapes, an outline of Scotland's salient features, with glimpses at its history, national character, and customs, and at the literature that illustrates this country for the English-speaking world. The mainland only is dealt with in this volume, which it is intended to follow up with another on the Highlands and Islands." Chapter headings: The Borders; Auld Reekie; The Trossach Road; The Kingdom of Fife; The Fair City; The Highland Line; "Aberdeen Awa'!"; To John o' Groat's House; The Great Glen; Glasgow and the… Leer más

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

London: A. & C. Black, 1905. Book. Illus. by Sutton Palmer. Poor. Hardcover. 255 p. Includes illustrations. No jacket. Cover very damaged: worn, discolored, stained, dirty, loose at front hinge. Back of first illustrated page scotch taped and tape stain on opposite page. Pages coming loose from spine. Inside of covers, endpapers, pages and edges of pages yellowed, stained, foxed..

Published by A. & C. Black, London, 1912, reprint. Publishers pictorial blue cloth with thistle design. Gilt lettering to spine and front cover, no dustwrapper. 9ins x 6.75ins, xi, (i), 255pp plus 75 tissue guarded colour plates. Gift inscription (date 1915) to front free endpaper. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown. Half title page browned. Gilt lettering to spine dulled. G+