4th Dec, 2013 9:00 GMT/BST
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Caw (James L.) Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures of the British, French & Dutch Schools...
Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures of the British, French & Dutch Schools belonging to John Reid, 1913, one of 230 copies printed for private circulation, folio, plates, t.e.g., outstanding morocco gilt by Maclehose of Glasgow;
idem, Sir James Guthrie, A Biography, 1932, folio, dust wrapper;
Baird (William), John Thomson of Duddington, Pastor and Painter .., 1895, 4to., numbered ltd. edition of 110, signed by the author, plates as called for, t.e.g., original cloth;
Shepherd (Thomas H.), Modern Athens!, Displayed in a Series of Views; or Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century ..., 1829, 4to., engraved title, 120 engraved views on 60 plates, a.e.g., half morocco;
[Glasgow], The Regality Club, First Series, 1886-9, 4to., four parts in one volume, plates, original wraps bound in at rear, t.e.g., half morocco by Ferguson of Glasgow (5)
Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £400
Caw - A few faint dusty marks to uncut fore-edge, a few foxing spots, otherwise Fine. Caw - presentation inscription, otherwise Fine, dust wrapper tanned with a little fraying to top edge. Baird - endpapers tanned, some foxing but generally VG. Shepherd - some light foxing to plates, otherwise VG, binding a little worn at corners Regality - some light foxing, otherwise VG
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