Aberdeen APPLICATION FOR RELIEF From the parish Funds of Old Machar, 1853. Printed form with manuscript inserts, size 15" x 13", filled in by applicant, Robert Allen, with reference from William Dunbar, Minister of St. Paul's Chapel certifying he has been a communicant for 4 years. Gives details of his 11 children. Folds, a few browning spots. 1853. £16.00

Aberdeen BILLHEAD of 'The Scottish Farmer', made out to J. & A. Blackie for advertising lots of land on the Banks of Dee. 3«" x 8", printed border clipped away at bottom, fine vignette of man ploughing. 1849. £5.00

Aberdeen Farrier BILL of Joseph Milne, Horse Shoer and Farrier, to James Forbes, Carter, Aberdeen 1834-1837. In manuscript, listing work with month and day on one and a quarter sides of small folio sheet, receipted as paid in full 31st Oct. 1837. Mainly for horse shoes, 'dressing a Foot' etc... together with... Summons or Complaint, to William Westland, Farmer, Nigg, by the Heirs of Joseph Milne, to recover money due to them. 3p., folio, printed, with ms. inserts, with list of work done 1839-41, with prices, 1«p. folio. 1834-7. £26.00

Aberdeen Newspaper ABERDEEN JOURNAL and General Advertiser for the North of Scotland. January 6, 1830. Broadsheet style, 23" x 17«", 4p, folded, some light staining, small piece 2" long torn from second leaf, with loss of a few lines, partly split at fold, some waterstaining. 1830. £12.00
¶ Contains local news, adverts for the Aberdeen & London Steam Packets, farms for sale etc.

Allan (Robert), Printer CALEDONIAN MERCURY No. 11,368. July 3, 1794. Newspaper, 4pp. Some slight rubbing at one fold, a few spots. 1794. £14.00
¶ Contains notice from Post Office about dispatch of mail bags from a long list of places, notice of Bounty of 3 guineas for volunteers for Navy, etc.

Allan (Thomas) & Co., Printer CALEDONIAN MERCURY March 29, 1834. Broadsheet newspaper, 4pp. 1834. £14.00
¶ Includes long advert of Samuel Read of Kevock Bleachfield, with 'cloth received and receipts granted by' with names of 80 merchants, announcement for Innerleithen Mineral Wells, etc.

Ayr, Dalmellington ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 14. Scale 1" to 1 mile, linen backed, folding into small 4to boards. Some light browning of linen in places between sections. 1872. £22.00

Ballater, Aberdeenshire MONALTRIE HOUSE - PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM Family photograph album, size 9" x 8", lacks calf spine. Later note in pencil on flyleaf 'Mary Bacon, Monaltrie. Contains 54 photographs, plus others which are very faded. c1899. £45.00
¶ Includes photos of the house, lady cycling, Bishop Douglas of Aberdeen in top hat and gaiters, carriage in front of the house, pipers marching in a town with 'Welcome to our King and Queen' banners in the street, shooting parties, gardeners hoeing beans etc.

Blackwood & Sons LANARKSHIRE Engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, hills shown with hachures. Size 9" x 7«", folding into 12mo boards, gilt title. c1840. £22.00

Bo'ness ROUP OF RYE GRASS & CLOVE HAY Poster advertising sale at Wairds and Deanfield Parks of Seven Acres of Rye Grass and Clover for First and Second Cuttings... 7th July, 1879. Size 10" x 13", traces of folds, some foxing. 1879. £17.00

Braemar ORDNANCE SURVEY Sheet No. XCVIII. Scale 6" to 1 mile. Size approx. 25" x 36". 2 indelible Survey Branch stamps in top margin. Second Edition 1903. O.S. blindstamp 1903. £20.00
¶ Covers the whole of Braemar, Corriemulzie, Loch Phadraig.

Brown (James) Printers THE ABERDEEN HERALD March 31st, 1860. Broadsheet newspaper, 8pp., folds, Some minor browning along part folds on front page. 1860. £14.00
¶ Many adverts. for local firms, steamship sailings, Provost's resignation etc.

Brown (James) Printers THE ABERDEEN HERALD April 14th, 1860. Broadsheet newspaper, 8pp., folds. 1860. £15.00
¶ Many adverts. for local firms, steamship and clipper sailings, Roup of the Bell and Petty Customs Dues, article on 'Scottish Patriotism', and 'Our Local Railways'.

Coil Clutch Co., Ltd., Johnstone CATALOGUE of Clutches for Hauling, Winding, Stamping, Capstans, Compressors, etc. 4to, 20pp., wraps. illusts. c1927. £14.00

Drum Estate, Edinburgh PLAN OF THE DEER PARK OF DRUM With some of the Coal Seams which run through the field.... Manuscript plan, fairly basic drawing, in ink and colour wash on thick paper backed with linen, 21" x 15". Shows buildings, including smithy, roads, lake with island and 13 named coal seams. Key indicating fences, outcrop of seams, cracks through the road, walls and buildings in 1885. List of seams at bottom with two sets of measurements for each. 1897. £60.00

Dunbar, Haddingtonshire REPORT ON THE BURGH OF DUNBAR. Folio, folding engraved plan coloured in outline, with a sheet of text printed on one side only. (1832) £22.00

Dunlop, Ayrshire DISPLENISHING SALE OF HORSES, HARNESS Traps, Furniture &c. Poster, listing named horses with Dam and Sire, carts, etc. For sale by Auction at Springfield, Dunlop. 1903. £15.00

Edinburgh Funerals NINE BILLS of John Croall and Sons, Funeral Undertakers and Carriage Hirers, Greenside Place. 4to, printed heading in a variety of type faces. Made out to various parties for funerals, including coffins, cloths, shroud, 'best plumed hearse and pair' etc. 1878-1909. £14.00
¶ Funerals include that of Mrs McLean, Alba St., Hugh Morton, Belvidere House, Helen Donaldson of Auchairne.

Edinburgh PICTURES OF THE PAGEANT Held at Craigmillar Castle, Edinburgh, 14th, 15th and 16th July 1927. Official Souvenir. 48pp., sm. 4to, coloured pictorial wraps. Numerous photographs. Local adverts. A few leaves dog-eared. 1927. £6.00

Edinburgh SEVEN BILLS of Robert Maitland, 51 Rose Street 1839, 1848 (4), and 1852 (2). Printed headings with name and address, made out for livery of horses, e.g. 'Dr. Hunter. To Livery of a bay mare to 30th March at £1.1s per week...' Two are 4to, the others oblong 8vo. 1839-52. £12.00

Edinburgh THREE BILLS OF COACH & HARNESS MAKERS all with decorative printed headings. Comprises bill of James Macnee & Co., Coach and Harness Makers to Her Majesty, 2p., for repairs to dog carts etc., 2 bills of Peter Croall, Princes St., for new Dog Cart, with packing and delivery to Lochbrey. 2 4to, and 1 8vo. 1852-66. £22.00

Election of Peers MINUTES OF THE EVIDENCE Given Before The Committee of Privileges, to Whom the Petition of Dunbar Earl of Selkirk and James Earl of Hopetoun.... relative to the Return of the Peers chosen for Scotland stand referred. 41pp. Ordered to be printed 23d February, 1791. £25.00

Farm Auction FARMS IN SELKIRKSHIRE. Auction poster. Size approx. 12" x 7«", printed on one side only. Printed by R. Armstrong, Hawick. 1816. £20.00
¶ Concerns farms in the Parishes of Ettrick, and Yarrow.

Farquharson (Joseph), Painter LETTER on headed notepaper 'Finzean, Aboyne, N.B.' dated only 'August 3rd' 2p, blank conjoint leaf, to 'Dear Sir', signed 'Yours truly, Joseph Farquharson'. Says he is just back from Japan, and would take £800 'picture you refer to... reserving the copyright - not that I wish to have the picture reproduced - but that it may not be reproduced without my consent.' n.d. early 1920's? £17.00
¶ Farquharson (1846-1935), is known for his snowy landscapes, many of them based on the countryside round his estate at Finzean.

Gall and Inglis TOURISTS MAP OF THE CLYDE Scale Half inch to a Mile. Printed in two colours, folding to sm. 8vo, printed wraps, 10" discoloured old sellotape repair to one fold. c1900. £7.00

Grangehill, Beith SALE OF POTATOES & Ryegrass Hay.... by Public Roup, at Grangehill, Beith, Saturday, 6th August, 1870... 3 Acres of Excellent Growing Potatoes.... Also About 20 Tons of First-Class Green Cut Ryegrass hay, in Ricks.... Poster, 11" x 9", traces of folds, top corners chipped, one or two edge tears. Millar, Printer, Beith, 1870. £14.00

Gray (J), Printer THE EDINBURGH, LEITH, GLASGOW and North British Commercial and Literary Advertiser. March 8, 1834. Broadsheet newspaper, 4pp., some slight dust-marking on folds on page 1. 1834. £10.00
¶ 'Lost. A Dark Sable Boa was dropt on Monday last between Doune Terrace and Great King Street...', 'Crack Coach Horses for Sale...'

Greig family, Bandon CONTRACT OF MARRIAGE Betwixt David Greig and Katherin Baveridge. 3 closely written pages, sm. folio, signed and witnessed. Some foxing and ink blots. 1726. £20.00
¶ Involved a bond of three thousand marks Scots.

Haddington REPORT ON THE BURGH OF HADDINGTON. Folio, engraved plan coloured in outline, with a sheet of text printed on one side only, couple of short tears to inner margin text leaf. c183-. £18.00

Johnston's TRAVELLING MAP OF SCOTLAND Engraved map, coloured in outline, size 23" x 19", plus margins. Scale approx. 2«" = 30 miles. Dissected and mounted on linen, folding into sm. 8vo cloth boards, gilt, decorative endpapers. A few small spots on map, 1" split in cloth at hinge. c1860. £35.00

Kingussie ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 64. Size 19" x 24". Linen backed and folding to sm. 4to. Margins and linen on verso slightly grubby. 1876. £16.00

Kircudbright HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Printed letter dated 21st August 1854, from the Secretary, 1p, 4to, and on verso double page form to be filled in by farmer, with columns for acreage of crops, nos. of stock etc. 1854. £10.00

Martin (Henry), Sculpt. PLAN OF TAIN Scale 6" to 1 mile. Engraved plan, size 12" x 11", hand-coloured in outline. c1835. £22.00
¶ Names owners of property. Covers area from Morrangie to the River Tain.

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Muirhead (C) Printer THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER February 18, 1834. Broadsheet newspaper, 4pp., folded. 1834. £14.00
¶ Contains 3 columns on Highland Society livestock competition.

Muirhead (C) Printer THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER February 11, 1834. Broadsheet newspaper, 4pp., folded. 1834. £14.00
¶ Contains Adverts for Infirmary Ball, sale of houses in Candlemaker Row and Libberton's Wynd, report of calico-printers' strike etc.

Musselburgh REPORT UPON THE BOROUGH OF MUSSELBURGH 2pp, with a Plan of the Town, by R.K. Dawson, coloured in outline, size 13" x 18", scale 6" to 1 mile. Folio, disbound. c1832. £24.00

Perth CATALOGUE of Great Annual Spring Sale of Draught & Harness Horses, Carriages and Harness, within the Perth Agricultural Hall, 23rd March, 1896. 16pp, 8vo, traces of folds. £10.00

Portobello REPORT UPON THE BOROUGH OF PORTOBELLO 1p, with a Plan of the Town, by R.K. Dawson, coloured in outline, scale 6" to 1 mile. Folio, disbound. Some minor off-setting on plan. c1832. £24.00

Ramsay (David), Publisher THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT February 15, 1834. Broadsheet newspaper, 8pp, folds. 1834. £10.00

Smith (David), Surveyed and Planned by PLAN OF THE LANDS OF BLAIR O'ER The Property of Alexander Gow, Esq. Finely executed manuscript plan, in ink and watercolour, size 36" x 24", on cartridge paper stuck firmly to hardboard. Scale approx. 2" = 3 Scots chains. Large compass rose, scale bars in Scots chains and in Feet. Shows house, garden, woodland and arable meadow and pasture land (shaded green, lined brown etc.) to differentiate), woodland and hedges shown with trees, cottages, Burn of Dalquhurr. Shading shows steep banks. Adjoining lands and owners named. Attractive watercolour border «" wide with 'dentelle' effect. A few small foxing spots, and a few light smudges. 1819. £200.00 -- See Illustration
¶ A David Smith is listed in the Eden's 'Dictionary of Land Surveyors' as being active in the Glasgow area, 1819-44. The estate was near Drymen. Among the adjoining lands named are Lands of Blairwood, Property of The Duke of Montrose, Lands of Dramhead, Property of Alexander Millar of Dalnairm, Drumquhastle, Property of Robert Govan of Park.

Stranraer ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 90. Popular Edition. Buff and red wraps with shield and crown. 1924. £9.00

Sutherland ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Scale 6" to 1 mile, size 54" x 54", linen backed, folding into stiff wraps. c1900. £20.00
¶ Covers Loch Craggie, Dalreavoch, Loch Beannach, River Brora, River Fleet. There are very few habitations shown. Labelled 'Tressady' on front wrap.

Van de Keere (Pieter) CATHANES AND ORKNAY INS. Hand-coloured map of the Orkneys. Size approx. 3«" x 5", plus margins. Text on verso. Mid 17th century. £75.00
¶ From the miniature atlas of the British Isles published by George Humble, often referred to as the 'Miniature Speed Atlas'.

Veitch (W), Publisher THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT Sept. 24th, 1866. Broadsheet newspaper, 4pp, folds. 1866. £10.00
¶ Contains list of subscribers to the Eyre Defence Aid Fund, adverts. for Aitchison's watches, North British Marble Works, etc.

Veitch (William), Publisher THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT October 31, 1865. Broadsheet newspaper, 8pp, folds. 1865. £10.00

Wallhouse, Linlithgow ROUP OF WOOD AND LETS OF GRASS PARKS At Wallhouse. To be Sold by Public Roup, on Saturday the 5th of February next, about 300 Lots of Excellent Wood. The Roup to commence at Bishopry Farm Steading, near the Bathgate Road... The Wood consists chiefly of Oak, Ash, and Elm..... Poster, size 15" x 10", some off-setting, couple of small holes where once folded. Waldie, Printer, Linlithgow, 1859. £18.00

West Port, Linlithgow STACKS, HAY, HARNESS MARE, ETC. FOR SALE There will be Sold by Public Roup, on Friday, 16th May 1879, at 3p.m., in a Field on the Preston Road, at West Port Linlithgow, the following Stacks, &c., which belonged to the late Mr James Learmonth:- 3 Stacks of Oats, 1 Stack of Wheat, 2000 Stones Ryegrass Hay.... 1 Whitechapel Cart.... 2 Sets of Gig Harness.... Poster, size 17«" x 11", some off-setting, central fold. Waldie, Printer, Linlithgow, 1879. £18.00