Printed books
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Annotated Published Works by Sir Charles Lyell, 1830-1874
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/B19
Scope and Contents
Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, planned since 1827 when he was aged 30 and published in 1830, was the culmination of his interests, education and travel. He would go on to dedicate his life to writing science and travel books. Lyell lived, worked and published in an age distinguished by growing public interest in the sciences and by publishers keen to meet that interest. This was a period marked by the appearance of new scientific journals and literary periodicals, and by scientific...
Dates:
1830-1874
Composite volume containing eighteen texts, printed and manuscript, late 15th century, 1490
Item
Identifier: MS 210
Scope and Contents
This volume of German origin is partly printed, partly manuscript. Both the printed and manuscript parts date from the very late 15th century, around 1490. It contains mostly grammatical and rhetorical treatises.f. 1r: table of contents (contemporary) [MANUSCRIPT].ff. 2r-43v: Modus Latinitatis by Ulricus Ebrardi [PRINTED].ff. 44r-127v: ...
Dates:
late 15th century; 1490
Composite volume entitled "Theses Etc." containing printed and manuscript texts
Fonds — Volume Df.9.138
Identifier: Coll-2889
Scope and Contents
This is a composite volume containing 23 texts published or written in the 17th century, numbered from Df.9.138/1 to Df.9.138/23. All of them are printed except for Df.9.138/15. The printed texts are theses from Scottish universities (Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, St Andrews), and from elsewhere in Europe (London, Leiden, Deventer, Basel). The manuscript text seems to be lecture notes. Includes a handwritten list of contents at the beginning of the volume....
Dates:
1629-1684
Index to biblical texts, No date.
Item
Identifier: AA2/2/74
Scope and Contents
Index of biblical texts referring to printed workes on them from Leviticus to Revelation.
Dates:
No date.
Kenya by Norman Leys, 1918-1974
Series — Box CLX-A-26: Series Coll-490/26
Identifier: Coll-490/26/NL
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to a reprint:1. Copy of letter sent by Dr Norman Leys, Medical Officer, Nyasaland, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Downing Street, 7 February 1918. (Typescript).Research correspondence:2. George Shepperson to Dr Duncan Leys (half-brother of Norman Leys). He is interested in a chapter about the Nyasaland Rising of 1915 in Norman Leys' book Kenya and asks if Dr Leys knows the whereabouts of any...
Dates:
1918-1974
Manuscript song book of "Miss Stow", with enclosures by Carolyn Coxon, late 18th-century [?] (song book); 2nd half of the 20th century (enclosures)
Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/19-0126
Scope and Contents
This is a song book partly manuscript, partly printed which had belonged to a "Miss Stow". It contains many interspersed paper notes added subsequently by Carolyn Coxon, commenting and identifying the music pieces.The printed section is entitled "The Celebrated Russian Dance call'd Rafatchek as Danc'd at the London & French Theatres by M. Vestris & Madn Guimer, set for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte with Variations. By Domenico Corri",...
Dates:
late 18th-century [?] (song book); 2nd half of the 20th century (enclosures)
Papers of Anne M. M. Swanson relating to the British Association for Early Childhood Education
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2087
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of the papers of Anne M. M. Swanson relating to the BAECE (British Association for Early Childhood Education, formerly Nursery School Association (NSA)), dating from 1907 to 1993.The papers include:- A children's book entitled A Year of Song for a Baby in a Garden, signed and dedicated by the author Graham Robertson in 1907;
- A file with typed and manuscript documents (including minutes) relating to the NSA in...
Dates:
1907-1993; Majority of material found within 1970s-1980s
Personal copies of David Douglas of "The Journal of Sir Walter Scott" (1890) and "Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott", extra-illustrated with correspondence
Fonds — Box CLX-A-481
Identifier: Coll-2098
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of publisher and editor David Douglas' personal copies of The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (1890, vol. I and II) and Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott (1894, vol. I and II), extra-illustrated with correspondence.David Douglas, an Edinburgh publisher, oversaw the editing and publication of The Journal of Sir Walter Scott in 1890 and ...
Dates:
1890-1894
Printed Books, 1820-1839
Series
Identifier: Coll-244/2
Scope and Contents
This series contains the following printed books and manual:
A brief analysis of the ancient records of the Bishopric of Moray by John Graham Dalyell, 1826
A brief analysis of the chartularies of the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, the Chapel Royal of Stirling, and the Preceptory of St. Anthony at Leith, by John Graham Dalyell,...
Dates:
1820-1839
Typescripts and manuscripts of "Lord in Waiting" and "Price of a Princess" by Nigel Tranter
Fonds — Box CLX-A-390
Identifier: Coll-2056
Content Description
This collection consists of two typescripts of Nigel Tranter's books Lord in Waiting (first published in 1994) and Price of a Princess (first published in 1994) on 20 x 25 cm paper bound by strings; two manuscripts of the same novels on small paper cards 10 x 16 cm, and two published copies of the books.1. Nigel Tranter, Price of a Princess, c 1994, Autograph manuscript &...
Dates:
c 1994