Inscriptions.
Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:
11 letters, 1967-1983, to and copies of two letters, 1970-1971, of W R Aitken
With inscribed copies of Robert Bain, "James the First of Scotland" (1921), and William Montgomerie, "A Selection of Three Poems" (1965), each with letters, 1921 and 1965, from the authors.
22 notebooks, 1942, containing the corrected manuscript of A J Cronin, "The Keys of the Kingdom".
With a copy of the novel inscribed by Cronin and a letter, 1950, of Cronin.
64 letters, 1899-1949 and undated, to John Purves, mostly on literary matters, from among others J M Barrie, John Davidson, Luigi Pirandello and Walter de la Mare.
With literary and historical manuscripts, 1388, 1798-1911 and undated, collected by Purves, including single letters of D G Rossetti, John Ruskin, Sir Walter Scott, and William Wordsworth.
Also two albums, 1936-1952, of Purves, containing inscriptions in poetry and prose by various contributors.
‘Act of the Associate Presbytery for Renewing the National Covenant’ (Edinburgh, 1748), bound with blank pages for subscriptions, issued to the Congregation at Muckhart.
Alphabetical list of commercial regulations in Old Slavonic.
Apparently unpublished poem by Mrs Alison Cockburn entitled 'Adieu to My Garden 23rd Novʳ. 1777', tipped into a copy of ‘Letters and Memoir of her own Life by Mrs Alison Rutherford or Cockburn’ (Edinburgh, 1900).
On the page facing the half-title page is an inscription dated May 1900 of T Craig-Brown, who compiled the notes to the printed work, presenting this copy to his daughter.
Autograph album of Cherna Schotz.
With inscriptions by, among others, Duncan Grant, Hugh MacDiarmid and Francis George Scott.
"Bibliography of Thomas Carlyle's writings and ana" by Isaac Watson Dyer (Portland, Maine, 1928), presented by the author to James A S Barrett, with pencil notes and other additions.
James A S Barrett contributed Section C (a list of the principal portraits, etc., of Carlyle, pages 533-542) to the work.
The volume contains Isaac Dyer's inscription to James Barrett, dated 1928, on the flyleaf, and pencil notes and amendments in Barrett's hand throughout. Press cuttings and a letter, 1930, of Robin Flower, Deputy Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum, doubtless to Barrett, which were loosely enclosed at various places within the volume, have been tipped in.
'Book of verses’ by W E Henley (London, 1888), inscribed on the flyleaf and presented to Frederick Locker-Lampson by the author.
W E Henley's letter accompanying the volume, together with a later letter, 1890, to Frederick Locker-Lampson, are enclosed in an envelope that has been tipped in inside the front cover.
‘Collection of epitaphs and inscriptions out of the counties of Hampshire (Isle of Wight), Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, as copied literally from tomb & other stones by Russell Skinner'.
Only Hertfordshire inscriptions are given, but the index of first lines (folio i) refers to those in other counties.
Copies of Edwin Muir, "First Poems" (1925) and "Chorus of the Newly Dead" (1926), the former inscribed by Muir to John and Dorothy Holms.
Both annotated by Beatrix Holms
Copies of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions in parish churchyards in Lanarkshire, compiled, with introductions, photographs, lists of contents, and indexes, by John Smith, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
John Smith is the author of "Monumental inscriptions in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh", edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, in 'Scottish Record Society' series (Edinburgh, 1915, 1919).
Copy, dated 1800, of ‘The Historie and Life of King James the Sext’, attributed to John Colville.
An inscription by Malcolm Laing appears on folio 181, dated 15 July, 1800.
Copy of George F R Henderson, "Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War" (1898), inscribed and marked by Douglas Haig.
Containing a letter and report, 1919, to Haig, and a few maps, undated.
Copy of John MacDougall Hay's poetic work ‘Their dead sons’ (London, 1918), with a presentation inscription to James McIntyre.
A covering letter to James McIntyre is inserted.
Copy of part of Stair's 'Institutions of the Law of Scotland', being Titles 1-22 with Title 19 omitted.
Contains Titles 1-22 with Title 19 omitted.
Copy of S D Clough, "Backbone", with a 12-line inscription of Sir Harry Lauder on "my success".
Copy of "The Life and Acts of the most Victorious Conqueror Robert Bruce...", inscribed Berlin, by the Earl Marischal and James Boswell.
Corrected manuscripts of three poems, undated, in Gaelic of Maoilios M Caimbeul.
With inscribed copies of Caimbeul`s poetry collections, "Eileanan" (1980) and "Bailtean" (1987).
Cuming musical manuscript, being the first known collection of Scottish music for the violin.
Dictates on logic taken by Thomas Stark, Minister of Balmerino on lectures of Henry Ramsay, Professor of Philosophy at St Salvator's College, St Andrews University.
The volume is stamped with initials 'TS' on both covers and includes mnemonics for syllogisms (folios 8-9 and possibly also folio 144 verso), ornate alphabets (folio 145), an insulting title page concerning the professor and the inscription of Alexander Cairns (folio i).
English-Gaelic dictionary written by Alexander MacLaurin.
At Adv.MS.72.2.23, page 458, and Adv.MS.72.2.24, page 549, is the identical subscription: “This English and Gaelic Dictionary consisting of four volumes folio in manuscript half bound was composed by Alexr. McLaurin / Stabler in Edinr. N.B. The English words were taken from Thomas Sheridan’s pronouncing Dictionary in two volumes octavo”. This seems most likely to refer to the edition of the General Dictionary of the English Language published at Dublin in 1784.