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Bibliographies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Lists of books, documents, and other bibliographical items, often all related by author, topic, or another criterion. Bibliographies are arranged in some logical order giving brief information about the works, such as author, date, publisher, and place of publication.

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

"Fifty Years a Reader: Memories of the National Library" by Donald Whyte.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11871
Scope and Contents

Includes bibliography of works written from research in the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: circa 2000.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

List of volumes recorded in the 'Typographia Scoto-Gadelica'., 1902-1914

 Item
Identifier: Acc.14575/2
Scope and Contents A volume entitled 'Typographia Scoto-Gadelica', containing a list of brief entries of the volumes described in the work. 60 folios (folios 57-60 blank), foliated by the scribe. With a number of blank leaves at the beginning and end of the volume. Bound in half vellum over wooden boards with marbled paper. The inscription on the spine includes the date 1902, which is probably the date of compilation of the first list and its binding. Later additions include...
Dates: 1902-1914

Literary papers of Alexander Law.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11490
Scope and Contents

Papers mainly concern studies of Scottish schools and school books, education in Edinburgh, and the works of Allan Ramsay. Includes correspondence and papers of Burns Martin and John Walter Oliver on earlier editions of the works of Ramsay.

Dates: circa 1930-1990.

Manuscript drafts and typescripts of a paper, ‘Freud and the Psycho-Analytical Method’, subsequently entitled ‘Freud, the Psycho-Analytical Method and Mental Health’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1956.

 File
Identifier: MS.50205
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically.1956.Amended carbon copy of a typescript, 1956, of a paper, ‘Freud and the Psycho-Analytical Method’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper was read at the summer school of the Davidson Clinic, 26 July 1956. The typescript has been amended by Fairbairn. Folios 1-9.Manuscript draft, 1956, comprised of typescript and manuscript, of an article, ‘Freud and the Psycho-Analytical Method’, by William Ronald Dodds...
Dates: 1956.

Manuscript fragments, notes, drafts, a bibliography and an outline plan for a book by Rachel Annand Taylor., 1927-1953, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.20426
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Manuscript fragments of reviews published in the ‘Spectator’ and the ‘Spectator literary supplement’ (folio 1); (ii) Notes for and drafts of 'Gilles de Rais', 1933 (folio 3); (iii) Bibliography and notes for and drafts of Mrs Taylor's articles on mythological figures in “Cassell's encyclopaedia of literature” (folio 91).

Dates: 1927-1953, undated.

Manuscript of chapters 1-2 and 4-11 of ‘The first ascent of Mont Blanc’, and of the 'List of Ascents, etc.' and 'Bibliography', written by Professor Thomas Graham Brown.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.5167-5169
Scope and Contents

Chapter 3 was written by Sir Gavin de Beer, who also prepared and annotated the appendices, but this portion of the book is not represented in the manuscript.

Dates: [1957, or before].

Manuscript of parts 2 and 3 of ‘Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1927-1943, 1951-1952.

 File
Identifier: MS.50196
Scope and Contents The manuscript is a composite of articles in typescript and offprint arranged in the sequence in which they were to be published in ‘Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The order of each article within each part is indicated through the addition of a sequence number at the head of each title page. Each of the articles has been amended by Fairbairn in preparation for its inclusion in ‘Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality’....
Dates: 1927-1943, 1951-1952.

Manuscript of 'Typographia Scoto-Gadelica' by the Rev. Donald Maclean, with a list of books included.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14575
Content Description

A manuscript, dated 1909, of Maclean's 'Typographia Scoto-Gadelica', which was published in 1915. Together with a separate volume, dated 1902, containing a briefer list of the volumes included in the 'Typographia'.

Dates: 1902-1909

Material for Sir Robert Sibbald`s projected `Bibliotheca Scotica`.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.17
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) An alphabetical index of Scottish authors and their works, circa 1700 (folio 1). The beginning is probably missing (the pagination commences with page 11). Most of the entries are copied from ‘Historia ecclesiastica gentis Scotorum lib.XIX’. It is followed by an appendix (folio 137 verso) in which the entries are more detailed.(ii) `De Scriptoris Scoticis`, circa 1702 (folio 150). A bibliography of works, including...
Dates: Circa 1700, circa 1702.

Material for 'The Isle of Arran' by Robert McLellan., ?1968-?1970.

 File
Identifier: MS.26419
Scope and Contents

The material consists of preliminary notes (folio 1), synopses (folio 100), bibliography (folio 141), and notes for the index and illustrations (folios 146, 165).

Dates: ?1968-?1970.

Miscellaneous documents and correspondence.

 Series
Identifier: MS.6290
Dates: 1573-1925, undated.

Miscellaneous material relating to the life and career of John Rennie., [1784-1821]-1821- early 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.19934
Scope and Contents

The material includes a memorandum in John Rennie's own hand concerning some of his major works, biographical sketches by Sir John and George Rennie, lists of reports compiled by Rennie and at one time in Sir John's possession, printed obituary notices by Charles Dupin, and A H F Sohlichtegrol, genealogical material concerning the Rennies and related families, and papers relating to the Society of Civil Engineers, and the Smeatonian Society, l821-early 20th century.

Dates: [1784-1821]-1821- early 20th century.