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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Brown cloth binding stamped in gold. 355pp. 16 tipped-in color plates from oil paintings by Charles Martin Hardie, R.S.A. Light general wear. Photos on request. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

8vo., 355 untrimmed pp., top edge gilt, 16 tipped-in color plates by Charles Martin Hardie, R.S.A., life in a village in Scotland, scuffed cover and pencil sketch on one of the preliminary pages else very good/o.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardie, Charles Martin (illustrator). 1st thus (that is with the illustrations by C Martin Hardie). xxii, 356pp, tipped-in colour frontispiece, further 15 tipped-in colour plates, 4pp publisher's ads. Brown cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine. Gilt top edges. 8vo. Mildly sun-faded spine. Very lightly bumped and rubbed spine ends. Very light wear to board edges. Light bumping at corners. Dusty top text block edge, remaining edges untrimmed. Endpapers just starting to fox. Front hinge stretched; cracked at rear pastedown. Light pencil markings on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Excerpt: "Having, within myself, made observation of late years, that all notable characters, whatsoever line of life they may have pursued, and to whatever business they might belong, have made a trade of committing to paper all the surprising occurrences and remarkable events that chanced to happen to them in the course of providence, during their journey through life - that such as come after them might take warning and be benefitted, - I have found it incumbent on me, following a right example, to do the same thing; and have set down, in black and white, a good few ones, that I should reckon will not soon be forgotten, provided they make as deep an impression on the world as they have done on me.".

Hardcover. Condition: Used. First Edition in Very Good Condition. Pages are crisp, clean, and bright. Spine is straight and tight. Overall a very good first edition!

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Impression. 354 pp. There are 16 colour illustrations tipped onto pages throughout the book. Coloured top fore edges. Light sunning to the spine of the book. Ink insciption to the front end paper with ink price '10p'. Light foxing to the pre lims and the fore edges. Clean interior. A very good copy of this lovely illustrated, well preserved book.

8vo. xviii[iv], 354[1]pp, 16 colour plates tipped-on to printed coloured paper inserts. Original red cloth gilt lettered in black to front board, te coloured o/w uncut. Gilt to spine faded; a few small light stains to cloth.

1st edition. 8vo. [xxii] + [355pp.] 16 tipped in colour plate from oil paintings by Charles Martin Hardie. Occasional slight foxing, owner's inscription to front f.e.p., original gilt lettered beige cloth, slightly faded to spine, t.e.g. US$22.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Charles Martin Hardie (illustrator). First Thus. This near fine copy is bound in tan cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and upper board, tight, white, bright and square. There is a small neat copper plate inscription to the f.e.p. the pages are uncut the top page edges are gilt. A dust wrapper is not present. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. David Macbeth Moir was the author of The Life of Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith (1828), a partly satirical, and very amusing, study of humble Scottish character, so shrewdly observed and neatly set down. Ref AAA7.

Buckram. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Charles Martin Hardie (illustrator). First Edition. Brown buckram, with gilt titles to front cover and spine. 355 pages. 16 tipped in colour illustrations from paintings by Martin Hardie. A little sunlight fading of colour to covers but very good for 1911. Small, neat inscription on front endpaper.

Humorous 'autobiography' of a Scottish early 19th century tailor. First Foulis edition. Illustrated in colour by Charles Martin Hardie. Inscription to fep and ink mark to top edge of spine otherwise VG.

Leather Binding. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Tipped-n Color Plates (illustrator). 1st. 1st thus edition; green suede c; All Edges Gilt; owner's plate; 355 clean, unmarked pages. Illustrated by Hardie, C. Martin illus. Size: 8 vo; 1.5 Pouinds.