Ramsay John Esq (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Severe water damage to rear board and last three leaves. Cloth on rear board wrinkled and bubbled. Water damage to front board, front free endpaper and half-title. Some bubbling to front board. 1/8" loss of cloth at bottom corners of boards. Front hinge cracked. Some rubbing to ends of spine and corners of boards.; [6], 568 + 24 pages advertisements. Volume II only. Edited by Alexander Allardyce from the Ochtertyre M.S.S. Red cloth boards. Contents include: "The Church and the Secession; The Scotish Gentry; Some Scottish Ladies; Agriculture; Some Scottish Worthies; Experiences of a Landlord; The Highlanders; Highland Superstitions; The Highlands and the Rebellions; Ramsayana."; 8vo.

24cm. 17[1]pp, text tables. Bound with: Speech of John Ramsay, Esq; M.P. on moving the second reading of the Valuation Bill. Glasgow: printed by William Gilchrist, 64 Howard Street, 1863. 24cm. 6pp, printed in double columns. Bound with: Endowed Institutions Commission Mr Ramsay's Draft Report To the Right Honourable the Lords of Committee of the Privy Council on Education in Scotland. London: Cornelius Buck, 23, Paternoster Row. 1873. N.P. N.D. 24cm. 11[1]pp, text tables. Contemporary half tan calf gilt, matching patterned cloth sides, marbled endpapers. John Ramsay (1814 1892) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. In 1864 he was a member of the Royal Commission on Education in Scotland. From the family library at Kildalton but without the bookplate. The second and third works were written whilst he was M.P. for Falkirk Burghs (1874-1886).

Glasgow : Printed by William Gilchrist, 64 Howard Street. MDCCCLXIII [ 1863. ]. London : Cornelius Buck, 23, Paternoster Row. 1873. No place , publisher or date of publication. [1879 ? ]Treed. pamphlets bound together. 8vo. ( 239mm. ) Pp. [3] 4 - 17 [1] blank. Includes tables ; [3] 4 - 6. ; 1 -11 [1] blank. Three pamphlets all clean and bright, bound in light tan half calf over cloth backed boards with marbled endpapers. John Ramsay (1814 1892) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He took a great interest in, and played played a major role, in the devolopment of education in Scotland. In 1864 he was a member of the Royal Commission on Education in Scotland, being also an unpaid member of Board of Education for Scotland. He was a Fellow or member of several learned societies. The Library Hub Discover ( on - line 9 /21 ) traces five copie of the first pamphlet - British Library x 2. University of Bristol. London School of Economics. National Library of Scotland. The second pamphlet is held at the National Library of Scotland only. The third is seemingly unrecorded.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1853 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 199 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 199.