Observations Scottish Dialect by Sinclair: First Edition (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Three Volumes Bound In One: V, (1) With Errata On Verso, 232 Pp; (Ii), 121, Including Half-Title, Errata On Verso Of Last Page; X, (I) With Directions On Verso, 13-96. Full Calf, Red Morocco Spine Label. Titles And Authors' Names Written On First Free Endpaper; Beattie's Name Written On Title Of That Section. Wear, Fraying At Corners, Binding Sound. The Third Title Is Quite Scarce. Bookplate Of Sir Henry Jardine. Henry Jardine Of Harwood (1766-1851) Was A Solicitor, Antiquarian And A Founder Member Of The Bannatyne Club In 1823, Alongside His Friend Sir Walter Scott. He Became A Writer To The Signet In 1790 And In 1793 Took The Important Government Role Of Solicitor Of Taxes, Through The Patronage Of Henry Dundas, 1St Viscount Melville. From 1820 Until 1831 He Was King's Remembrancer In The Exchequer Throughout The Reign Of King George Iv. In 1814 He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Edinburgh. His Proposers Were George Steuart Mackenzie (His Son-In-Law), Henry Mackenzie, And Thomas Charles Hope.In 1818 He Was Of Those Present With Sir Walter Scott At The Rediscovery Of The Honours Of Scotland. His Home At 123 Princes Street In Edinburgh Faced Directly On To Edinburgh Castle.…

Bound in half calf with cloth sides. vii,232pp. Hand-written contents details at rear. Some contemporary annotations in the text else a very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce.

First edition. v, [3], 232pp. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting brown morocco lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to boards. Scattered spotting. The sole edition of politician and agricultural historian Sir John Sinclair's (1754-1835) study of Scottish verbal usages and the derivations of 'words peculiar to the Scots'. Size: 8vo.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. pp v [3] 232. Presentation copy by the author (inscribed "_____ From the author" on the back of the title page - the recipient's name has been covered over in old ink). Modern cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. Sir John Sinclair (1754 - 1835) was a Scottish writer, famous for his survey of Scottish life, the "Statistical Account of Scotland", published between 1791 and 1799. In this volume, Sinclair describes some of the words and phrases of the Scots language (which he calls a "dialect") and their derivations (e.g. from Latin, Belgic, Saxon etc). He also touches on language usage in London and other parts of England. Condition: Very Good modern binding with a Very Good text block. Scarce. Presention copy from the author. Book. …

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. v, [3], 232, 19th C. half calf, paper sides, title bit marked and small hole due to erasure of previous owner's signature, annotations by a previous owner in text, binding rubbed with some chipping to the paper, stain on rear board. [ESTC T98144; ECSB 317].