THE MISCELLANY OF THE THIRD SPALDING CLUB. Volume II. by The Spalding Club [ Foreword by James Cruickshank - 1940

Aberdeen: Printed for the Third Spalding Club, 1940. Contents: The Three Spalding Clubs: A century in retrospect by W. Douglas Simpson; Testimonialis Grantit Be Ye Ballies Sen Ye Last Day of Merche 1589 edited by Louise B. Taylor; the Raid on Glenkindie in 1698. Documents edited by John Macgregor; George Skene's Account of a Journey to London in 1729 edited by Rev. Prof. G. D. Henderson & A.T. McRobert; Four Needlework Panels attributed to Mary Jamesone in the West Church of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen by William Kelly; Chamberlain's Account,1650, Dunotter. FromSir Patrck Keith Murray of Ochtertyre's Papers; Copy of a Manuscript entitled " A Genealogie of the Barons in the Mearns of Late Memory Deschending Lineally unto the Year of God 1578; The Music School of Old Machar from the MSS of Prof. C. Sanford Terry edited with an Introduction by Harry M. Willsher; Account for Building a New Road on Tyrebagger Hill 1759 - 60 edited by James Cruickshank. A very decent clean and bright copy. Free of any inscriptions, tightly bound. p.xxxii, portraits, 267, index. 15p. List of Office bearers and Members. Excellent. The Spalding Club was the name of three successive antiquarian and text publication societies founded in Aberdeen, which published scholarly editions of texts and archaeological studies relevant to the history of Aberdeenshire and its region. The clubs were named after the 17th-century historian John Spalding. The third Spalding Club ran from 1928-1960. It ceased publication in 1960.. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.