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Scotland: Dumfries, UK: T C Farries and Co. Limited in Association with Royal Burgh of Dumfries, Octocentenary Committee of Nithsdale District Council, No Date ( 1986 ), 4th Revised Edition, 1st Printing (with additional notes), 1986. ------------hardcover, a Near Fine example in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, a few small spots of foxing on endpapers,a few very small spots on the upper edge of the text block, ink date (1988) on front blank endpaper, 898 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see description)/Very Good+ (see description). Illus. by Joseph Watson Cocer Art. 6w x 8.5 Inches. Flap Not Clipped.

Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1873. Hardcover - blue boards with black leather spine and gilt titles on spine. Some general shelf and edgewear, some tears of the leather at the base of the spine, a chip of leather missing at the top of the spine. Both the front and back hinges have some exposed mesh and are tender. Gift inscription from 1890 on FFEP. The interior of the book is - thankfully - very sound, clean and bright. Half-Leather. Good.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black 1873 . Hardback Second Revised edition. Ex-library green half leather binding with Raised Bands on spine and worn leather corners. Binding is marked and scratched with one inch tear at top of spine and library number written on spine. Front hinge cracked. Rear hinge completely detached from book. Label and small ink numbers on front end paper. Plates and some pages damp satined around edges. Map of Dumfries mostly missing. Pages tightly bound together. This is a heavy book and there would be an additional charge for interrnational postage. WT 1.4 Kg Poor Reading copy

GB: Thomas Hunter (Dumfries), 1906. Brown cloth, gilt. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1100g. . 3rd Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

Thomas Hunter and Co., 1906. Hardcover. Good. 1906. Third Edition. 878 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Prize plate stuck to front pastedown. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear and water marks to spine and boards.

Adam and Charles Black, 1873 Second edition. Missing map, good only. Quarter bound in red leather, split to the lower spine, boards much rubbed especially to the corners, ink numbers and initial s to the eps and preliims, hinges loosening, grubby marks throughout, coloured frontispiece, vignette of Devorgilla's seal, and the three other plates present, missing map, good only.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1867. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Hardback. A fair copy, the spine being torn at the join with the rear board and to a lesser extent at the join with the front board but still holding. Internally good. Gift inscription, evidently from the author, on the front end-paper. 916 pages. Frontispiece, title-page vignete and coloured lithograph.

Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1873. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Color frontis, title page vignette, four color plates. Folding map in rear with some tears but all these repairable. Front hinge cracked. Record # 60412

Dumfries. T.C. Farries. 1986 . Hardback. ISBN 0948278013 4th revised edition with additional notes. Brown cloth with gilt spine titles in complete dustwrapper, protected by a removeable clearivew cover. Book moves a little in it's binding. Clean and unmarked. 8.5" x 6". vi pp. + 898 pp. inc. index. A reprint of the indepth history of Dumfries and District first published in 1867 with a new prefactory chapter. Wt: 1.5 Kg. Extra postage outwith UK due to weight.. Very Good (Very Good)

Dumfries. T.C. Farries. 1986. Hardback. ISBN 0948278013 4th revised ed. Brown cloth with gilt spine titles in complete dustwrapper. Foxing on dustwrapper Gift message to Ffep. Slightly dusty upper page edges. 8.5" x 6". vi pp. + 898 pp. inc. index. Wt: 1.5 Kg. Extra postage outwith UK. VG (VG).

Dumfries: T.C. Farries & Co. Ltd, 1986. Dust jacket in good condition with clear plastic protective covering, boards clean and tidy with minimal edgewear visible, pp clean and bright, binding slightly cocked but pp secure.. Fourth Revised Edition. Hard. Good/Good. 8vo.

Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1867. Cover completely separated from book. There are tape marks to front pastedown. The cover itseld is almost torn in two. However, the rest of the pages are tightly bound together and pretty clean, making this a reasonable reading copy.. Disbound. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback / softback. New.

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1873. Leather. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. The scarce second edition of this history of the royal burgh of Dumfries, illustrated with chromolithograph views of the region. First published in 1867, this is the scarce second edition of William McDowall's history of Dumfries, Scotland, enlarged and with illustrations not present in the first edition. Bookplate of one 'Donald Whyte' to front pastedown. Discussing also Nithsdale, Annandale and the western border. Illustrated with a chromolithograph frontispiece, colour title page, and a folding facing page viii. Bound without the three additional plates called for. In half morocco. Externally smart with minor rubbing to the boards and extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Bookplate of one 'Donald Whyte' to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the engraved title page. Bound without the three additional plates called… Read More

t.c. farries & co 4th edition hardback book and dust jacket in near fine condition,lite foxing on top page edges. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Dumfries: Thomas Hunter & Co., Standard Office, 1906. Lovely, half bound book. Green leather over green cloth. Spine has gilt titles and raised bands, and has faded to brown. Leather surfaces have small scratches and minor scuffing. 878 pages, all in very good, clean condition. Marbled fore-edges, with top edge slightly darkened and stained. Endpapers clean. Hinges very tight. VG-. Hard Cover. VG-.

Paperback / softback. New.