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Two Day Antique, Collectors and Interior Sale.
Welcome to Bowler & Binnie Auctioneers' two-day sale.
Day 1- Friday 26th May at 10am- Antique, General & Household- Lots 1-700.
Day 2- Saturday 27th May at 10am-Antique, Collector & Interior- Lots 700 onwards.
Viewing will be held on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th between 10am-4pm.
Bidding can be done in several different ways; in person at our saleroom, by commission bid or online with one of our online platforms.
Our address is: Carnegie House, Lyneburn Industrial Estate, Halbeath Place, KY114JT
Due to demand and the need to turn our sales around quicker, we are now only sending small items, such as jewellery and non-fragile trinkets. For anything else a mailbox/courier will need to be arranged by yourself. We will not pack for courier collection. Below are some suggestions to help...
Mail Box- MBE Anne Balfour 01786449543- email: [email protected]
GL Removal - James T.07542445515
Email: [email protected]
Chris Watson Delivery Service T. 07793240435 E. [email protected] W. chriswatsondelivery.co.uk, Items2go- 07783 861970 HC Couriers - 07491674691
ADS Alistair Weanie - [email protected] 07768084941
City Couriers- Adam Syme- 0131 447 7295-07740803433
Simon Smith-S.N.S Courier Services- [email protected]
Pack & Send Edinburgh East-0131 201 2244
We hope you enjoy our upcoming sales :)
Bowler & Binnie Team
Day 1- Friday 26th May at 10am- Antique, General & Household- Lots 1-700.
Day 2- Saturday 27th May at 10am-Antique, Collector & Interior- Lots 700 onwards.
Viewing will be held on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th between 10am-4pm.
Bidding can be done in several different ways; in person at our saleroom, by commission bid or online with one of our online platforms.
Our address is: Carnegie House, Lyneburn Industrial Estate, Halbeath Place, KY114JT
Due to demand and the need to turn our sales around quicker, we are now only sending small items, such as jewellery and non-fragile trinkets. For anything else a mailbox/courier will need to be arranged by yourself. We will not pack for courier collection. Below are some suggestions to help...
Mail Box- MBE Anne Balfour 01786449543- email: [email protected]
GL Removal - James T.07542445515
Email: [email protected]
Chris Watson Delivery Service T. 07793240435 E. [email protected] W. chriswatsondelivery.co.uk, Items2go- 07783 861970 HC Couriers - 07491674691
ADS Alistair Weanie - [email protected] 07768084941
City Couriers- Adam Syme- 0131 447 7295-07740803433
Simon Smith-S.N.S Courier Services- [email protected]
Pack & Send Edinburgh East-0131 201 2244
We hope you enjoy our upcoming sales :)
Bowler & Binnie Team
Filtering Category: COLLECTORS BOOKS
81 Lots
Lot 1053
ARNGASK Annals of Arngask. The Story of a Parish pn the South East Corner of Perthshire. By the Rev James Mackie, The Manse of Arngask, Glenfarg. Perthshire, June 1958. Red Cloth, with title in gilt on front cover andakso on spine’. This copy ex-Library, withdrawn from Students’ Library, Monmouthshire County Council Library, with their book-plate on front paste-down, and Student Library Stamp on fep opposite [Ref 004].
Hammer: £ 26
Lot 1054
AUCHTERDERRAN. Auchterderran, Fife. A Parish History. By Rev Archibald McNeill Houston, Minister of Auchterderran. Paisley``: Alexander Gardner, 1924; Elie cloth. Title in gilt on front cover and spine; dw, worn at top and bottom of spine, and also to spine and front cover, Presentation coy from Rev Archd McNeill Houston , the Author, to His Grace, The Lord High Commissioner, June 1926 [Ref 005].Hammer: £ 18
Lot 1056
BALCARRES. Item 1. Balcarres Crag, or Nature Rambles in a Country Parish. By Rev John Adams, B.D., Author of “Lunan Water;” Second Edition., 1932; Cupar-Fife: J & J Innes Ltd, Printers and Publishers, 1932; Presentation Copy, inscribed “With the Author’s Compliments, John Adams, 14 June 1937. Blue Cloth, inscribed in black ink on front cover and also on spine; Dw, slight tear to front cover and slightly worn top cover of dw, clean and bright and overall a nice copy [Ref 007]Item 2. Lunan Water, or Nature Rambles in a Country Parish. By Rev John Adams; Arbroath: T Buncle & Co, Prinrers and Publishers, 1923; Blue cloth, with title in black ink on front cover and also on spine; dw, slightly torn on front covering also on spine; dw, slightly torn on front cover and also on spine; dw, slight tear to bottom of spine, and marked on rear cover; marked on fep but apart from that a nice clean copy [Ref 007A].
Hammer: £ 20
Lot 1057
BALLINGRY Item 1. Old Church Life in Ballingry. The History of a Fifeshire Parish, based chiefly on the old Session Records. By Rev David Jamie, minister of Ballingry. Kinross: George Barnet, High Street, 1890. Blue cloth, printed in gilt on front cover and also on spine. This copy ex-Library, withdrawn from Edinburgh Public Libraries, with usual Libery markings and stamps [Ref 008[Item 2. Another copy, also ex Library, ex Dunfermline District Libraries, with usual Library Stamps and lending slip; last issued on 22 Sep 1998. Bound up in Library binding, with Library Number on spine [Ref 008A].
Lot 1059
200 Years of Golf in Burutisland. The Burntisland Golf Clubs 1797-1997. Illustrated Card Covers. A5 size; Published by Burntisland Golf Club, 1997; new [Ref 010]Burntisland Golf House Club, 1898-1998. Illustrated card covers; A4 size. Published by The Burntisland Golf House Club, 1998; new [Ref 011].
Lot 1061
Guide to Burntisland. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. With An Account of the History, Geology, Ornithology, and Botany of the District. Issued by Herbert Folkarde, family grocer and wine merchant. No date, c 1910’ Paper Covers; stapled, rusting [Ref 013 ]Shakespeare & Ourselves. An Inaugural Lecture delivered at Burntisland on Friday, 27 Nov 1863 by John T Gordon, Sheriff of Midlothian. Edinburgh: Seton and Mackenzie, 1863; Grey Paper Covers, dirtied with age. Printed name of Josephine Dockar Drysdale gummed on top of front cover [Ref 014].
Hammer: £ 20
Lot 1062
Burntisland Early History and People. By John J Blygh. Fifeshire Advertiser Ltd, Kirkcaldy, 1948. Blue cloth, title on gilt on spine, and author’s name in gilt on front cover; ink inscription of previous owner, Jean Marshall Scotland Coombs, 91 Rossend Terrace, Burntisland; nice copy [Ref 015].Lot 1063
History of Scottish Burgh Life More Paericularly in the Time of the Stuarts. With Illustrations. By Andrew Young. Kirkcaldy: Printed by the Fifeshire Advertiser Limited, 1913; 500 copies printed; Title in gilt on front cover and spine. Gilt illustration of 17th century sailor on front cover; covers slightly marked, otherwise a nice copy [Ref 016]Second Edition, with Additional Illustrations, Numerous Corrections and Considerable Additional Matter. By Andrew Young. Kirkcaldy: Printed by the Fifeshire Advertiser Limited, 1924. 500 copies printed. Brown cloth; title and author’s name in gilt on front cover as well as gilt illustration of 17th century sailor front cover; original title on spine; signature of B McGuinness on fep [Ref 16A].
Lot 1064
CERES: The Croft House Andersons. With Memories of Ceres in rage sixties and seventies of last century. By One of Themselves [ie William P Anderson]; For Private Family Circulation. Cupar: J & G Innes Ltd, 1933. Red Cloth, title in gilt and front cover and spine; a nice clean copy, [Ref 017].Hammer: £ 34
Lot 1066
COLINSBURGH Anns of Colinsburgh. With Noes of Church `Life in Lilconquhar Parish. By Rev Robert Reid, Colinsburgh. Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 17 Princes Street, 1896,. This copy ex-Library, withdrawn from Edinburgh Public Libraries, with usual markings. Library bindings green boards; embossed Library Stamp on rear cover [Ref 019].Lot 1067
CUPAR, Item One. [George Innes] Historical Notes and Reminiscences of Cupar. Reprinted from the “Fife Herald” (1884). Cupar-Fife: Printed in “The Fife Herald” Office, Burnside. 1884. Boards; free tape around spine; bookplate of Gilmour of Lundin and Montrave on front paste down, with signature of R J Davidson on fep opposite; a nice copy [Ref 020]Item Two Another copy, bound in red cloth, with title of Reminiscences of Cupar; gilt title on front cover and spine [Ref 020A].
Hammer: £ 28
Lot 1068
Notes of a Communication Addressed to the Fifeshire Literary Scientific and Antiquarian Society. By John Govan, Honorary Corresponding Secretary. Published at the Request of the Society. Edinburgh: Printed by John Smellie, 2 Thistle Street, 1851. Brown Boards, green tape around spine. Book plate of Bibliotheca Lindesiana on front paste down, and opposite is the book plate of Gimour of Lundin and Momtrave [Ref 021].Hammer: £ 20
Lot 1069
History of the Cupar and District Co-operative Society Limited. Narrative by Harry C Laing Secretary. Published by the Society, 1939. Blue Cloth, title in gilt on front cover. Nice copy [Ref 022]The Parish Church of Cupar Old and St Michael of Tarvit. Script by Margaret W W Boyd. Oblong. Illustrated Card Covers, stapled. Published by Church. Printed by Innes Ltd, Cupar [1972] [ Ref 023]
Cupar, The Years of Controversy; its Newspaper Press, 1822-1872. By Andrew J Campbell. Published by The Fife Family History Society, 2009. Illustrated Card Covers. New [Ref 024].
Lot 1071
DALGETY: Glimpses of Pastoral Work in The Covenanting Times. A Record of the Labours of Andrew Donaldspm. A.M., Minister at Dalgety, Fifieshire. 1644-1662. By Rev William Ross, LLD., Bridge of Allan, author of Burgh Life in The Olden Time. London: James Nisbet & Co, Berner’s Street. Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, 1877. x library, withdrawn from Edinburgh Public Libraries, with usual stamps and markings. Library Binding, Embossed stamp of Edinburgh Public Libraries on rear cover [Ref 026]DUNBOG Hall: The Heart of A Fife Parish Hall and its Community, 1914-2014. By Jonathan Falls. Published by Dunbog Parish Hall Trust, 2014. Illustrated Card Covers; new [Ref 027].
Hammer: £ 10
Lot 1072
Item One Rosyth Castle: A Notable Fifeshire Ruin’ By Alan Reid. Dunfermline: A Romanes, “Press” Office [First Edition); brown cloth, title in gilt on front cover and also on spine [This copy has embossed stamp of James Wilkie SSC Edinburgh on title page, who was the author of several fife histories in the 1920s and 1930s). A nice copy[Ref 071]
Rosyth Castle and the Story of the Naval Base, By Alan Reid. Second Edition, Revised and Extended. A Romanes & Son, “Press” Office, Dunfermline; hard back, green cloth boards; title in gilt on front cover and spine; distilled a little at top and bottom of spine; stapled, rusting; apart from that a nice clean copy [Ref 071 x1]
LOT 072 Item 1 The Story of Rosyth. Inverkeithing High School, July 1979. Soft cover, stapled; Signature of Ellen M Mees on front cover; Pp 167 Item [Ref 072 iten 1]
Two Revised Edition, June 1982, soft covers; published by Inverkeithing High School; Pp 240 [Ref 72 itm 2].
Hammer: £ 40
Lot 1073
ISLE OF MAY One Man’s Island. Paintings and Sketches from the Isle of May. By Keith Broke. J M Dent and Sons Ltd, London and Melbourne, 1984. White cloth, title in gilt on spine; dw, new [Ref 042]One Man’s River. Paintings and Sketches from a Scottish River. By Keith Broke. Harper and Row, Publishers, New York, 1988; green cloth, title on spine; dw’ new [Ref 043]
The Story of ay Island. Published by Largo Field Studies Society, Upper Largo. Fife. A5, Third Reprint, 1984. Typescript [
044].
Another copy, A4 size, Typescript. First Published 1971
The Isle of May. A Scottish Nature Reserve. My W J Eggeling. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1960; green cloth,dw, which is price clipped, but otherwise in good condition [Ref 045]
Item Two Second Edition, 1985, with additional material, Lothian Press, Kirkmichael, Perthshire; dw; new
The Isle of May. Wemyss Environmenal Education Centre. No date, c 1979; A5 Typescript, card covers [ref 046].
General Guide to the Isle of May, Fife’s Own Island of Mystery and History, Sea Cliffs, Sea Birds and Seals. By James Allan. Published by Tervor Limited; illustrated card covers; Second Edition, July 2002, Revised and Enlarged; new [Ref 047]..
Hammer: £ 30