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Reminiscences of Old Edinburgh (2 volume set) by Daniel Wilson. Published by David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1878.
Original Brown Cloth Hardbacks. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1878. 2 Vol set. Vol. 1: vi, 352pp. Vol. 2: vi, 324pp. 21 B&W illustrations. Includes chapters on: (Vol. 1) Olden Times; Modern Antiques; The Wynd of the Blessed Virgin Mary-In-The Field; Palaces of the Cowgate; A Queen Dowager's Neighbours; At the Sign of the Mercury; Ursa Major; The Jacobite Muse; (Vol. 2) Queen Mary of Gueldres; St. Anthony's Well; Canongate Revels; The Old Castlehill; King Arthur and the Picts; The Well and Shrine; and The Days that are No More; among others. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spines and black border decorations to upper boards. Bindings in very good condition. Slight scuffing to creases. Page edges beginning to brown slightly. . Light foxing to edges and prelims. A very good tight set with no inscriptions.

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Original Brown Cloth Hardbacks. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1878. 2 Vol set. Vol. 1: vi, 352pp. Vol. 2: vi, 324pp. 21 B&W illustrations. Includes chapters on: (Vol. 1) Olden Times; Modern Antiques; The Wynd of the Blessed Virgin Mary-In-The Field; Palaces of the Cowgate; A Queen Dowager's Neighbours; At the Sign of the Mercury; Ursa Major; The Jacobite Muse; (Vol. 2) Queen Mary of Gueldres; St. Anthony's Well; Canongate Revels; The Old Castlehill; King Arthur and the Picts; The Well and Shrine; and The Days that are No More; among others. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spines and black border decorations to upper boards. Bindings in very good condition. Slight scuffing to creases. Page edges beginning to brown slightly. . Light foxing to edges and prelims. A very good tight set with no inscriptions.