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Dundee: John Durham & Son, 1874 . Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A comprehensive late nineteenth century guide to the history of Dundee, including biographical sketches of notable inhabitants of the city. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece.An informative history of the Scottish city, being a greatly 'new and enlarged edition' of the 1847 work of the same name by James Thomson. This additional information has been provided by James MacLaren.With the first part being a general history of the town, and the second part being a 'description of the town' and its 'public works, buildings and institutions'.With the armorial bookplate of Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison to the front pastedown. Aitchison was a Scottish colonial administrator who was Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, and served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from 1878 to 1880.With the inscription of D S Colman to the verso of the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding.… Read More

The History of Dundee; being an account of the origin and progress of the burgh from the earliest period; embracing a description of its antiquities, topography, public works and buildings, manufacture and commerce, municipal, educational, and charitable institutions, with biographical sketches of eminent men. A new and enlarged edition of the work, published in 1847, by James Thomson. John Durham and Son. Dundee. 1874. Royal 8vo. xvi, 419, (1), xxxiii, 8pp. Folding map frontispiece, further illus. by the author. Original publisher's red cloth, with the Dundee crest in gilt to upper board, gilt lettering to spine. Some rubbing and shelf wear, corners bumped, fraying to head and tail of spine. Hinges cracked but pretty firm. Spotting to title page. Small dot of red sealing wax to rep. Map carefully reinforced to edges and fold. Includes the subscribers list.

Dundee: John Durham and Sons. Very Good. 1874. Hardcover. xvi + 419pp + xxxiii + 8pp, illustrated, map, last few pages have brown mark affecting 1 corner, odd mark in text, inner hinges chipped, folding map has sm repair, bound in original blue cloth, edges rubbed; Octavo .

Dundee: John Durham, 1874. . 8vo., pp.xvi,419,xxxiii,8, uncut, recased, preserving the original heraldic brown cloth, gilt, recased, folding frontispiece map; tear to first fold of frontispiece, light foxing to prelims/Index, rubbing and slight wear to extremities, with slight bubbling to cloth over spine, a very good copy.