Scottish text society edinburgh (94 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Original greencloth binding with gilt lettering, fine and bright with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, slight water mark to lower edges of pages, but a minor defect, otherwise unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Condizione: Fine. 1st edition. Cloth, F. clvi+234pp, index, a nice fine copy. New. The Buke of Chess is a unique middle Scots version of the Ludus Scaccorum, which is a moralising tale in Latin prose written by Jacobus de Cessolis. It Details the game of Chess. 700 grams.

Condizione: Fine. 1st edition. Cloth, F. clvi+234pp, index, a nice fine copy. New. The Buke of Chess is a unique middle Scots version of the Ludus Scaccorum, a moralising tale in Latin prose written by Jacobus de Cessolis. It Details the game of Chess. 700 grams.

Hardcover. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Edited with Introduction and Notes by A. F. Mitchell. Edinburg & London: Printed for the Scottish Text Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1888. 8vo. First Edition. 8vo. lvi,130pp, Index. Half black morocco & marbled boards, ex-library, binding slightly worn, text block moderately age-toned. Withdrawn stamp on rear pastedown. Glossary by T. G. Law.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 130 pages Very Good No dust jacket as issued.…

Hardcover. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Edinburgh and London: Printed by William Blackwood and Sons, for the Scottish Text Society, 1888. 8vo. Volume 1 (of 2). xxvi,400pp. Half black morocco & marbled boards, ex-library, binding lightly worn, yellow paint strip to foot of spine, text block moderately age-toned. Withdrawn stamp on rear pastedown. Translation in Scottish by Father James Dalrymple. Finis Coronat Opus edited by Rev. Father E. G. Cody.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages Very Good No dust jacket as issued.…

Original Green Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. 1993. First edition thus (STS 4th Series, No. 21). xiii, 174pp. plus 2 double-page facsimile illustrations. Gilbert Hay (born c.1403, last mentioned in 1456) was a Scottish poet and translator, and perhaps a kinsman of the house of Errol. This third volume of 'The Prose Works of Sir Gilbert Hay' presents an edition of the second and third articles found in the Hay Manuscript, now National Library of Scotland, Acc. 9253. Article 2 is the 'Buke of the Ordre of Knychthede'; and Article 3 is the 'Buke of the Gouernaunce of Princis' (volume I of this edition treats Gilbert Hay, the Hay Manuscript, and matters of text and language in detail; volume II offers the text of the manuscripts first article, the 'Buke of the Law of Armys'). The introductory pages to the present volume offer a survey of Hay's sources for the texts edited here. The book is bound in the original green cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine. The book is in excellent condition and the contents are tight and clean with no inscription. The book comes in a clear plastic wrapper, as issued.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition Thus. Hardback. A fine copy in a fine mylar wrapper. Pp.xx,248. This is a 15th century poetic work described as "a pacey and elaborative narrative of the career and exploits of one of the celebrated rulers of antiquity.".

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket As Issued. A nice, clean copy. ; Scottish Text Society Fifth Series; Vol. 16; 8.8 X 5.7 X 0.6 inches; 147 pages.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Seminal investigations into the most important aspects of medieval Scots texts, with a particular focus on editing and manuscript context.This rich selection from the writings of Priscilla Bawcutt, the major scholar of Older Scots literature, both honours her achievement and provides authoritative guidance to all involved in the pleasures and challenges of medieval and early modern Scottish studies.The first five chapters, including a hitherto unpublished paper, gather her insights into how to examine, contextualize, and edit early poetic texts. Among her discussions are those on the importance of explanatory notes, the usefulness of fragments, the demands of transcription, and the need for objectivity when identifying supposed influences, date, or author. Bawcutt draws on a variety of texts, including Dunbar's "elrich fantasyis", Rolland's Court of Venus, and metrical Scottish charms to illustrate these aspects of editing. Two central chapters then give balance and coherence to the complex evidence of change in literary activities and tastes in early Scotland. First, an analytical survey of manuscript miscellanies, noting their diversity in size, condition, arrangement, copyists, owners, and purposes, offers many different ways to approach these compilations. Secondly, Bawcutt's study of one particular miscellany, the great five-part Bannatyne Manuscript, provides new information on the sources and authors of the many texts it contains and the diversity of their literary and cultural connections. Five further chapters combine textual and bibliographical studies with contextual explorations, into personal libraries, habits of reading, annotators, and book circulation within family groups, across borders, or over time. Among these illuminating essays are those on Gavin Douglas's imaginary library, and the influential first printed edition of his Eneados, both of increasing interest alongside the new edition of his translation.A full bibliography of Priscilla Bawcutt's publications is also included. Seminal investigations into the most important aspects of medieval Scots texts, with a particular focus on editing and manuscript context. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Scottish Text Society, Fifth Series, vol. 16. x, 147 pp., 1 illus. Hardcover with title labelas issued. Unread, as new. New list price: $70.00.

Facsimile Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Previous owner's internal markings. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Scottish Text Society. 4th ser. ; 29. Physical description; 369 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Montgomerie, Alexander (1545?-1598) Criticism and interpretation. Scottish poetry Middle Scots, 1475-1700. Poetry Editing. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. A near fine copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xli,251. 4 illustrations. Musical examples. This is a written collection of their family songs made by two sisters living in Scotland in the latter part of the nineteenth century.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. A near fine copy in a fine glassine wrapper. There is a small defect on the title page otherwise the book, too, would be fine. Pp.xiii.174. Two double page illustrations. Sir Gilbert Hay was a 15th century Scottish poet and translator. These works were translated from the French.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: N/A. Volume VI only. First edition, first printing (likely the only one). 240, 12pp. Green cloth-covered boards with silver lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little worn, gently rounded on corners and spine ends. An ex university library copy with usual markings on front endpapers, small stamps on title and copyright pages and rear endpapers, and call number label over spine (no other library markings). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight barring stated library markings. This volume of the Works of Allan Ramsey contains the editors' introduction, a bibliography, notes on preceding volumes, a glossary of Scots words in Ramsey's works, biographical index and index of first lines.…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Published by Boydell & Brewer Inc. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardbound. Condizione: Very Good. Small octavos, ccxxvi, 88 pp., color photos, textual notes + 89-285 pp., glossary, list of proper names, omissions, additions and changes in word order, paragraph divivion and capitalizaton, Sicily Herald's Treatise on the Office of Arms Includes the Scots text.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Published by Boydell & Brewer Inc. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Facsimile Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Previous owner's internal markings. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Scottish Text Society. 4th ser. ; 29. Physical description; 369 pages ; 23 cm. Subjects; Montgomerie, Alexander (1545?-1598) Criticism and interpretation. Scottish poetry Middle Scots, 1475-1700. Poetry Editing. 1 Kg. …

Printed wrappers, 8vo, cxci pp, 2 facs. Ritchie's introduction to the Bannatyne manuscript in the Advocates' library, Edinburgh, which constitutes, with the Asloan and Maitland folio manuscripts, the chief repository of Middle Scots poetry. Portions of it were reprinted (with modifications) by Allan Ramsay in his Ever green (1724) and later by Lord Hailes in his Ancient Scottish poems (1770), This Volume 1 includes in addition to the editor's introduction, a Memoir of George Bannatyne by Sir Walter Scott, Extracts from the Memoriall buik of George Bannatyne, An account of the contents of the Bannatyne manuscript by David Laing, Notes respecting Bannatyne and his connections, and Text of draft or duplicate manuscripts. (Vols. 2-4 - not present here -contain the text of the manuscript). Wrappers a little fingermarked and browned, otherwise Good.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Dark green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Small label of "Scottish Language Dictionaries" on front free end-paper but no other markings. Pp.xi,253.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback. A fine copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Pp.xii,401. Sir Gilbert Hay was a 15th century Scottish poet and translator. This work is a translation from the French of Honore Bonet's Arbre des Batailles which dates from 1387.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. First modern edition of a highly provocative Scottish drama.Written at the very end of the seventeenth century, The Phanaticks (previously known as The Assembly) satirises in dramatic form contemporary political and religious affairs, presenting some well-known figures in thethinnest of disguises. Overtly a comedy about two young women opposed by such forces as the Governer of Edinburgh Castle (Lord Huffy), it is an excoriating attack on the hypocrisy and political chicanery of Scottish religious sects, alongside its romance and sexual innuendo. The author, Archibald Pitcairne, was a celebrated physician and wit; this work demonstrates his talent for controversy (he was ejected from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, an institution which he helped to found, after a dispute about his theoretical approaches to medicine). Indeed, so provocative was it deemed that despite being printed in 1722 and 1752, there is no record of any contemporary performance.This first modern edition is based on an early manuscript, with corrections possibly in Pitcairne's own hand; it is presented with full contextual and historical notes.John MacQueen is Emeritus Professor of English, University of Edinburgh. First modern edition of a highly provocative Scottish drama. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Green Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Plus. 1975 & 1996. Two volume set. PP lvii, 244; lx, 265. B&W frontispiece portrait of Crawfurd to volume 1. A few melodies are included. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spines. Volume I has slight bumping to the spine ends. Otherwise these volumes are in excellent condition with no inscriptions. PLEASE NOTE - Heavyish set so may require a little extra postage for non-UK customers. Andrew Crawfurd's Collection of Ballads and Songs is one of the most important published sources for Scottish traditional song and ballad scholarship. The collection preserves material gathered by Andrew Crawfurd, a Scottish antiquarian and folklore collector from Renfrewshire. In the 1820s he worked alongside his friend William Motherwell, collecting songs and ballads from oral tradition in western Scotland, particularly around Lochwinnoch. Much of the material was gathered directly from local singers rather than copied from printed sources, making it especially valuable for understanding how traditional songs were actually sung and transmitted. The manuscripts remained unpublished for more than a century. They were eventually edited by Emily B. Lyle and issued by the Scottish Text Society in two volumes. What makes the collection particularly significant is that Crawfurd carefully recorded information about his singers and informants. Scholars have praised the richness of these notes because they help date the traditions and assess the authenticity and transmission of the songs. The collection contains hundreds of items, including: Traditional narrative ballads (many related to the famous Child Ballads) , Love songs , Historical songs , Humorous songs, Nursery and children's songs, Fairy lore and supernatural ballads . Among the well-known ballads represented are versions of "The Cruel Mother", "The Three Ravens", "The Wee Wee Man", "Jamie Douglas", and "Lord Gregory". For folklorists, the collection is especially valuable because it captures a snapshot of Scottish oral tradition in the early nineteenth century, before industrialization and mass print culture had further altered many local song traditions. It provides evidence not only of the songs themselves but also of the communities and singers who kept them alive.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Plus. New Edition. 1996, 2 volume set. PPviii, 1-294; 295-629. B&W plates. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spines. Excellent condition in original clear plastic jackets/protectors. No inscriptions. PLEASE NOTE - Heavyish set so may require a little extra postage for non-UK customers. The History of the House of Douglas by David Hume of Godscroft is one of the great monuments of early Scottish historical writing. It is far more than a family genealogy: Hume uses the story of the Douglas family to tell much of the political and military history of medieval Scotland. The version published by the Scottish Text Society in 1996, edited by David Reid, is particularly important because it presents the unrevised manuscript version of the work, written around 1622 in Anglicized Scots. The edition appears in two volumes (Fourth Series, volumes 25-26) and runs to nearly 650 pages of text plus a substantial scholarly introduction and notes. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. A near very good copy in green cloth with black leather spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Ex libris plate and pencilled signature of Helena Mennie Shire (author of "The Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI"). Browning to end-papers. Some pencilled notes, sidelining etc (probably by Helena Mennie Shire) in the Introduction to the book. Pp.ciii,191,8. Frontispiece. This is a 16th century work translated from the French by Thomas Hudson. Lenghty Introduction, Notes, Appendices and Glossary.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardbacks. A near fine two volume set in near fine glassine wrappers. Volume II has the label of the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue on the front fixed end-paper. Pp.cxxi,1-87. 5 plates. Pp.[ii],89-285. "This is the first critical edition of a previously unedited and otherwise little noticed treatise on heraldic lore and practice" that was translated from French into Scots in the late 15th century. Includes a glossary.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Hardback. A near fine copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. A clean copy without ownership inscription or foxing. Pp.xiv,212. Frontispiece. Family tree of the "Black" Douglases. This is the oldest surviving alliterative poem in Scots, dating from the mid-15th century. It is a comic allegory in which all the characters are birds with human attributes and it is also a piece of propaganda praising the Scottish noble family of Douglas.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition Thus. Hardback. A fine copy in green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Pp.x,147. Frontispiece. Includes Notes, Bibliography, Glossary and an index of proper names in addition to an Introduction and the text of the "Taill". This is a 15th century Scots alliterative poem.…

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Thus. In transparent wrapper; 265p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.