Bindings 1997-87

• The HOLY Bible containing the Old Testament and the New. London: printed by the assigns of, John Bill deceas'd and by Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb ..., 1682. Bound with: The PSALMS of David in metre. ... Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland. Edinburgh: printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, 1699.
  Bound in black morocco tooled in gold to a herringbone design. With contemporary inset ownership initials.
• A CORRECT copy of the poll, as taken at Coventry, on Thursday, December 1; Friday, December 2; Saturday, December 3; Monday, December 5; and Tuesday, December 6, 1768. London, 1769. Unrecorded poll book in a binding almost certainly made in London, but heavily influenced by Scottish bookbinding of the mid 18th century.
• MILTON, John. Paradise lost, a poem. Glasgow: printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1770. An outstanding binding in exceptional condition by James Scott of Edinburgh in high quality crimson French morocco with elaborate tooling. Style represents transition between the Chinoiserie-influenced and the neo-classical.
• MILLER, Patrick. The elevation, section, plan, and views, of a triple vessel, and of wheels. L'elevation, la section, le plan, et les vues, d'un vaisseau triple, et des roues. Edinburgh, 1787. Text in English and French. A presentation copy bound by William Scott, Edinburgh, and distinguished by the use of a ship tool. Was previously owned by Andrew Lumisden (1720-1801), a Jacobite, by Colonel James Scott (1830-1903) and by the Institution of Naval Architects
• The ILLUMINATED calendar for mdcccxlviii. London, 1848. Illustrations copied from the Book of Hours of the Duke of Anjou, King of Sicily and Jerusalem. Bound in red hard grain morocco with onlays of brown, citron, green and black blocked in gold.
• SABATIER, Paul. Vie de S. Franois d'Assise. 20me édition. Paris, 1898. Bound in brown niger morocco. Tooled in gold at Glasgow School of Art, winter 1898/9.
• STEVENS, Wallace. The blue guitar. Etchings by David Hockney. London: Petersburg Press, [1977.] In a leather binding and decorated box by Stephen Conway, one of the entrants in the 1996 Mrs E A Clark Bookbinding Competition.
• DRUCKER, Johanna. The alphabetic labyrinth. London, 1995. In a leather binding and box by Louis J Valentine, one of the entrants in the 1996 Mrs E A Clark Bookbinding Competition.